Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training works hand in hand with other national projects such as IT Clubs, PC for Every Home, Broadband, and Laptop for Every Professional Initiatives. The national plan is to provide the technological infrastructure, make available all the resources, and develop the skills and knowledge, at an affordable fee and flexible enough to meet needs of the future.

ICT training is intended to boost the skills and knowledge of university graduates who despite their specialized education have found themselves without the necessary ICT knowledge needed for the marketplace. It is the conviction of MCIT that the rate of employment in this country will increase dramatically through the acquisition of ICT knowledge and skills. The idea is not in transforming the youth into computer programmers, but in enhancing the young with the various backgrounds and teaching them how to make technology serve their needs and provide solutions.

The Government of Egypt has devised programs in cooperation with numerous training institutes to fully meet the needs of the society. The ICT Training project is comprised of two main programs: Basic Training Program and the Specialized Training Program.

Egypt’s continuing success in implementing its initiatives relies heavily on benefiting from and contributing to regional and international developments in ICT.

Egypt’s Information Society, October 2005 MCIT’s International Relations sector plays a significant role in triggering and catalyzing mutual cooperation with external stakeholders on the national, regional and international levels.

International collaboration can only be realized in close cooperation between all decision-makers and via a broad range of initiatives in policies and practice. MCIT therefore continues to depend on productive cooperation with numerous partners at the national, regional and international levels as well as in numerous states, institutions and organizations all over the world.