AYITIC Goes Global is an initiative of LACNIC and IDRC that seeks to increase women's access to employment in Haiti by building digital capacities in the field of Information Technology. The project is being implemented with the support of local partners: ESIH -- Ecole Supérieure d'Infotronique d'Haïti -- and Transversal, together with leading experts in digital learning from the Caribbean Open Institute.
The goal of the project is to improve the enabling conditions for young women to find employment in the digital economy in Haiti by addressing skills and infrastructure deficits.
The project works in three components:
TRAINING
FOR WOMEN
Training women to develop their digital skills
EMPLOYABILITY
Securing for employment opportunities for women in the digital economy
INTERNET
DEVELOPMENT
Building capacities among ICT professionals and encouraging local leadership to promote Internet Development
Project design and execution is based on Applied Social Research. From April to November 2017, ESIH, The Caribbean Open Institute, 3x3 Design and The SlashRoots Foundation conducted research on key aspects required for the design and execution of Ayitic Goes Global.
For more information on this research and its results, click on the following link: Research Papers.
During the period from 2017 to 2019, Ayitic will:
● Provide training workshops for women without any prior training in ICTs
● Offer specialization workshops for those who already have technical knowledge
Ayitic Goes Global stems from a prior initiative led by LACNIC which ran from 2013 through 2016. The project was originally called Ayitic, a combination of “Ayiti” (the country's name in Haitian Creole) and “TIC” (French for ICT) and focused on strengthening Internet infrastructure by training local technicians. Three editions were organized with the original format, and a total of 289 individuals received training on topics such as network management, security, wireless technology, IPv6 deployment, and others.
With the support of the IDRC, this initiative has been reshaped to drive Internet development from the point of view of the demand – the growth of digital markets – and promote inclusive access. Thus, Ayitic Goes Global incorporates two new central objectives: to encourage women's involvement in technology and to promote the development of employment opportunities in digital markets.
