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Outline of the Project

Project Name

Human Resource Development in IT Service Industry at NUOL

Country

Laos

Date R/D signed

Nov 10,2008

Project Site

TFaculty of Engineering, National University of Laos

Term of Cooperation

From December 2008 To November 2013

Implementing Organization

National University of Laos

Project Background

Compared to the situation whereby developed countries and nearby ASEAN countries are utilizing Information Technology (IT) to the acceleration of economic development, the advancement of informatization in Lao PDR has been delayed. Therefore, it is a concern that the economic gap has widened. Regarding IT development policy in Lao PDR, the importance of IT education was recognized at the 7th Lao People's Revolutionary Party Congress in 2001. The utilization of IT has been promoted as a means to promote economic and national development in Lao PDR. The government of Lao PDR (GOL) recognized the necessity of the utilization of IT fields as major means to actively promote industrialization and modernization. In this regard, in January 2003, the policy for industrialization and modernization stated that it is necessary to 1) focus on IT education, 2) promote socio-economic growth though the use of IT not only in the field of communication but also in the fields of tourism, transportation, health and environment.Compared to the situation whereby developed countries and nearby ASEAN countries are utilizing Information Technology (IT) to the acceleration of economic development, the advancement of informatization in Lao PDR has been delayed. Therefore, it is a concern that the economic gap has widened. Regarding IT development policy in Lao PDR, the importance of IT education was recognized at the 7th Lao People's Revolutionary Party Congress in 2001. The utilization of IT has been promoted as a means to promote economic and national development in Lao PDR. The government of Lao PDR (GOL) recognized the necessity of the utilization of IT fields as major means to actively promote industrialization and modernization. In this regard, in January 2003, the policy for industrialization and modernization stated that it is necessary to 1) focus on IT education, 2) promote socio-economic growth though the use of IT not only in the field of communication but also in the fields of tourism, transportation, health and environment.

In order to develop human resources in IT field efficiently and effectively, the technical cooperation project namely "the Project for the Upgrading IT Education (Information Technology Bridging Course)" was implemented in National University of Laos (NUOL) for 5 years from April 2003. Then, to develop human resources in IT fieldhas been considered as important role of NUOL.

On the other hand, the existing education institutes in Lao PDR have been facing difficulties to meet the strong demand from the IT service industry for developing practical IT specialists/ engineers especially in the field of database, network and application.

Against this background, the GOL requested the technical cooperationof the Japanese government on this matter in relation to the FE at NUOL. This project aims to contribute to the economic development of Lao PRD by establishing the sustainable system for developing human resources in the government and private sectors. The concept of this project is in line with "Asia Information Technology Initiative (AITI)" advocated by Japanese government from 2002.

Purpose

Overall Goal:IT service industry is well-developed in the Lao PDR.

Project Purpose:Human resources are developed according to the IT service market through the postgraduate courses by the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology of the Faculty of Engineering at the NUOL.

Output

  1. Postgraduate courses are properly operated at the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology of the Faculty of Engineering, the NUOL.
  2. The IT Business Unit is properly operated at the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology of the Faculty of Engineering, the NUOL.
  3. Practical skills and teaching capabilities of lecturers in charge of the postgraduate courses are enhanced in the field of the software engineering.
  4. Postgraduate courses for the practical software engineering and business skills are developed and implemented.
  5. Collaboration among the government, industry, and academia is reinforced.

Project Activities

1-1Prepare various types of necessary guidelines and the format of the implementation records
1-2Prepare the TOR of the counterparts
1-3Establish the mechanism of the job matching between the graduates and employers
1-4Operate IT-related equipment
1-5Conduct the inventory of the equipment regularly
1-6Monitor the actual activities along the guidelines
1-7Reflect the lecturers' activities in the IT Business Unit into the lecturers' evaluation
1-8Monitor the career options of the graduates
2-1Prepare the plans of the IT Business Unit and the format of the achievement records
2-2Conduct the activities, such as sales promotion, PR activities,etc., along the plans of the business unit
2-3Monitor the progress of the plans of the IT Business unit
2-4Encourage the graduates to promote new businesses (judged by the time of the mid-term evaluation)
3-1Prepare the plans for the technical transfer to the lecturers
3-2Prepare the curriculum and learning materials for the lecturers' trainings
3-3Prepare the evaluation sheet of the system development for assessing the practical skills of lecturers
3-4Conduct the lecturers' trainings
3-5Monitor the practical skills and teaching capabilities of lecturers on regular basis
4-1Study the market needs in the IT service industry
4-2Set up the curriculum board
4-3Develop the curriculums, syllabi, and learning materials for the postgraduate courses according to the market needs
4-4Evaluate the curriculums of the postgraduate courses through the curriculum board
4-5Conduct the postgraduate courses
4-6Revise the curriculums, syllabi, and learning materials on regular basis
4-7Study the satisfaction ratings of the postgraduate courses
5-1Set up the study sessions, such as the IT industrial development, cyber laws, new market exploration, etc., by the government, industry, and academia (including students and alumni association)
5-2Conduct the symposiums, etc. by the study sessions
5-3Hold the joint annual seminars
5-4Deliver lectures by the visiting lecturers

Inputs

Input Summary by Japanese Side

  • Expert
    • Japanese long-term experts: Chief advisor, Project coordinator
    • Japanese short-term experts:
      Network construction, Database and programming, Business unit operation, Industry-academia- government collaboration, Lectures for seminars Third-country experts
  • Training for counterpart personnel in Japan and the third-countries
  • Facility construction: Lecture rooms and IT laboratory
  • Equipments: IT related equipments
  • Operational expenses

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