2015 Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

The 2015 Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific (GITC) was held in Jakarta, from 26 to 29 October 2015. The event was co-organized by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea and several other entities. Over 100 youth with disabilities and 62 governmental representatives from 15 countries, including most of those in South-East Asia, participated in IT competitions in the area of information searching, making story books and creating games through Scratch programmes. At the award ceremony, the ESCAP Executive Secretary’s congratulatory statement was delivered and the Executive Secretary’s Awards were presented to one participant from Bangladesh and one from India. It was announced that 2016 GITC will be held in China.