Int'l Centre for Training and Development inaugurated at COMSATS.

ISLAMABAD -- The International Centre for Training and Development (ICTD) was inaugurated here on Monday at COMSATS Secretariat.

The Centre has been jointly established by COMSATS and American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) under an agreement signed between the two organizations in January 2018.

The Centre has been established with an aim to provide trainings by foreign experts in areas including climate change, intellectual property rights, higher education and leadership, and energy policy.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr S. M Junaid Zaidi, Executive Director COMSATS, emphasized the need for human resource development and capacity building of scientific community in the developing countries to bring them at par with the developed ones.

He was of the view that lack of training and leadership causes setbacks in all sectors.

Dr Zaidi said that leadership and decision-making skills can be inculcated in the youth through expert trainings which can help achieve sustainable development in the South.

Dr Farhat Haq, President of AIPS, in her inaugural remarks, considered establishment of the Centre important for networking between US-based experts and relevant actors in Pakistan.

Dr Haq highlighted the need for translating and aligning expertise from the North with local needs...