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Programs & Credentials · Catalogue 2025

Cohort-based ICT policy training, built for the people who write national digital strategy.

Twelve months, four credentials, one cohort at a time. ICTPD Institute has trained 8,412 policymakers and regulators across 132 countries since 2005 — translating frontier ICT policy into implementable national strategy for ministries, regulators and oversight bodies.

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01 — Flagship credential

Certified ICT Policy Professional (CIPP): the recognised benchmark for ICT policy competence.

The Certified ICT Policy Professional credential is the anchor programme of the ICTPD catalogue. Issued since 2009 and held by 3,647 alumni, the CIPP is recognised by 31 national regulators as a hiring and promotion benchmark, and is the only ICT policy credential to have contributed to 47 national digital strategies adopted by parliament or executive order.

  • Structure. Five sequential modules delivered over 14 weeks, combining self-directed study, four live virtual residencies, and a one-week Geneva or Nairobi in-person capstone.
  • Assessment. Module examinations, a regulator-style policy brief, and a capstone oral defence before a panel of senior faculty and serving regulators.
  • Recognition. Listed as a qualifying credential for senior policy roles at 31 national regulators, including the Communications Authority of Kenya, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, and the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission.
  • Recognition partner. Curriculum co-designed with ITU and the World Bank and reviewed annually by a 22-member global advisory board.
3,647CIPP alumni since 2009
31regulators recognise the credential
4.7 / 5.0cohort satisfaction · 92% completion

02 — The portfolio

Four credentials, one ladder of policy competence.

Every programme is cohort-based, capped at 32 participants, and delivered by serving practitioners. Cohorts may be commissioned by a single ministry or regulator; the dates below reflect the open-enrolment schedule for 2025–26.

  1. P/01

    Flagship · 14 weeks

    Certified ICT Policy Professional (CIPP)

    The anchor credential: policy analysis, regulatory design, implementation planning, and capstone oral defence before senior faculty.

    • Next cohort15 Sept 2025 · 19 Jan 2026 · 04 May 2026
    • Fee bandUSD 4,850
    • LanguagesEN · FR · ES · AR
    • FacultyDr. A. Onuoha (lead) · 18 senior associates
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  2. P/02

    Specialist · 9 weeks

    Spectrum Management & Frontier Technologies

    Auction design, dynamic sharing, 5G/6G licensing, satellite coordination, and the regulatory treatment of AI infrastructure.

    • Next cohort06 Oct 2025 · 02 Mar 2026
    • Fee bandUSD 3,400
    • LanguagesEN · FR · ES
    • FacultyDr. M. Karlsson (lead) · 11 senior associates
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  3. P/03

    Specialist · 8 weeks

    Data Governance & Cross-Border Data Flows

    Personal data protection, sectoral regulation, data localisation regimes, and interoperability between African Union, ASEAN, and EU frameworks.

    • Next cohort03 Nov 2025 · 13 Apr 2026
    • Fee bandUSD 3,200
    • LanguagesEN · FR · AR
    • FacultyAmb. T. Mensah (lead) · 9 senior associates
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  4. P/04

    Executive · 5 weeks

    Digital Inclusion & Universal Access Strategy

    Universal service funds, gender-responsive design, rural connectivity, and affordability levers for ministers and permanent secretaries.

    • Next cohort17 Nov 2025 · 18 May 2026
    • Fee bandUSD 2,950
    • LanguagesEN · FR · ES · PT · SW
    • FacultyHon. F. Banda (lead) · 7 senior associates
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Procurement-ready: ICTPD Institute is a pre-qualified vendor with UNGM, World Bank, AfDB, and ADB since 2011. Ministries and regulators may commission closed cohorts in any of 9 program languages with simultaneous interpretation infrastructure for an additional 24 languages.

03 — Curriculum & application

Inside the CIPP: a 14-week arc from problem framing to capstone defence.

Weeks 01–02

Foundations: the ICT policy stack

Policy as a layered system. Frameworks from the ITU, World Bank, and African Union. Comparative models: independent regulator, sector ministry, hybrid. Reading national ICT acts with critical attention.

Outcome: annotated jurisdiction comparison, 3,000 words.

Weeks 03–04

Regulatory design & institutional economics

Theory and practice of independent regulators, licensing regimes, universal service funds, and dispute resolution. Faculty case studies from ECOWAS, EAC, SADC, and ASEAN jurisdictions.

Outcome: institutional diagnostic memo, 2,500 words.

Weeks 05–07

Spectrum, infrastructure & frontier technologies

Spectrum management, auction design, dynamic sharing, satellite and subsea cable policy, 5G/6G licensing, and the regulatory treatment of AI compute infrastructure and data centres.

Outcome: spectrum release plan for a chosen jurisdiction.

Weeks 08–10

Data governance & the digital economy

Personal data protection, cross-border data flows, data localisation, fintech and platform regulation, interoperability between regional frameworks, and consumer protection in digital markets.

Outcome: data governance bill, mark-up included.

Weeks 11–12

Inclusion, affordability, digital rights

Universal access funds, gender-responsive policy, accessibility, child online safety, and the political economy of tariff reform in resource-constrained settings.

Outcome: inclusion impact assessment, 2,000 words.

Weeks 13–14

Implementation, monitoring & capstone prep

Strategy implementation, monitoring frameworks, results-based budgeting, stakeholder engagement, and structured preparation for the capstone oral defence.

Outcome: implementation roadmap, full brief.

Capstone week

Oral defence · Geneva or Nairobi

A one-week in-person residency culminating in a 45-minute oral defence before a panel of two senior faculty and one serving regulator. Successful candidates are awarded the CIPP credential and listed in the public alumni register.

04 — Faculty & delivery

A faculty of senior practitioners, an advisory board of twenty-two, and a multilingual delivery team.

Faculty composition

Programmes are delivered by a team of 74 full-time staff supported by 58 senior faculty associates — eleven of them former regulators, four former ministers — and 132 country-based technical experts across our Geneva, Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur, and Bridgetown hubs.

Curriculum is co-designed with ITU and the World Bank, and reviewed annually by a 22-member global advisory board drawn from regional regulators, donor agencies, and senior ministry leadership.

The faculty publishes the ICTPD Policy Brief series and convenes a closed-door Senior Regulators Roundtable twice yearly in Geneva.

Languages & interpretation

Programmes are delivered in 9 working languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Swahili, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, and Russian. Simultaneous interpretation infrastructure extends coverage to a further 24 languages on request, including Amharic, Bangla, Burmese, Hausa, Hindi, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Sinhala, Tagalog, Tamil, Urdu, Wolof, Yoruba, and Zulu.

Multi-applicant commissions receive dedicated cohort materials translated and localised for the commissioning jurisdiction, including national case studies drafted by our country-based technical experts.

ITU — curriculum partner World Bank — curriculum partner UNGM pre-qualified vendor AfDB pre-qualified vendor ADB pre-qualified vendor 2023 ITU Innovation in Capacity Building

“The CIPP gave our team a common vocabulary and a defensible methodology. The capstone brief we drafted during the Nairobi week became the foundation of the spectrum release plan we published nine months later — almost unchanged.”

Hon. Amara Diallo Director-General, Telecommunications & Digital Regulatory Authority · Cohort 287 · 2023