Meeting Notes 2025

WiGTC: Wrap up Tasks

Puja

• Website with the names of ladies to be online. Deadline: Ayush to reach out to Website to see if we can resolve the issue OR make a combined collage by end of the month.

Third Training

Puja and Ayush

• https://gizonline.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/GovStackWomeninGovTechChallengeIIwithguests/Freigegebene%20Dokumente/General/WiGTC_Third%20Edition/Programme%20Structure/20250911_Concept%20Note_WiGTC%20III.docx?d=w3053dfa57e874b01af44dda1ce645ab4&csf=1&web=1&e=FLTBny
  More updated one:
  https://gizonline.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/GovStackWomeninGovTechChallengeIIwithguests/Freigegebene%20Dokumente/General/WiGTC_Third%20Edition/Programme%20Structure/20250911_Revised%20Concept%20Note_%20GovStack%20WiGTC%20III.docx?d=wc9a6cd3bad5a43abb10729ba100fac14&csf=1&web=1&e=78Wp2W

• Decision on the Partner committment (ITU, TalTech)

• Updates on Partner for WiGTC 2025: UN ODET and World Bank

• Academic Partners: Potentially Hertie School (Get back by Friday - Puja to inform group). UCL (through UN ODET)

• Launch at DPI Summit, submitted by World Bank on 13.09

• GovStack WiGTC Ambassadors: Kick off on Thursday.
  To do: Reach out to partners to understand what they can offer

Playbook

Puja

• Calls when Contractor, in the process of Contracting

• Partner updates?

Atingi e-learning course: Source File

Ana

Need to edit images etc.

Deadline:

• ITU to share the offline copy of the courses by 16.09

• Articulate Access to Ana for editing

Upcoming Trainings

• ITU - TalTech Training: 28 September- Oct 2, 2025

• OSCI Training:

WiGTC: Wrap up Tasks

Puja

• Website with the names of ladies to be online

• TalTech Credits

  problems with the system - Ana to reach out to new contractor for the website and get back to ITU colleagues

Atingi

Ana/ Puja

Access to back end files for Editing requested from ITU.

Third Training

Puja

20241208_Concept Note_ WiGTC III_ Digital Bootcamp.docx
@Everyone to review and provide written feedback through comments:

Feedback by Monday, 2nd September 2025: Decision on the Partner committment (ITU, TalTech) and feedback on the format.

Playbook

Puja/Nico

• Updates from group

• new frequency of the calls (weekly when usefull)

Upcoming Trainings

• ITU - TalTech Training: 28 September- 2 October 2025.

•  

WiGTC: Wrap up Tasks

Puja

• Website with the names of ladies to be online

• TalTech Credits
  
  problems with the system - Ana to reach out to new contractor for the website and get back to ITU colleagues

Third Training

Puja

20241208_Concept Note_ WiGTC III_ Digital Bootcamp.docx
@Everyone to review and provide written feedback through comments:

Feedback by Monday, 2nd September 2025: Decision on the Partner committment (ITU, TalTech) and feedback on the format.

Playbook

Puja/Nico

• Updates from group

• new frequency of the calls (weekly when usefull)

Upcoming Trainings

• ITU - TalTech Training: 28 September- 2 October 2025.

•  

Coursera

Nora

Coursera Licences and Permissions will be sent out by EOB

Certificates from First WiGTC

Ayush

Ayush had sent certs. Ayush will send them again through Yuanming’s email.

WSIS Update for WiGTC

Nora

Ayush will have a word after facilitators call with David to reach out to his colleague and create a blocker. (Venue, tech support) ITU can handle this on its own.

Ayush will let team know if there are more opportunities for participants.

Second Networking Session

Nora

Session moved monday 5th of may to the 12th, as we have a holiday, as well as the Digiverse GIZ workshop.

Puja has already sent concept note for session 3 to Ayush. Ayush Puja and Yuanming will work on them. Ayush will lead session 3.

Networking Session Feedback

Ayush

Well recieved. A lot of activity.

Learnings: Detailed concept notes and blockers should be sent way in advance; Freezing of Invitees list a week in advance; Prep Call for invitees can be one on one; need more capacity help in small groups; Give ample time to all questions; give 2 minute pres how to use Miroboard.

Run of Show Networking Session 2

Puja

Puja presented Run of Show. Link Here:

Ideas: Have mentees speak in panels as well? only 5 speakers?

Evaluation for Week 1 Assignment

Ayush

Facilitators call will grade the assignment 1

Grouping

Yuanming

Grouping has been done

Atingi

Skyler

Quizzes close 2 weeks after they open

Tiles visible previous thursday

Certificate requirement changed from 2 to 4 Elearnings

Sessions

Puja

Explained all info for next networking sessions and lectures, Updated info can be found here

 20250327_Overview of weekly activities for Challenge 2025_ Final (TT Inputs).xlsx

Update on Coursera

Nora/Skyler

Coursera requirement has been dropped. Instead learners will do 4 E-Learnings and Coursera will “recommended”

Slack

Puja

Skyler has created all slack groups, decisons will be made for administering them.

Status of Applications

Ayush / Yuanming/

QA document atingi

Ayush

Atingi Data Pulls

Skyler

Structur of Assignments & Tracking on Atingi

Code of Conduct

Puja

Evaluation

Update on Atingi and Coursera

ITU

Outreach to past participants who qualify for Cohort 2

Finalisation of suggestions of Technical Experts from GovStack

Status of Applications

Ayush / Yuanming/

QA document atingi

Ayush

• QA doc finalized and will be shared with Lizzi

Structur of Assignments & Tracking on Atingi

• Ayush to set up meeting with Lizzi

Code of Conduct

Puja

Draft Mentor Evaluation Excel

Ayush / Yuanming/

• to be shared by the end of the week

Update: Evaluation Mentees

Ayush / Yuanming/

• to be send out today

Update on Atingi and Coursera

ITU

Outreach to past participants who qualify for Cohort 2

To-Do:

• Check e-mail send out last year

• check number of participants

• make a decision on way forwarts

Finalisation of suggestions of Technical Experts from GovStack

Lecture Plan

Puja

• ITU to integrate changes to the Lecture Plan before JF tomorrow and share with GIZ for inputs. @Shukla, Ayush

• ITU To set up a call with UN ODET and TalTech to integrate their inputs based on feedback tomorrow from the JF.

• Jospehine on holiday: to already think about replacement for those dates.

TalTech Certificates: Architects Training

Puja

• GIZ to follow up about Certificates with Josephine.

• Solution this week and send them out latest next week.

Promotions: WiGTC

 Puja

• Marushka to reach out to Women in Tech and loop in Puja

• @Shukla, Ayush to update Mentors time committment to upto 2 hours on the website and add TalTech as our Academic Partner.

• Marushka to speak to project managers from ITU Countries.

• Social media posts in another language.

 Atingi

Skyler

• Sent Email to Lizzi about data for E-learnings for WiGTC

WiGTC Certificates

Puja

• @Shukla, Ayush to send master copy of certificates to @Puja Raghavan and Yuanming.

  • To circulate it this week.

Evaluation: WiGTC

Puja

• ITU to circulate a proposal for evaluation metrics of applications @Shukla, Ayush