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Brendan Tuohy |
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UN Global e-schools Initiative
– Mainstreaming ICT in the Developing World. |
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Tuesday, 18 May 2004. |
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9.30 – 10.45 |
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Brendan Tuohy is Secretary General of the Irish
Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.
He was appointed in June 2002 on the establishment of
the Department. The DCMNR is responsible for a number
of sectors of the economy including telecommunications,
broadcasting, postal, ecommerce, marine, fisheries, aquaculture,
ports, exploration, mining, forestry, energy and renewable
resources.
Brendan was previously Secretary General of the Department
of Public Enterprise and prior to that was Assistant Secretary
in that Department and its predecessor, the Department
of Transport, Energy and Communications. He currently
serves as a member of the National Economic and Social
Council (www.nesc.ie) and the United Nations Task Force
on Information and Communications Technology for Development
(www.unicttaskforce.org)
He holds a degree in civil engineering from University
College Cork and post-graduate qualifications in environmental
engineering and management from the University of Dublin,
Trinity College.
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