Cisco Systems, Inc., a global leader in networking for the internet, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) jointly launched the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Initiative at the G-8 Summit in July 2000.Since the announcement of the strategic partnership, Cisco Systems, UNDP, the United Nations Volunteer program(UNV), the United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) and the United States Agency for International Development have been working together to train students for the Internet economy by establishing the Cisco networking Academy Program in more than half of the world's LDCs that suffer from poverty, as well as from weak human resources and economic institutions, this partnership create opportunities for skills development in participating countries, empowering them to accelerate progress, attain sustainable development, and fully integrate into the world economy.

The LDC initiative highlights the possibilities of strategic partnerships and is a leading example of the collaboration between the United Nations and the private sector to meet the urgent needs of LDCs, by giving their students the same quality training in information technology (IT) as in advanced countries. There are currently 49 LDCs designated by the United Nations.

With the supported from UNDP, APDIP and Cisco, NiDA have been promoted to be the Region Academy, In order to provides and expands the network skills to Cambodia students when government need human resources to develop country throw IT generation.

RUPP is a Local Academy which have run with NiDA. Today, Build Bright University (BBU) and Institute of Technology and Management (ITM) are going to cooperate with NiDA to become the local academies for the needed of the demands today.