ITU Regulatory Activities

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ITURegulatory Activities Actions- Pre Post
WSIS -
The 7th SATRC Meeting 13 to 15 December 2005,
Bandos Island, Maldives Eun-Ju Kim ITU
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Agenda

• ITU Structure Functions
• ITU Projects Actions in Asia-Pacific
• ITU Global Activities Events
• Post-WSIS Implementation Follow-up
• Ways Forward

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ITU - Fact Findings

• UN specialized agency focusing on development of
  telecommunication networks and services worldwide
• 140 years old
• 189 Member States 600 Sector Members
• Around 700 staff/83 nationalities
• Headquarters at Geneva
• Asia-Pacific regional/area offices at Bangkok and
  Jakarta
• website http//www.itu.int

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ITU Structure
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ITU Sectors Functions

• ITU-Radiocommunications Sector
• Spectrum allocation and registration
• ITU-Standardization Sector
• International telecoms standardization
• ITU-Development Sector
• Promoting the development of telecom/ICTs
• Africa
• Arab States
• The Americas
• Europe CIS, and
• Asia and the Pacific

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ITU Development Programs Actions Projects

• regulatory reform
• technologies and telecom network development
• e-strategies and e-services/applications
• economics finance incl. costs and tariffs
• human resource development
• special program for least developed countries
• special initiatives
• private sector initiatives
• gender issues
• youth initiatives
• assistance to indigenous peoples
• Centers of Excellence

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ITU Projects Asia, 2004-7

• Enabling Policy, Legal, Regulatory and
  Operational Environments in ASP Region
• Providing Access to Telecom and ICT Services in
  Underserved Areas of the Pacific Island Countries
  through Telecenters
• ICT Strategies in the ASP Region
• ICT Opportunities for Youth and Gender in ASP
  Region
• Radio Frequency Planning, Spectrum Management
  Systems and Monitoring

Integrating between ISAPs Regional
Projects With mobilizing resources in-cash,
in-kind, in-experts
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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2005 (1)

• Training on radio monitoring and spectrum
  management for Asia and the Pacific, May 2331,
  2005 (China)
• Seminar on Telecom Policy Law for Competition,
  July 1115, 2005 (Thailand)
• 4th Seminar on Telecom Policy Regulation,
  August 2526, 2005 (China)
• Support for Survey on Needs Quality of Telecom
  Services (Sri Lanka)
• Reshaping Telecom Policy Regulations
  (Indonesia)
• E-applications for Governance (Mongolia)
• Partnership for Access to ICTs (Bhutan)

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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2005 (2)

• Sub-regional Meeting (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam,
  Myanmar)
• Regional Preparatory Meeting for WTDC06, June
  810, 2005 (Viet Nam)
• Forum on ICT Gender, June 1925 and
  E-Business Training, July 2530, 2005 (South
  Korea)
• Regional Working Party on Private Sector Issues
  Meeting, August 36, 2005, co-organized by ITU
  and MICT, during the ICT Exposition, at Bangkok,
  (Thailand)
• Regional Workshops on Marketing and Revenue
  Forecasting Human Resources Rightsizing
  (Thailand)

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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2006 (1)

• POLICY/REGULATORY REFORM e.g.,
• Preparation of the 7th Global Symposium for
  Regulators
• ACMA regulatory training programme for ASP in
  Australia
• Seminar on Telecom Policy Regulation in China
• Assisting Effective Telecommunication Policy
  Regulations in Thailand
• 13th Subregional Meeting for Vietnam, Lao,
  Myanmar and Cambodia

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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2006 (2)

• TECHNOLOGIES NETWORKS e.g.,
• Asia Media Summit
• Training on radio spectrum monitoring techniques
  for Asia and Pacific Region in China
• ITU/ABU Seminar on DTTB (Roadmap to digital radio
  TV implementation)
• ITU-D ITU-T workshop on NGN its emerging
  issues for Asia and the Pacific
• IMT-2000 coordination meetings ITU-R WP8F
  Migration from 2G to 3G mobile networks in
  Thailand

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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2006 (3)

• E-STRATEGIES e.g.,
• Wireless and Secure Office Administration in
  Mongolia
• Establishment of a Cost-effective Digital
  Signature Authority (DSA) in Bhutan
• E-governance applications in Marshall Island
• E-governance applications in DPR Korea
• E-health in Nepal
• Survey, Assessment and Strategies on Local
  Digital Content and application in Philippines

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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2006 (4)

• SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR LDCs e.g.,
• Establishment of Telecentres in Solomon Islands
• Establishment of Telecentres in Samoa
• Assistance to Nepal in computerized post service
• Strengthening the capacity of telecommunication
  authority of Kiribati
• Development of a telecommunications policy and
  regulatory framework in Cambodia

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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2006 (5)

• SPECIAL INITIATIVES e.g.,
• Access to ICT - Providing PCs through donation
  from partners
• Joint APT/ITU preparation for WTDC-06
• Coordination and partnership among ASP regional
  organizations - UNESCAP, APDIP, PITA, APT etc.
• Regional Working Parties on private sector issues
  ICT projects meeting, Asia Pacific Region
• Engendering ICTs in the ASP Region

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Istanbul Action Plans ASP in 2006 (6)

• HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT e.g.,
• Workshop on Strategic Management (Part II)
• Online course on telecommunication regulation
• Virtual Forum on Competency-Based Management
• Regional workshop on "Knowledge Management"
• Workshop on "Human Resources Rightsizing"
• Various trainings under Centre of Excellency for
  Asia-Pacific

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Centre of Excellence in Asia Pacific, 2006

• Workshop on Strategic Management
• Workshop on Marketing and Revenue Forecasts
• Workshop on Spectrum Management
• Workshop on Next Generation Networks
• Online Course on IPv6
• Online Course on 3G Networks
• Development of Case Studies on Spectrum Auction
• Many others

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Funds-in-Trust Project in Asia Pacific (1)

• Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of BTRC
  in Bangladesh being funded by UNDP and
  implemented by ITU (2004-5)
• Technical Cooperation between DICTA/Australia and
  ITU for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of
  Telecom Infrastructure in Earthquake/Tsunami-hit
  Countries (2005-6)
• Implementation of National ICT Strategies in Asia
  and Pacific (2004-5)

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Funds-in-Trust Project in Asia Pacific (2)

• Emergency Support to the Ministry of
  Communications of Afghanistan.
• Rehabilitation of the Information Communication
  Training Institute in Afghanistan.
• Licensing of GSM Operators in the Islamic
  Republic of Iran.
• Various other in-cash, in-expert, in-kind
  partnership activities with APT, ESCAP, ADB, ABU,
  Inmarsat, various national administrations
  (Malaysia, Australia, Korea, Japan, India,
  Finland etc.) and NGOs for regional projects

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Telecom Surplus Funds in Asia Pacific

• Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Telecom
  Infrastructure in Earthquake/Tsunami-hit
  Countries (2005-6) Indonesia, Sri Lanka,
  Maldives, Bangladesh
• ICT Infrastructure for Rural Communities (2005-6)
  Bhutan
• Assistance for Establishment of Sector Governance
  in Telecommunications (2005-6) Timor Leste

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Technical Cooperation MoUs in ASP

• Technical Cooperation Agreement between KADO
  (Korea) and BDT/ITU for Bhutan (2005)
• Technical Cooperation Agreement between Japan
  Telecom (Japan) and BDT/ITU for Bhutan (2005)
• MoU between MII/China and BDT/ITU for Training on
  Radio Monitoring and Spectrum Management (2005-6)
  
• MoU between BSNL/India and BDT/ITU for Rural
  Communication Development (2005)

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Global Activities

• Effective Regulation, Executive-level Training
  for regulators Sector Members Day the 6th
  Annual Global Symposium for Regulators, 12-15
  November 2005, Hammamet, Tunisia
• World Summit on Information Society, Tunis,
  Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005
• HRD/HRM Global Symposium on Developing ICT
  Resources for Strategic Advantage, Bahrain, 21-23
  November 2005

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Post-WSIS Implementation Follow-up

• Integrate the Tunis Agenda 11 Action Lines
  adopted at the 2nd WSIS into ITU development
  mandates/actions.
• Collaborate among ITU, UNESCO and UNDP for the
  three key pillars of the Information Society
  Infrastructure, content and development.
• Cooperate and coordinate among regional and
  sub-regional organizations for the implementation
  and follow-ups at national and regional levels.
• Celebrate 17 May as World Information Society
  Day extended from World Telecom Day.

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Post-WSIS Regulatory Commitment
Tunis Commitment
e.g.

• 12. We shall work together, with all
  stakeholders, to put in place the necessary
  policy, legal and regulatory frameworks that
  foster entrepreneurship, particularly for SMMEs.
• 17. We urge governments .. to create public
  systems of information on laws and regulations ..
• 18. We shall strive .. to promote universal,
  ubiquitous, equitable and affordable access to
  ICT.

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Post-WSIS Regulatory Commitment
Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society Financing Mechanism
e.g. 1

• 13. .. A significant influx of investment has
  taken place where private sector participation
  has been encouraged, based on a sound regulatory
  framework,
• 23. .. There is a need to consider .. (j)
  activities on ICT-related institutional reform
  and enhanced capacity on legal and regulatory
  framework.
• 26. We acknowledge the following prerequisites
  for equitable and universal accessibility (a)
  creating policy and regulatory incentives aimed
  at universal access and the attraction of private
  sector investment.

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Post-WSIS Regulatory Commitment
Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society Internet Governance
e.g. 2

• 46. We call upon all stakeholders to ensure
  respect for privacy and the protection of
  personal information and data, whether via
  adoption of legislation, the implementation of
  collaborative frameworks, best practices and
  self-regulatory and technological measures by
  business and users.

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Post-WSIS Multi-stakeholder partnerships
Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society Financing Mechanism
e.g. 1

• 27. We recommend ..
• (b) enhancing regional cooperation and creating
  multi-stakeholder partnerships, especially by
  creating incentives for building regional
  backbone infrastructure ..
• (g) multilateral, regional and bilateral
  development organizations should consider the
  utility of creating a virtual forum for the
  sharing of information by all stakeholders on
  potential projects on sources of financing and on
  institutional financial mechanisms.

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Post-WSIS Multi-stakeholder partnerships
Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society Internet Governance
e.g. 2

• 80. We encourage the development of
  multi-stakeholder processes at the national,
  regional and international levels to discuss and
  collaborate on the expansion and diffusion of the
  Internet as a means to support development
  efforts to achieve internationally-agreed
  development goals and objectives, including the
  Millennium Development Goal.

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Annex 11 Action Lines Coordination
Partnership -
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Post-WSIS Implementation Follow-up
Tunis Agenda for the Information Society
e.g.

• 101. At the regional level
• Upon request from governments, regional-government
  al organizations in collaboration with other
  stakeholders should carry out WSIS implementation
  activities, exchanging information and best
  practices at the regional level, as well as
  facilitating policy debate on the use of ICT for
  development
• c. We consider a multi-stakeholder approach and
  the participation in regional WSIS implementation
  activities by the private sector, civil society,
  and the UN and other international organizations
  to be essential.

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Ways Forward
Time to implement the Tunis Commitment
Agenda Through sub-regional, regional
international coordination With multi-stakeholder
partnership at e.g.,

• APT The 7th SATRC Meeting, 13-15 December 2005,
  Bandos Island, Maldives
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• ITU World Telecommunication Development
  Conference (WTDC), 7-15 March 2006, Doha,
  Quarter
• ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, 4-26 November
  2006, Turkey
• ITU TELECOM WORLD Exhibition Forum, 4-8
  December 2006, Hong Kong/China

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WTDC-06 ASP RPM Regional Initiatives -
Reference
Importance of Sub-regional initiative(s) for
WTDC-06 implementation of WSIS
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Conclusion

• ITU
• is ready to cooperate with
• sub-regional, regional
• international organizations
• to implement and follow-up
• Tunis Commitment Agenda
• for the development-oriented Information Society.

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The End
Thank you
Dr. Eun-Ju Kim ITU Regional Office 89/2
Chaengwattana Road Laksi, Bangkok
10210 Thailand Tel [phone] Fax 66 2 574
9328 E-mail eun-Ju.kim_at_itu.int