13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

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13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working
Group (IWG) on Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) UNCC, Bangkok,
Thailand ITU Regional Office for Asia and the
Pacific 20 November 2009 Bangkok, Thailand
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Agenda

• ITU Vision and Initiatives
• ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Actions Initiatives
  (2007-2010)
• Outcomes of ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory
  Meeting for WTDC 2010
• ITU Planned Actions in 2009-2010
• Proposals for Partnership

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ITU Vision and Initiatives
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ITU Overview

• Founded in 1865
• Leading UN Special Agency for ICTs
• HQ in Switzerland 5 Regional Offices 7 Area
  Offices
• 191 Member States and 700 Sector Members
• ITU has three sectors
• ITU-R (Radiocommunication)
• ITU-T (Standardization)
• ITU-D (Development)
• ITU TELECOM Events

ITU presence in the Asia-Pacific

• Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in
  Bangkok Area Office for South East Asia in
  Jakarta.
• 38 Member States
• 63 Sector Members

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ITU Vision Strategic Focus 2007 -2010
Vision By connecting the world and fulfilling
everyones fundamental right to communicate, we
strive to make the world a better and safer place.
ITU Initiatives
Strategic Focus

• Accessibility
• Confronting the financial crisis
• Climate Change and the ITU/ICT
• Cybersecurity, Spam and Cybercrime
• Connecting the unconnected by 2015
• Saving lives
• The networks of the future NGN and Global
  Standards Initiative 

Emergency Communication
Connect the World
ITU Initiatives
Global Cybersecurity Agenda
Capacity Building
Enabling Environment
Climate Change
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ITU Global Development Agenda (2007-2010)
Six Operational Programmes
Delivery Mechanisms
Programme 1 Regulatory reform Programme 2
Information and communication infrastructure and
technology development Programme 3
E-strategies and ICT applications Programme 4
Economics financing, including costs and
tariffs Programme 5 Human Capacity
Building Programme 6 Least developed countries
(LDC) and Small Islands Developing States (SIDS),
and emergency telecommunications
Seminars Workshops
Through PPP
Direct Country Assistances
Human Capacity Building Trainings / Fellowships
Special Initiatives
Gender, Children and Youth, Indigenous people
and communities, Persons with disabilities,
Communities living in Remote/Underserved areas
Deployment of Infrastructure
Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
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ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives (2007-2010)
ASP Regional Initiative 1 Telecommunication/ICT policy and regulatory cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region
ASP Regional Initiative 2 Rural Communications Infrastructure development
ASP Regional Initiative 3 Next Generation Networks (NGN) planning
ASP Regional Initiative 4 The unique telecommunication/ICT needs of Pacific islands and small island developing states (SIDS) in the Asia-Pacific region
ASP Regional Initiative 5 Strengthening the collaboration between ITU-T and ITU-D
Funding
Delivery Method
Seminars Workshops
Doha Action Plan (DAP) ITU-D Annual Operational
Plan
Direct Country Assistances
Human Capacity Building Trainings / Fellowships
Through PPP
RI Linked Projects (RI External Funds)

Deployment of Infrastructure
ICT Development Fund
Study Questions
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Proposed ITU Development Agenda (2011-2014)
Proposals made at the ITU Asia-Pacific Regional
Preparatory Meeting for WTDC-2010 At Kuala
Lumpur, May 5-7 2009
Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
Global Development Programmes

1. Unique ICT Needs of LDCs, SIDSs, Landlocked
   Countries
2. Emergency Communication
3. Digital Broadcasting
4. Broadband Access Adoption in Urban Rural
   Areas
5. Telecom/ICT Policy Regulation in Asia-Pacific
   Region

• Programme 1 Information Communication
  Infrastructure
• Programme 2 Cybersecurity ICT Applications
• Programme 3 Enabling Environment
• Programme 4 Capacity Building Other
  Initiatives

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ITU Framework for Cooperation in Emergencies
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ITU Emergency Resources
Satellite terminal (Voice and data communication)

• Handheld satellite phones
• INMARSAT Global Area Network,
• Regional BGAN
• Nera World PRO (Explorer100/110)
• Thuraya DSL

Broadband mobile satellite terminals. Mobile
Communication tools for Global Internet and data
access at broadband speeds and simultaneous
voice
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Recent ITU Response to Disasters
ITU Response Effort

• Dispatch of 25 satellite phones and solar panels
  with free airtime to Tonga and Samoa in the
  aftermath of Pacific tsunami (Sep 2009)
• Dispatch of 40 satellite phones with free airtime
  to Indonesia in response to the West Sumatra
  earthquake (Sep 2009)
• Deployment of 10 satellite phones and free
  airtime following the ferry disaster sinking of
  Princess Ashika (Aug 2009)

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CHALLENGES

• Sufficient resources to be deployed when needed
• More rapid deployment of the resources to a site
• Greater awareness of the initiative within
  governments, UN agencies, international
  organisations, NGOs, and humanitarian actors
• Coordination for requests and resource provisions
  among providers, requesters, and facilitators
  and
• Enhanced cooperation and partnerships including
  funding

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Proposal ASP Regional Platform for Disaster
Communication Management
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ASP Regional Platform for Disaster Communication
Management
OBJECTIVES

• Provide a single point of contact for countries
  requesting for ICT assistance in response to
  disasters
• Provide technical assistance through deployment
  of ICT resources (human, ICT equipment and
  services) for rescues
• Facilitate contacts and coordination between
  assistance providers and requesters
• Guide and assist countries in development of a
  national emergency telecommunications plan and
  standard operating procedure
• Build a network of volunteers for rescue
  activities
• Provide technical training in the use of ICT
  equipment and services for emergency
  communications

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National Emergency Telecommunications Plan (NETP)
aims at

• Identification of telecommunications needs in
  time of emergencies
• Identification of vulnerabilities, and assessment
  of threats
• Forging of partnerships
• Forward-planning as part of preparedness

The NETP should be part of a national disaster
management framework or plan
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TAMPERE CONVENTION
Tampere Convention on the Provision of
Telecommunication Resources for Disaster
Mitigation and Relief Operations

• Provides the legal framework for the use of
  telecommunications in international humanitarian
  assistance
• Reduces regulatory barriers
• Protects providers of telecommunication
  assistance while safeguarding the interests of
  the host country

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I THANK U
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