eleventh meeting of the regional interagency working group on ict 25 february 2008
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Eleventh Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT 25 February 2008 UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand Eun-Ju Kim [email protected] Regional Representative & Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. AGENDA. ITU Structure & Functions MDG, WSIS & ITU - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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February 2008
Eleventh Meeting of the Regional InteragencyWorking Group on ICT
25 February 2008UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Eun-Ju [email protected]
Regional Representative & Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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AGENDA
ITU Structure & Functions MDG, WSIS & ITU ITU Activities in Asia and the Pacific Pacific Connectivity: Current and Future Initiatives Proposals for Cooperation
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ITU Structure & Asia-Pacific Region
ITU-RITU-R ITU-TITU-T ITU-DITU-DRadiocommunication
Satellite/Terrestrial
Telecom Network
Standardization
Development
AfricaAfrica Arab StatesArab StatesAmericasAmericas Asia PacificAsia Pacific Europe & CISEurope & CIS
ITU Regional OfficesITU Regional Offices
North-East North-East AsiaAsia
ASEAN/ASEAN/CLMVCLMV
South South AsiaAsia
PacificPacific
Asia-Pacific Sub-regions (ITU ASP RO)Asia-Pacific Sub-regions (ITU ASP RO)
ITU Headquarter (Geneva)ITU Headquarter (Geneva)
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Goal Role of ICTsMDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
ICTs provide increased access to market information and reduce transaction costs for poor farmers and traders. Tele-work allows work from home and is the main source of income or additional source of income.
ICTs increase skills and productivity resulting in increased incomes
MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education
ICTs increase supply of trained teachers though ICT-enhanced distance training
MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
ICTs deliver educational and literacy programmes specifically targeted to poor girls and women using appropriate technologies.
Studies show females outnumber males in E-learning programmes.
MDG 4,5,6: Health ICTs increase access of rural care-givers to specialist support and remote diagnosis.
ICTs enhance delivery of basic and in-service training for health workers
ICTs increase monitoring and information-sharing on disease and famine.
MDG 7: Ensure environmental stability
Remote sensing technologies and communication networks permit more effective monitoring, resource management, and mitigation of environmental risks. Telework reduces pollution by removing the requirement of travelling from home to the workplace.
MDG Goals : Role of ICT
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C1
C3
C10
C11
UN
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Monitoring Implementing
Benchmarking
2015
C5
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MDG & WSIS : Role of ITU
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MDG Goal 8
In cooperation with private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies – especially information communications technologies
WSIS: Plan of Action
ICT applications can support sustainable development, in the field of public administration, business, education and training, health, employment, environment, agriculture and science…”
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ITU Approach in Achieving MDGs
Development of Indicators: According to Target 8.F ITU developed ICT indicators for measuring the impact on MDGs
Total number of telephone subscribers (Fixed + Mobile) per hundred inhabitantsTotal number of Personal Computers per hundred inhabitants
Total number of Internet
users per hundred inhabitants
Result of Implementation : Digital divide is narrowing
MDG Target 8F Indicator Status
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0.5
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1.5
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2.5
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3.5
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4.5
Mobile Subscribers+Fixed Line Users
Internet Users Number of PC users
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2006
Shrinking Digital Divide
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10
15
20
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Mobile Phones Fixed Phones
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io 1994
2004
Ratio of penetration levels per 100 inhabitants between developed and developing countries
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WSIS Action Line and Role of ITU
C 2C 2 Information and communication infrastructure
C 5C 5 Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
C 3C 3 Access to information and knowledge
C 6C 6 Enabling environment
C 7C 7 ICT Applications
C 1C 1 The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
ECOSOC / UN REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
UNESCO
UNDP/UN REGIONAL COMMISSIONS/UNCTAD
E-GOVERNMENT [UNDP], E-BUSINESS [WTO/UNCTAD/UPU], E-LEARNING [UNESCO/UNIDO], E-HEALTH [WHO], E-EMPLOYMENT [ILO], E-ENVIRONMENT [WHO/WMO/UNEP/UN-HABITAT/ICAO],
E-AGRICULTURE [FAO], E-SCIENCE [UNESCO/UNCTAD]
MODERATOR
FACILITATOR
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Action Line C2 C 2C 2 Information and Communication Infrastructure
Bridging the Digital DivideBridging the Digital Divide
Connect the World (2005) : A multi-stakeholder platform to encourage collaboration and showcase ICT development efforts to achieve the connectivity goals of WSIS "connect the unconnected by 2015"
Connect Africa launched in Kigali, Rwanda, 29−30 October 2007
Aimed at mobilizing human, financial and technical resources required to bridge major gaps in ICT infrastructure across the continent
To support affordable connectivity and applications and services to stimulate economic growth, employment and development
To accelerate connectivity goals of WSIS and support achievement of MDGs for 2015 in Africa
Financial commitments of USD 55 billion made
ITU and Microsoft to launch “ITU Global View” Online platform to showcase ICT Development projects and tract progress towards WSIS goals
Connect AfricaConnect Africa
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Action Line C5C 5C 5 Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
Global Cybersecurity AgendaGlobal Cybersecurity Agenda
Five Pillars [Legal Measures, Technical and Procedural Five Pillars [Legal Measures, Technical and Procedural Measures, Organizational Structure, International Measures, Organizational Structure, International Cooperation, Capacity Building]Cooperation, Capacity Building]
High Level Expert GroupHigh Level Expert Group
Regional WorkshopsRegional Workshops
Handbooks and Handbooks and knowledge toolsknowledge tools
Direct Country Assistance to enhance Cybersecurity Direct Country Assistance to enhance Cybersecurity e.g. developing Public Key Infrastructure, Cyber-e.g. developing Public Key Infrastructure, Cyber-legislation and related policies etc.legislation and related policies etc.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/c5/index.html
Forthcoming
InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
ITU Activities in Asia-Pacific Region
2008
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Six Major Development ProgramsSix Major Development Programs
Program 1: Regulatory reform
Program 2:Technologies and telecom/ICT network development - Infrastructure
Program 3: E-strategies and ICT applications
Program 4: Economics & finance
Program 5: Human Resource Development
Program 6: Special program for least developed countries (LDC) + SIDCs
ITU: Development Programs
Seminars & Seminars & WorkshopsWorkshops
Direct Country Direct Country Assistances Assistances
Human Capacity Human Capacity BuildingBuildingTrainings / Trainings / FellowshipsFellowships
Deployment of Deployment of InfrastructureInfrastructure
Through Through
PPPPPP
Delivery Mechanisms
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ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
Through Through
PPPPPP
CHINA, AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THAILAND, MALAYSIA ETC.
ADB, UPU, JAPAN ETC.
APT, PITA, PIFS, ESCAP, INDUSTRY ETC.
AUSTRALIA,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, PITA, APT, ESCAP, WORLD BANK ETC.
APT, ESCAP, INDUSTRY ETC.
RI 1: Telecommunication/ICT policy and regulatory cooperation in the Asia‑Pacific regionRI 2: Rural Communications – Infrastructure development
RI 3: Next Generation Networks (NGN) planning
RI 4: The unique telecommunication/ICT needs of Pacific islands and small island developing states (SIDS) in the Asia-Pacific regionRI 5: Strengthening the collaboration between ITU‑T and ITU‑D
Partners & Donors
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ITU’s Funding Mechanism
Regular Operational Funds through ITU State Members (191) and Sector Members (over 700 industry +)
ITU ICT Development Funds (revenues generated from TELECOM Exhibitions and Forum)
Funds-in-Trust: External Contributions (e.g., Australia, EC, Thailand, China, etc.)
Partnership on operating Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence (5 Nodes)
Partnership on mutual cooperation (e.g., APT, ESCAP, PITA, UNDP, ADB, NGOs etc.)
Donations/Contributions from Industry (e.g., PCs, equipments, terminals etc.)
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Events in Asia-Pacific (2008)
No Title Dates Potential Venues
1. Global ICT Industry Leaders Forum & Global Symposium for Regulators
Mar 10-13 Thailand
2. ITU-MII Seminar on Telecom/ICT Policy and Regulation
May 29-30 China
3. ITU-IDA Executive Training Program June (TBC) Singapore
4. Gender Balance in Digital Economy of Asia-Pacific July (TBC) R.O. Korea
5. ITU/ABU Workshop on Digital TV July (TBC) Malaysia
6. Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Cyber-security August (TBC) Australia
7. Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on TAS August (TBC) Australia
8. TELECOM Asia Sep 2-5 Thailand
9. ITU Regional Development Forum: Bridging the ICT Standardization Gap
Sep. 15-17
Vietnam
10. WTSA-08 Preparation (APT) Sep. 18-19 Vietnam
11. Sub-regional Telecommunication Meeting for CLMV [October] Cambodia
12. Connecting the Pacific and SIDS (TBC) Pacific
13. Regional Workshop on HRM Tools and Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region
(TBC) [India]
14. ITU-MCMC Asia-Pacific Seminar on Regulation in a Converged Environment
December (TBC)
Malaysia
15. Regional Workshop on Strategic HRM for the Pacific (TBC)
16. Virtual Forum on Competencies for Competitiveness for the Asia-Pacific Region
(TBC) NA
17. Connect Asia-Pacific Summit (TBC) (TBC)
* Additional Asia-Pacific Events are expected through external contributions from
Australia and EC.
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Assistances in Asia-Pacific (2008)
No Title Beneficiary
1 Universal Service Program for Afghanistan Afghanistan
2 Policy and Regulatory Assistance Myanmar
3 Emergency Communication Backup through Radio Broadcasting Tonga
4 Access to ICT in Remote Area Marshall Islands
5 Remote ICT Access in Nauru Nauru
6 Implementation of MCTs in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
7 Formulation of National Disaster Communication plan Bhutan
8 Rural Broadband Communication Development Nepal
9 Frequency Band Plan Allocation and Spectrum Pricing Kiribati
10 Rural Communication Master Plan Vanuatu
11 Telecommunication Institutional Strengthening for Lao PDR Lao PDR
12 Feasibility on Wireless Technology to Deliver Broadband Services to Lifeline Organizations
Philippines
13 Development and Deployment of e-Health Nepal
14 ICT Master Plan Thailand
15 ITU-UPU-India project to assist Afghanistan in establishing e-services
Afghanistan
16 Cost Modeling for Tariffs and Interconnection Kiribati
17 Different Schemes for Rural Communication Development in ASP ASP
18 Youth Incentive Scheme in ASP Region ASP
19 Establishment of ICT Training Facility Mongolia
20 Capacity Building for the Independent Regulator Fiji
21 Partnership on Access to ICT through donated PCs/Laptops for Asia-Pacific countries
ASP
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Trainings at Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence [2008]
No Course Title Dates Delivery Mode
Host
1Porting Process Guidelines and Regulations for Mobile Number Portability January Online PTA, Pakistan
2Spectrum Management and Advanced Spectrum Management January Online MICT, Iran
3 Efficient utilization of Spectrum for mobile networks March Face to face MICT, Iran
4 IPv6 March Online PNU, Rep of Korea
5Distance Learning on Rural Broadband Technologies and USO April Online UUM, Malaysia
6 Ubiquitous Technology: Concepts and Applications May Face to Face PNU, Rep of Korea
7 Interconnection June Face to Face PTA / MICT
8 ICT for Disaster Management June Face to Face UUM, Malaysia
9 Spectrum Management for Managers July Face to face MICT, Iran
10 Cybersecurity August Face to Face MICT, Thailand
11 4G CDMA Technologies August Online PNU, Rep of Korea
13 Mobile Quality of Service October Face to Face PTA, Pakistan
14 To be announced October Online MICT, Iran
15 NGN Planning and Applications November Face to Face PNU, Rep of Korea
16 CIO Capacity Building and Development November Face to Face MICT, Thailand
17 Designing Rural Broadband Plan December Face to Face UUM, Malaysia
18 CIO Capacity Building and Development December Online MICT, Thailand
InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
ITU Asia ITU Asia Pacific Pacific
Centres of Centres of Excellence Excellence NetworkNetworkASP CoEASP CoE
Spectrum Spectrum ManagementManagement
(Iran)(Iran)
PolicyPolicy&&
RegulationRegulation(Pakistan)(Pakistan)
Business Business ManagementManagement
(Thailand)(Thailand)
Rural Rural ICT ICT
Development Development (Malaysia)(Malaysia)
Technology Technology AwarenessAwareness
(Rep. of (Rep. of Korea)Korea)
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Funds-in-Trust Projects on PPP in the Asia-Pacific Region (2007-2009)
ICT Policy & Regulatory Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region and addressing the unique ICT needs of the Pacific Island Countries (Australia)
Telecommunication/ICT Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region (Australia)
Capacity Building & ICT Policy, Regulatory & Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States (EC)
ITU/IDA Executive Training Programme (Singapore)
Partnership between ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence (CoE) and India CoE (India)
Access to ICT in the Asia-Pacific Region (Japan +)
Special Project in Timor-Leste (Australia)
Emergency/Disaster Communication: Post-Tsunami Assistance (Australia)
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Emergency/Disaster Communications
Development of National Emergency Telecommunication Plan for countries in the Asia-Pacific region
ITU has provided assistance to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bangladesh in developing National Emergency Telecommunication Plan through expert assistance and national workshops. The assistance will be provided to more countries in the year 2008.
Assessment and Study on national telecommunication network for emergencies and/or disaster management
The assessment and study were done for Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Maldives, Bangladesh. ITU will do similar assessment for more countries in the Asia-Pacific region in 2008.
ITU Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management: Saving Lives, Geneva, 10-12 December 2007
ITU has launched a major telecommunication/ICT initiative – ITU Framework for Cooperation in Emergencies (IFCE) – as well as other new ITU products i.e. Compendium of ITU’s Work in Emergency Telecommunications, and ITU Handbook on Best Practice on Emergency Telecommunications
InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
Pacific Connectivity: ITU’s
Current and Future Initiatives
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ITU’s Regional Activities in the Pacific
Workshop on Cyber-Legislation for Pacific Island Countries07 [APT, PITA]
Regional workshop on Knowledge Management, 2007 [PITA]
Satellite back-up and Emergency Communication
Connecting the Pacific [UNESCAP, APT, Govt of Australia, PITA]
Country Level Activities (Examples: Recent & Planned 2008)Country Level Activities (Examples: Recent & Planned 2008)
Policy & Regulation: Kiribati (Licensing, Internet Exchange, Cost Modeling), Papua New Guinea (Numbering, Interconnection), Tonga (Spectrum Management), Marshall Islands (e-Governance), Timor-Leste
Infrastructure Development, Rural Communications, MCTs: Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Regional: Connect Asia-Pacific 2008 (Planned)Regional: Connect Asia-Pacific 2008 (Planned) For achieving MDG and WSIS connectivity goals in Asia and the Pacific by 2015
Aimed at mobilizing human, financial and technical resources required to bridge major gaps in ICT infrastructure across the continent
To support affordable connectivity and applications and services to stimulate economic growth, employment and development
Sub - Regional Events (Examples)Sub - Regional Events (Examples)
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ITU’s On-going Projects in the Pacific
Government of AustraliaGovernment of Australia
ICT Policy & Regulatory Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region and addressing the unique ICT needs of the Pacific Island Countries
Telecommunication/ICT Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region
Assistance for the Establishment of Sector Governance in Telecommunications in East Timor
European CommissionEuropean Commission
Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States
InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
ITU’s Initiative on Climate Change
& Proposals on Partnership
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ITU Initiatives on Climate Change Role of ICT
Cause of climate change and also an important element in tackling the challenge Monitoring data gathering and analysis : arial photography, satellite imaging, grid
technology and GPS for tracking long term movement of glaciers , sensor networks and computer modeling
ICT sector contributes 2.5 % of annual green housegases, a amount much smaller than its share of global GDP
ICT as a green technology (telecommuting and intelligent transport)
Role of ITU
ITU as one of the very important stakeholders in the area of climate change: UN Secretary General
ITU work on reducing power requirements of telecom equipment, terminal devices and networking equipments (NGN 40% less power)
Wider climatic tolerance for telecom/ICT equipment (no need for air condition) Carbon displacement technologies, (TelePresence: reducing travel) Mitigating effects of climate change: recycling of telecom waste and
telecommunications for disaster relief ITU-T Standardization work on energy efficient devices and networks Active commitment to promoting the use of ICT as a positive force to reduce
greenhouse emissions and to mitigate the effects
ITU to organize a symposium on the topic of ICTs and climate change to be held in Japan and United Kingdom in 2008
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Proposals for Cooperation & Partnership
Cooperation and collaborations in the following areas: e.g., ICT Applications e-governance, e-health, e-education Rural Communications – Infrastructure Development Connectivity on the Pacific, Small Islands Developing States, and LDCs ICT Policy & Regulation Emergency & Disaster Communications Next Generation Networks: Planning & Migration
Creation of opportunities for partnerships and funds from potential donors.
Synergy of expertise from each UN Agencies at regional and national level to optimize resources and outputs.
Partnership on capacity-building in the field of ICT through 5 ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence Nodes.
Participation of UN Agencies in TELECOM Asia (2-5 Sept 2008) showcasing their achievements and initiatives under one UN Pavilion, as for the “Delivering as One” UN.
Proposal to participate in International Symposiums on “ICTs and Climate Change” organized by ITU in Kyoto and London in 2008
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