Committed to connecting the world

Mr. Wisit AtipayakoonITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Email: wisit.atipayakoon.itu.int

--- ASEAN-ITU Seminar on ICT Accessibility and Assistive Technologies for Equity in Society ---

25-26 August 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

ITU and Digital Inclusion

ITU-R ITU-T ITU-D

ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Sector that enable global communications by ensuring that countries’ ICT networks and devices are speaking the same language.

ITU’s Development Sector that fosters international cooperation and solidarity in the delivery of technical assistance and in the creation, development and improvement of telecommunication/ICT equipment and networks in developing countries.

ITU: International Telecommunication Union

Founded in 1865; Responsible for issues that concern Information and Communication Technologies.

193 Member States, 545 Sector Members, 161 Associates, and 33 Academia.

HQs in Switzerland, Geneva; and 4 Regional Offices & 7 Area Office.

ITU’s Radio-communication Sector that globally manages radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits that ensure safety of life on land, at sea and in the skies.

ITU: Reaching out to the World

Americas

Regional OfficeBrasilia, Brazil

Area Offices Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Santiago, Chile.Bridgetown, Barbados

Africa

Regional OfficeAddis Ababa, Ethiopia

Area Offices Yaoundé, Cameroon Harare, Zimbabwe

Dakar, Senegal

CIS Area Office Moscow, Russia

Arab

Regional OfficeCairo, Egypt

ITU Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland

Europe Regional OfficeGeneva, Switzerland

Asia-Pacific

Regional OfficeBangkok, Thailand

Acting Regional Director Mr. Sameer Sharma

Area OfficeJakarta, Indonesia

Head: Ms. Aurora Rubio

Responsible for affordable and sustainable access to and use of telecom/ICT infrastructure and applications through assisting members with various development initiatives and projects based on multi-stakeholders' partnerships in the Asia-Pacific Region.

38 Member States and over 72 Sector Members.

ITU: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Cambodia

Lao, PDR

Nepal

Myanmar

Timor Leste

KiribatiSamoa

Solomon Is.TuvaluVanuatu

FijiMaldives

Marshall IslandsMicronesiaNauru

Tonga

Least Developed Countries (13)

PNG

D.P.R. Korea

India

Indonesia

Mongolia

Pakistan

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

Low-Income States (9)

Small Islands Developing States (12)

AustraliaBrunei China/Hong KongIran

Japan

MalaysiaNew Zealand

R.O. Korea

Singapore

Thailand

The Rest (10)

Promotion of ICT access and use for the social and economic development of:

Indigenous peoples Persons with disabilities Women and girls Youth and children

Digital Inclusion

General Secretariat: ITU Accessibility Task Force BDT (ITU-D): Study Group Question 7/1 “Access to

telecommunication/ICT services by persons with disabilities and with specific needs”

TSB (ITU-T): Study Group Question 26/16 “Accessibility to multimedia systems and services”

ITU Work on Accessibility

ITU-T• Standard making body

• Coordination among Standard Development Organizations

• Research & study

ITU-D• Policy and regulatory matters

• Guidelines, toolkits, and training• Promotion & awareness raising, Project

implementation

http://www.e-accessibilitytoolkit.org/

Making TV Accessible Report

http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/PwDs/index.phtml

Identifies ways in which TV can be made more accessible

Timely given the transition from analogue to digital TV

Prepared by Peter Looms, Chairman of ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility

Making Mobile Phones and Services Accessible Report

Explains, in concrete terms, what we mean by accessible mobile phones

Developments in accessible mobile apps

Business opportunities and case studies

Policy guidelines

Model ICT Accessibility Policy Report

Provides policy guidelines and legal and regulatory framework

Designed to help countries develop their own accessibility policies and regulations

Modular design includes stand-alone sections on: Model ICT legal, policy and regulatory framework Model ICT accessibility framework on public access Model mobile communications accessibility policy framework Model television/video programming accessibility framework Model web accessibility policy framework Model accessible ICT public procurement policy framework

WTDC-14 and Accessibility ITU-D Objective 4 as approved by WTDC-14 is to: “Build human and institutional

capacity, provide data and statistics, promote digital inclusion and provide concentrated assistance to countries in special need” Output 4.3 is “Digital inclusion of people with specific needs”

WTDC-14 agreed that instead of referring to “people with special needs” the term “people with specific needs” would be used;

As per Output 4.3, digital inclusion of people with specific needs, there will be three Regional Initiatives on persons with disabilities: in the ARB, EUR and CIS regions

Question 7/1 will address policies and strategies for promoting and implementing services and solutions which provide access to telecommunications/ICTs by persons with disabilities and with special needs, and for people with difficulties mastering reading and writing. This recognizes that people with difficulties mastering reading and writing can often benefit from ICT solutions for persons with disabilities.

WTDC-14 also approved WTDC-14 Res. 58 on persons with disabilities, combining contributions from RCC and CITEL

Planned ITU-D activities in Accessibility

Regional Initiatives on ICT accessibility : Development of training on audio description

Asia-Pacific and ASEAN -- ?

Emergency Telecommunications

Harnessing The Benefits Of New Technologies(includes Digital Broadcasting)

Development Of Broadband Access And Adoption Of Broadband

Policy And Regulation

Special Consideration For LDCs*, SIDSs**, Including Pacific Island Countries, And Landlocked Developing Countries

* LDC: Least Developed Countries** SIDS: Small Island Developing States

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Initiative #2

Initiative #3

Initiative #4

Initiative #5

ITU: Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives (2015-2018)

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ITU : http://www.itu.intITU Asia Pacific : http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/index.asp

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