ITU MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY AND MEMBERSHIP

1. ITU MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY AND MEMBERSHIP Jean-Yves Besnier Chief, Partnership, Promotion and Membership ITU/BDT 6th Annual Private Sector Cooperation Meeting in the Arab region Giza, Egypt, 16-18 December 2007

2. Agenda Introducing ITU Multi-stakeholder Partnerships Sector Membership

3. Introducing ITU

4. ITU In Brief • UN Specialized Agency responsible for telecommunications • 3 sectors: radiocommunication, standardization and development • Collaboration between governments and private sector • Diverse Membership • Annual Budget of CHF 180 million (USD 145 million)

5. Plenipotentiary Conferences ITU Structure World Conferences on Telecommunications Council Radiocommunication Standardization Development World Telecommunication Development Conferences (WTDC) and Regional Preparatory Meetings (RPM) World/Regional Radiocommunications Conferences (WRC) Radiocommunication Assemblies (RA) World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) Radio Regulations Board (RRB) RAG TSAG TDAG Secretary-General General Secretariat Deputy Secretary-General Director Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) Director Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) Radiocommunication Sector Telecommunication Standardization Sector Telecommunication Development Sector

6. ITU Around the World 5 regional offices, 8 area offices HQ in Geneva, Switzerland

7. ITU Sectors • Radio communication (ITU-R) • Spectrum allocation – emergency, public requirements, new mobile apps/business services • Global broadband satellite - internet • Telecom Standardization(ITU-T) • Global standards to lower costs and ease roll-out • Private sector plays major role

8. ITU Development Sector (ITU-D) Mission: “promoter & catalyst” for telecom/ICT development • Strengthen cooperation between ITU Members. • Foster environment that promotes ICT/telecom development • Identify projects, promote investment and P/P partnerships. • Disseminate information and know-how • Support implementation of global, regional initiatives • Assist developing countries in building capacity. • Undertake economic, financial, technical studies on ICT issues

9. Multi-stakeholder Partnership Strategy

10. Partnerships for Results • ITU a unique platform for partnership • Telecom Development Bureau manages partnership/cooperation agreements – some 50 signed/year • Private sector becoming increasingly important for project design and implementation

11. Priority Areas • Enabling Environment for ICT investment • Regulatory and policy harmonization, training, toolkit, best practices • ICT Infrastructure/Access • Rural connectivity, regional interconnectivity • Tele-centres, village phone/shared access • Low cost connectivity, shared infrastructure • Capacity Building • Centres of Excellence, Internet Training Centres, Scholarships, employability • ICT Applications & Cybersecurity • E-government, e-health, e-education, cybersecurity • Emergency telecommunications,LDC & SIDS • Standards, network rehabilitation, frequency allocation, collaboration for rapid deployment of equipment

12. Partnership Resources ITU FINANCING • ITU annual operational budget • ICT Development Fund PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FINANCING • Development agencies + other governmental sources • Private companies • Financial institutions • Regional and international organizations NATURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS • In-kind: expertise & equipment, software, maintenance, training • Cash

13. Connect the World • Platform for ICT development partnerships • Launched in 2005 with 22 partners – now have >50 partners and growing • Open, multi-stakeholder initiative • Mission: mobilize global community to implement connectivity goals of the WSIS • “Connect the unconnected by 2015” • Three “building blocks”: • enabling environment • infrastructure and e-readiness • applications and services

14. CTW Strategic Objectives • Showcase ICT development efforts • Provide platform for partner match-making • Track progress on WSIS connectivity goals

15. Call for Partners! • To help implement WSIS and WTDC Commitments • Regional initiatives from our membership • Priorities for Arab Region: • ICT indicators and associated capacity building • Development of an Arab regulatory framework • Creation of an Arab centre for digital documentation • Connection of Arab internet networks( national access points) • Translation & arabization of ICT terminology

16. ITU Sector Membership

17. ITU Membership • An interested entity or organization may join ITU as a Sector Member • An ITU Sector Member participates in the work of corresponding ITU Sector: • Study/Working Groups, Regional and World Telecommunication Conferences, Advisory Groups, workshops, seminars and meetings • Also an opportunity to influence decisions and network

18. ITU Sector Members • An ITU Sector Member participates in the full range of activities of the corresponding ITU Sector • An interested entity or organization may join ITU as a Sector Member for one of the 3 Sectors: • Development (ITU-D) • Radio-communication (ITU-R) • Standardization (ITU-T)

19. ITU Associates • An interested entity or organization may join an ITU Sector as an Associate and be entitled to take part in the work of a selected single Study Group. • Associates may have access to documentation required for their work and may serve as Rapporteur or Editor.

20. Benefits of being an ITU Sector Member • Influence the evolution of global telecommunication networks • Increase awareness of your business priorities • Network/Make contacts • Participate in advisory, study and working groups • Access ITU working documents and get discounts on publications

21. Membership Fees • Expenses of the Union are met largely by contributions from its Member States and Sector Members • Amount varies - members can pay more or less “contributory units” within predetermined scale • Minimum of # US$ 3,000 /yr for ITU-D • Minimum of # US$ 25,000 /yr for ITU-T/R

22. ITU Sector Members* (D- Regions)as of November 2007 * Companies or organizations can be Sector Members of one or several Sectors. ** Total per region of Sector Members (participating in the work of one or several Sectors).

23. Industry Needs • Enabling Environment • Reduced time, cost for decisions which impact investments • Independent regulator, clear guidelines, simplified and transparent procedures, open opportunities/level playing field • Technology neutral policy and regulation in era of convergence • Option for infrastructure sharing (i.e. radio towers) • Foreign ownership or investmenton a certain types of services • Neutral/reliable info about trends, access, coverage • Trained labour in developing/emerging markets • Better understanding between governments and business so that concerns reflected in decisions • Partners to implement projects

24. ITU Responding to Needs • Facilitating Enabling Environment – working with members on policy and regulatory harmonization and guidelines, sharing best practices • Aim to lower access costs, fuel private sector investment • Emerging issues: migration to NGN and VOIP… • Building Capacity - Centres of Excellence, Internet Training Centres, scholarships, workshops, job placement • Producing research and statistics – key ICTmarket trends, connectivity/access/usage indicators, etc. • Providing platform for industry-government dialogue – neutral space for debate, professional exchange programmes • Projects, activities and direct assistance: executing agency for projects, partner match-making, unbiased expert advice

25. Conclusion ITU is an experienced and ready partner Our membership is global and diversified Sector Members have invaluable opportunities to share experiences, and learn of new business and partnership opportunities Join us! Become an ITU Sector Member!

26. THANK YOU Jean-Yves Besnier Chief, Partnership, Promotion and Membership Division Andrea Mozer-Corral Membership Officer Tel.: +41 22 730 5591/6198 Fax: +41 22 730 5484 ppm@itu.int www.itu.int/ITU-D/