Assisting Countries in Telecommunication and ICT Development An Overview of ITU-D Activities

1. Assisting Countries in Telecommunication and ICT Development An Overview of ITU-D Activities Presented by Alexander NTOKO Chief, E-Strategy Unit Telecommunication Development Bureau

2. Our Framework – An Action Plan of 6 Programmes • Regulatory Reform • Technologies and Telecommunications Network Development • E-Strategies and E-Services/Applications • Economics and Finance • Human Capacity Building • Special Programme for LDCs

3. Our Framework – 6Cross-Cutting Initiatives • Information Sharing - Statistics and information on telecommunications/ICT; • Partnership and Promotion; • Private sector initiatives; • Gender issues; • Youth initiatives; • Indigenous people issues

4. What we Offer – Mechanisms forPartnerships Platform for mutually beneficial partnerships. ITU-Vodafone Partnership to provide scholarships for youths worldwide The ITU-Swisscom Partnership for the Intrernet@Schools Project in Africa.

5. What we Offer – Indicators and Benchmarks Industry Benchmark for comprehensive telecommunication and ICT indicators. e.g., ITU World telecom indicators database – July 2003

6. What we Offer – Gender & Youth Activities Activities to empower Youths, Women and Indigenous People. Mainstreaming Gender in telecom and ICT development. • ITU ASAFE project • e-enabling women entrepreneurs

7. What we Offer – An Enabling Environment Forum and Tools for an enabling environment for the development of telecommunications. Global Symposium for Regulators, G-REX. Trends in telecommunication Reform: Effective Regulation. Global Symposium for Regulators, G-REX.

8. What we Offer – E-strategies Assistance in bringing the benefits of ICTs to the population– Project on e-agriculture in Madaniyat village of Kyrgyz Republic Bringing shared access to ICTs through Multipurpose Tele centers. Facilitating the establishment of e-legislation and enhancing security and confidence in ICTs. Guidance and recommendations in ICT Policies and Strategies – Workshop in Azerbaijan.

9. What we Offer – ICTs for socio-economic development ITU-D E-Strategies activities and initiatives to bring the benefits of telecommunications and ICTs to developing countries from all regions of the world.

10. ITU-D - What we Offer – Financing Strategies Strategies and trends in economics and finance for telecommunication development. – ITU software for the calculation of cost tariffs and rates for telephone services.

11. What we Offer – Knowledge and Skills Knowledge, Training and Human Capacity Development to build required skills – Overview of HRD activities for 1999-2002 ITU Centers of Excellence ITU e-Learning Center Global Telecom University Management Development for Telecom Internet Training Centers Initiatives

12. What we Offer – Special Assistance to LDCs Special assistance to those who need it most - The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – ITU and Inmarsat Agreement to provide satellite services for disaster relief and rural telecommunications for LDCs.

13. What we Offer – Assistance in Telecommunication Network Development Assistance in the development of telecommunication infrastructure in areas such as: Digital broadcasting Spectrum Management Network and infrastructure planning 3G Mobile (IMT)

14. What we Offer – Guidelines and Best Practices Informal atmosphere for face-to-face meetings amongst Members to discuss problems related to telecoms and ICTs ITU-D Study Groups Offer: Guidelines, surveys, best practices and analysis on ICT development

15. The ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)is committed to enabling and empowering developing countries to be major actors in the global strategy to boost telecommunication and ICT development worldwide.

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