1 / 28

ITU-D STRATEGY, VISION, CHALLENGES

ITU-D STRATEGY, VISION, CHALLENGES. Hamadoun I. Touré Director, BDT Krastu Mirski Deputy Director, BDT. What is the ITU ?. The first international intergovernmental organization (1865); UN specialized agency in telecommunications (1947); 189 Member States

travisjones
Download Presentation

ITU-D STRATEGY, VISION, CHALLENGES

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ITU-DSTRATEGY, VISION, CHALLENGES Hamadoun I. Touré Director, BDT Krastu Mirski Deputy Director, BDT

  2. What is the ITU ? • The first international intergovernmental organization (1865); • UN specialized agency in telecommunications (1947); 189 Member States • Open for all entities, dealing with telecommunications; more than 600 Sector Members; • Main purposes: to promote the use of telecommunications worldwide and the extension of the benefits of the new technologies to all world’s inhabitants.

  3. ITU Organizational Chart

  4. The Mission of the ITU-D To fulfil the purposes of the ITU: • to offer technical assistance to countries in telecommunications; • To promote the resource mobilization for implementation; • To promote the extension of the benefits of the new ICT to all the world’s inhabitants.

  5. The Main Specific ITU-D Functions • To promote the development, expansion and operation of telecommunication networks and services; • To mobilize resources to provide assistance to developing countries; • To cooperate with other relevant organizations (regional and global); • To encourage participation by industry/private sector in telecommunication development activities.

  6. ITU-D Structure WTDC (World Telecommunication Development Conference) Study Groups Director BDT (Telecommunication Development Bureau) TDAG (Telecom. Development Advisory Group)

  7. BDT’s Dual Mission • As UN Specialized Agency, BDT implements work programs adopted by World Development Conferences and Plenipotentiary Conferences • As Executing Agency, BDT implements projects under the UNDP and other funds-in-trust mechanisms

  8. Sector Reform Human Resources Technologies Management Finance Resourcemobilization Informationsharing Direct Assistance Partnership Objectives of the BDT BDT

  9. Valetta Action Plan (VAP) • Framework to enhance cooperation with the ITU-D membership • Six Programs • Special LDC Programme • Reinforcement of Project and Direct Assistance • 22 Resolutions • 11 Recommendations

  10. WTDC Regional Dev. Conf. Study Groups TDAG Chapter 1 Program of Cooperation among members in Telecom Development Sector

  11. Chapter 2: Programmes Prog 2 Technologies and GII Prog 3 Rural dev. & Universal Service Prog 1 Reform Legislation Regulation Prog 4 Finance and Economics Prog 5 Partnership with the Private Sector Prog 6 Human Resources Development

  12. Financing and tariffs New technologies Sector restructuring HRD RuralTelecoms Chapter 3: Special LDC Programme Nepal Guinea Bissau Eritrea Niger Mozambique Yemen

  13. Chapter 4 Execution of technical projects and direct assistance under UNDP and other funding arrangements

  14. The BDT Structure

  15. Policies, Strategies and Financing Department /PSF/ Financing andPartnership Sector Strategies and Conferences Study Group ITU-D Sector Members Telecom Dataand Statistics Sector Reform Telecom Surplus

  16. Field Operation Department /FOP/ Regional Presence Technology and Application Group Human Resources Development E-Strategy Unit Special Unit for LDC Spacecom

  17. Program Support Department /SUP/ Contracts and Procurement Fellowships Field Personnel Service Information Systems Support

  18. “BDT” Regions • Africa • Arab States • Asia-Pacific • Americas Region • Europe and CIS

  19. CAIRO BANGKOK Moscow (2002) Jakarta BRASILIA ADDIS ABABA Dakar Bridgetown Santiago Harare Yaoundé Tegucigalpa Regional Presence EUROPE Unit GENEVA

  20. Operational Plan Implementation VAP Prog. 1 Prog. 2 Prog. 3 Prog. 4 Prog. 5 Prog. 6 Field Offices Africa Americas Arab States Asia-Pacific Europe

  21. Strategy of BDT • Special attention to the requirements of the least developed and the developing countries; • Work with governments to assist them in establishing appropriate policies and regulatory structures; • Partnership with the private sector, global, regional and national organizations to meet the requirements of the countries.

  22. Preparation for the Istanbul WTDC Regional Preparatory meetings (RPM) in: • Arab States, Alexandria (Egypt), 17-19.10.2000; • Europe and CIS, Sofia (Bulgaria), 28-30.11.2000; • Asia and Pacific, Bali (Indonesia), 25-27.04.2001; • Africa, Yaoundé (Cameroon), 29-31.05.2001; • Americas, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), 16-18.10.2001.

  23. Identified Priority areas for 2003 - 2006 • Information Society and Digital Divide; • Policy Issues and Telecommunication Regulations; • Economic, Investments and Financial Strategies; • Network (incl. Wireless Network) Development; • Human Resources Management and Development; • International Cooperation.

  24. Challenges for the BDT • To meet the requirements of the fast changing IT environment (GII, Digital Divide, new players etc.); • To increase the efficiency (more flexibility, focus on the new needs of the countries etc.)

  25. BDT Reform • Internal and external decision making processes; • WTDC (periodicity, organization, expected outputs etc.); • Tasks and functioning of the Study Groups; • Working relationships with the private sector and other new players.

  26. Creating Common Goals ITU UN AGENCIES ORGANIZATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR COUNTRIES

  27. Together! Only together we can achieve our common goals! Only together we will be able to bridge the Digital Divide!

  28. Mandatory, but Really Cordial Thanks THANK YOU !

More Related