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W SI S Action Lines C2 , C5 & C6 : Com m unication I nfrastructure, Security & Enabling Environm ent

Presented at the

Expert Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation Tow ards Building an I nform ation Society in Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok, Thailand 20-22 July 2009

ITU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific Bangkok, Thailand

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• The implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the

Information Society (WSIS) is one of the top priorities of the ITU Secretary-General.

• WSIS 2005 identified ITU as the moderator/ facilitator for action

lines:

• C2 - Information and communication infrastructure
• C5 - Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
• C6 - Enabling environment (as from May 2008)
• Co-facilitator of Action Lines C1, C3, C4, C7 and C11.
• Host and convener of the WSIS Forum 2009,

in its role of leading facilitating organization for WSIS Implementation and Follow-up

• Chair/ Co-Chair of the United Nations

Group on the Information Society (last meeting held in May 2009)

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• World Telecommunication Development Conference

(WTDC) adopted Resolution 30 (Doha, 2006) on the Role

• f the Telecommunication Development Sector in

implementing the outcomes of the WSIS that recognizes ITU-D as a key partner in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes.

• Antalya Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-06) in Resolution

140 (Antalya, 2006), reiterated ITU’s role as facilitator/ moderator and co-facilitator in the implementation of WSIS action lines.

• ITU Council, in its Resolution 1282 instructed the ITU

Secretary General to develop a roadmap for ITU’s activities within its mandate in the WSIS implementation up to 2015 with special emphasis on Action Lines whereby ITU is the lead facilitator.

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• Paragraph 9 of the Geneva Plan of Action defines specific actions to be

implemented under Action Line C2 and highlights infrastructure as being central in achieving the goal of digital inclusion, enabling universal, sustainable, ubiquitous and affordable access to ICTs by all.

• Facilitation meeting held 19 May 2009 in Geneva
• In line with the Geneva Plan of Action, ITU has undertaken:
• The harmonization of ICT policies in three regions (Sub-Saharan

countries, Caribbean countries and Pacific Island States);

• Ministerial Forums such as:
• Pacific ICT Ministerial Forum in Tonga, 17-20 February 2009
• Subregional Telecommunication Ministerial Forum for

Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) in Vietnam, 11-12 December 2009

• TELECOM Asia in Bangkok, Thailand 2-5 September 2008
• Programs implementing approximately [ 50] activities in 2008 and

around [ 87] activities have been planned for year 2009;

• The launch of a virtual space dedicated to the thematic ICT

infrastructure initiatives;

• Capacity-Building Activities on ICT Policies in the Pacific Islands;
• Regional project on ICT Applications and Satellite Diversity in the

Pacific Islands States, among others.

I TU & C2 : Com m unication I nfrastructure

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• Launched by ITU in 2005.
• Connect Africa Sum m it organized

by ITU with global and regional partners in 2007 as the first of a series of Connect the World.

• A total of $55 Billion, committed by stakeholders mostly

industry, towards the expansion of ICT networks over the next five years.

• Built on the success of the Connect Africa, ITU with

potential donors and partners, will replicate the approach in each region. The next Summit, Connect CI S will take place in November 2009 in Minsk, Belarus.

I TU-D: Connect the W orld I nitiative

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Flagship I nitiatives

I TU W ireless Broadband Partnership

Expected Outcom es

• Deployment of wireless broadband

infrastructure (backbone and access networks) for identified areas;

• Development of a national ICT

broadband network plan for entire territory of beneficiary countries;

• Training of local experts on the operation of the

deployed wireless communication network;

• Development of ICT applications and services that

improve public services and create opportunities for sustainable economic growth and employment; and,

• Provision of low cost devices to expand ICT

access, starting with laptops for school children in least developed countries as part of a Connecting Children campaign.

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Flagship I nitiatives

Connecting Villages

Expected Outcom es

• Establishment of several trial

sites to provide proof of concept, shortly following the project launch;

• Improvement of policy and regulation

to accelerate the development of rural communications and provide business opportunities for local entrepreneurs;

• Development of locally-relevant mobile applications

and content; and

• Extensive roll out of rural communications in

selected countries, following successful trial results.

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Flagship Partnerships

Connect a School, Connect a Com m unity

Expected Outcom es

• I dentify and com pile best practices

that can be used by policy makers and regulators to connect schools to broadband Internet networks and services in an online Toolkit;

• Raise global political aw areness among education

and communication policy makers and regulators in the development of policies and strategies to connect schools as community ICT centres;

• Assist I TU Mem ber States in developing national

school ICT connectivity plans and implementing projects; and,

• Provide capacity building through regional training

events on using connected schools as community centres for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.

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• ITU-D Operational Plan 2008-2011 included approx 50 activities

relevant to the WSIS Action Line C2 carried out in 2008 and the first half of 2009:

• 25 activities related to the network development;

broadband connectivity; access in rural areas;

• 4 activities related to e-strategies and ICT applications;
• 7 activities related to the economics and finance;
• 7 activities related the LDCs and emergency

telecommunications;

• 2 activities related to partnership and promotion;
• 5 activities related to the private sector, gender, youth,

indigenous people and people with disabilities.

W ork Related to C2

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• Providing global standards for telecommunication.
• Next Generation Networks (NGN)
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pecific standards (seven Recommendations) on signaling protocols for QoS , resource control in NGN, NGN testing and S ecurity, Multimedia services over NGN;

• Fixed-mobile convergence, service level requirements and

architectural framework to provide new services based on Internet Protocol Television (IPTV);

• Charging and accounting principles for NGN (including related

telecommunication economic and policy issues) continue to be studied at international and regional levels

• International Internet Connectivity
• Tariff and accounting principles including related

telecommunication economic and policy issues (S G3)

• Bridging the S

tandardization Gap

ITU-T Work Related to C2

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• Develop and strengthen national, regional and international

broadband network infrastructure, including delivery by satellite and other wireless systems.

• Broaden access to orbital resources, global frequency

harmonization and global systems standardization.

• Promote the provision of global high-speed satellite services for

underserved areas while explore other systems that can provide high-speed connectivity.

• Recommendations approved by the 2007 World Radio Conference

will facilitate the access to the orbital/ spectrum resources and related applications for a broader range of users.

ITU-R Work Related to C2

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• As the Facilitator for WSIS Action Line C5 ITU continues to carry out

several activities, including preparation of a roadmap, related to building confidence and security in the use of ICTs, in coordination and in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.

• In line with the Geneva Plan of Action, ITU has undertaken:
• I TU Global Cybersecurity Agenda ( GCA) has facilitated the

establishment of multi-stakeholder partnerships with new, external partners to promote cybersecurity;

• I TU Child Online Protection ( COP)

COP aims to join partners from all sectors to ensure a safe and secure

• nline experience for children everywhere.

ITU plans to hold the first World Congress

• n Child Online Protection in 2009.
• Theme for the World Telecommunication and Information

Society Day (WTISD), 17 May 2009

• ITU/ MIC (Japan) Strategic Dialogue on Safer Internet

Environment for Children, Tokyo, Japan, 2-3 June 2009.

I TU & C5 : Security

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• I TU Regional Cybersecurity Forum s.

Four forums were held in 2008, including the ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Asia- Pacific & Seminar on the Economics

• f Cybersecurity, Brisbane, Australia

15-18 July 2008. Next forum in Asia is the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Frameworks for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) in India, 23-25 September, 2009;

• Pacific Com puter Em ergency Response Team ( Pacific

CERT)

• Five Pillars: Legal Measures, Technical and Procedural

Measures, Organizational Structure, International Cooperation, Capacity Building;

• Establish the Pacific CERT.
• I nternational Multilateral partnership Against Cyber

Threats ( I MPACT) . IMPACT Global Response Centre provides emergency response with 3 highlights: Network Early Warning System (NEWS) & Electronically Secure Collaboration Application Platform for Experts (ESCAPE):

W ork Related to C5

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• Since 2008, ITU has taken over from UNDP the role of Lead Facilitator of

the WSIS Action Line C6 - Enabling Environment. As the Facilitator for WSIS Action Line C6, ITU continues to carry out several activities related to enabling environment.

• In line with the Geneva Plan of Action, ITU has undertaken:

W SI S Cluster Events: During the WSIS cluster of events in May 2008, ITU organized the multi-stakeholders’ facilitation meeting of the WSIS Action Line C6 jointly with Action Lines C2 and C4. The meeting focused on four main areas:

• Creating an enabling environment for ICT growth;
• Enabling environment driving innovation: best practices;
• Infrastructure Sharing: extending ICT access to all on the

national level; and

• Infrastructure Sharing: extending ICT access to all on the

international level. Sem inars: in close collaboration with Study Group 1, two seminars were organized on 8 September 2008, one on "Universal access to broadband services", the subject of Question 7-2/ 1, and the other on "Tariff and cost models, including for next-generation networks", the subject of Question 12-2/ 1.

I TU & C6 : Enabling Environm ent

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• I CT Regulation Toolkit: In 2009, a series of updates are underway,

including the spectrum management, the competition and price regulation modules as well as the overview of the Toolkit.

• Global Sym posium for Regulators. The 8th

Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR), took place in Pattaya, Thailand on 11-13 March 2008, the 9th edition of GSR will take place in Beirut, Lebanon, from 29 September to 1 October 2009.

• Meetings and events: 2009 edition of the Forum on Telecommunication

/ ICT Regulation and Partnership in Africa took place from 20 through 22 May 2009 in Lusaka, Zambia and focused on the topic of universal access

• funds. The ACMA/ ITU International Training Program is scheduled to be

held on 30 November-4 December 2009 in Melbourne, Australia and ITU Forum on Human Capacity Development in Asia-Pacific Region in Brunei 14-17 December 2009.

• Global Capacity Building I nitiative is a

joint ITU-infoDev/ World Bank initiative targeted at policy makers and regulators involving a series of online and in-person training events for regulators. The Pacific Center of Excellence (CoE) has 16 courses scheduled in 2009.

I TU-D W ork Related to C6

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• I CTDec. ICT Regulatory Decisions Clearinghouse is a one-stop

access point to decisions originating from ICT decision making bodies such as telecommunications regulators, industry

• mbudsmen and specialized dispute resolution tribunals.
• G-REX. Global Regulators’ Exchange involving an online

discussion forum reserved for regulators and policy makers.

• Country specific actions. A number of countries have benefited

from country specific actions in the area of regulatory reform, costing and creating an enabling environment for investment in 2008 and 2009, including in the Asia-Pacific region:  Afghanistan  Myanm ar  Bhutan  Papua New Guinea  Kiribati  Sri Lanka Thailand  Lao PDR  Thailand Further country specific actions will be provided throughout 2009.

I TU-D W ork Related to C6

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• 2012 versus 2015 target dates (particularly C2)
• From 2008 to 2014
• Short-term activities (2008-2009)
• Medium-term activities (2010–2011)
• Long-term activities (2012–2014)
• Set the objectives and establish targets that could

be measured for C2, C5 and C6 (starting from Action Line C2 with associated indicators and measurable index).

• Recommend to the other Action Line Facilitators to

prepare a similar Roadmap with defined objectives for their relevant Action Lines and to encourage UNGIS to develop a global roadmap for the implementation of WSIS outcomes up to 2015.

ITU Roadmap (WSIS)

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• National Level:
• Leadership and Transparency
• Facilitating/ enabling policy and regulatory

environment

• Geography
• Capacity
• Monitoring, evaluation and documentation
• Regional Level:
• Inadequate coordination and cooperation among

development agencies, international organizations

• Weak (if not none) of cooperation mechanism
• Duplicated work, wasteful resources
• Proj ect management

CHALLENGES

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• National Level:
• Formulate Vision and National ICT S

trategies by 2010

• Write in ICTs in the national development plans by 2010
• Enable policy and regulatory environment
• Develop holistic development framework
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trengthen human capacity

• Regional Level:
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trengthen coordination platform

• Enhance and strengthen (if not develop) cooperation

mechanism including resource and knowledge sharing, co-planning

• S

trengthen (sub)-regional organizations

RECOMMENDATIONS

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The Pacific ICT Ministerial Forum in Tonga, 17-20 February 2009, invited ITU and its partners to work together towards “Connecting the Unconnected in the Pacific” on collaborative and constructive manners in the following areas.

Proposals for Partnerships Proposals for Partnerships

• Project investments for Pacific Connectivity i.e. domestic and

international connectivity through various technology

• ptions;
• Human capacity building for policy makers, telecom

regulators, operators, and users;

• ICT service, application, and content development;
• Safeguarding networks and people through effective

Cybersecurity and emergency communications initiatives including climate change adaptation.

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UNGI S: United Nations Group on the UNGI S: United Nations Group on the I nform ation Society I nform ation Society

UNGI S

• Created within UN Chief Executive Board for

Coordination (CEB) in 2006

• Consists of the relevant UN bodies and
• rganizations with the mandate to facilitate

the implementation of WSIS outcomes

• Chairs/ Co-Chairs:
• ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNECA

FOCUS

• Consulting on Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges of

ICT for Development

• Stocktaking of the ICT-related projects of UNGIS members
• Mapping of UNGIS members’ initiatives in the areas of science, technology and innovation

as well as the promotion of transfer of technology

• Enhancing collaboration and information sharing through WSIS community online platform
• Cooperating with the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, encouraging UNGIS

members to measure progress made towards reaching the WSIS targets

• Strengthening of the links of the WSIS process with the UN Development Assistance

Framework (UNDAF) and UN Development Group (UNDG)

• Recommending how the UN system might best respond to GA resolution 62/ 208
• Facilitating implementation of joint initiatives towards 2015:
• Open Access to Scientific Knowledge
• Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP ) Reviews
• Child Online Protection

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UNGI S: Open Consultations on UNGI S: Open Consultations on the Financial Mechanism s ( Oct. 2 0 0 9 ) the Financial Mechanism s ( Oct. 2 0 0 9 )

• Channel for a proactive dialog on matters related to

the implementation of the part B of the Tunis Agenda, i.e. Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges

• f ICT for Development, pursuing the

recommendations of the ECOSOC on the need for

• pen consultations.
• Representatives from governments and

international organizations and individuals from civil society and the private sector that are interested in a pro-active role in this meeting are kindly invited to contact the UNGIS secretariat. Call for Contribution

• Global and/ or regional resources and

financial mechanisms

• National resources and mechanisms
• Innovating financial mechanisms
• Inventing new models
• Role of the public-private partnerships

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W SI S Stocktaking W SI S Stocktaking Tracking the Progress Tracking the Progress

• The only platform endorsed by the WSIS
• utcomes with the aim of:
• Having a global repository of the projects

and initiatives related to the WSIS implementation

• Sharing of information thanks to the

public available database

• Regularly reporting through the WSIS

Stocktaking Report

• Facilitating the creation of multi-

stakeholder partnerships

• Assisting WSIS process with effective tool

for the follow-up, beyond the conclusions

• f the Tunis phase

Becom e part of the com m unity… Visit the stocktaking portal… Click w w w .itu.int/ stocktaking...

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W SI S Stocktaking W SI S Stocktaking Call for Contribution Call for Contribution

• Join the WSIS Stocktaking process in order to:
• Draw attention to your project at the global level
• Search for or submit your project description,

serving as best practices for the others, and control your content by yourself

• Extend your network, contacting directly project
• wners
• Develop multi-stakeholder partnerships, attracting

potential sponsors, partners and implementers

• Get your project reflected in the

WSIS Stocktaking Report

• Minimize risk of possible duplications of the efforts

directed towards the implementation of WSIS

• utcomes
• Use the embeddable WSIS Stocktaking interface to

gather information at the national level

• Enrich the content of your website through

installation of the WSIS stocktaking web interface

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THANK YOU

Jason Goldstein

Project Officer

ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific 89/ 2 Chaengwattana Road Laksi, Bangkok 10210 Thailand Tel: + 66 2574 9326 Fax: + 66 2 574 9328 Email: jason.goldstein@itu.int