First Meeting of the Council Working
Group on Child Online Protection (CWGCP)
Geneva, 17-18 March 2010
Document WG-CP/1/8
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Chairman of the ITU Council Working Group on Child Online
Protection
TITLE
Suggested Terms of Reference
Suggested Terms of Reference1
According to The Resolution 1306 adopted at the ninth plenary meeting concerning
ITU’s role with regard to International Public Policy Issues
concerning Creating a Safer Internet Environment for Children
The council resolves
1
to establish a Council working group on Child Online Protection (WG-CP)
open to all Member States and Sector Members, with the following terms of
reference:
1.1
to exchange views and promote and work on the subject matter,
1.2.
to report to the Council annually on the activities of the working group
on child online protection (WG-CP);
2.
to report to the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference on the activities undertaken
and achievement on these subjects, including proposals for further consideration as
appropriate.
The following is an elaboration of the three main tasks of the group and
its deliverables, subject to the discussion and approval of the WG- CP:
1
The detailed TOR is proposed by the Chairman of the group and will be presented as an elaboration
to the succinct explanation provided by the resolution as to the role of the group in order to clarify its
mandate.
1. The working group will discuss key issues concerning the relationship between
ICTs and children, as well as the main risks and vulnerabilities facing children and
youth in cyberspace.
2. The working group will review ITU efforts and plans regarding the Child on line
Protection (CP) and most notably the COP Initiative launched by the ITU in 2007
by Dr. Hamadoun Toure, under the umbrella of the Global Cybersecurity
Agenda.,
3. The working group will discuss the possibility of liaising with the COP Initiative
and build on existing efforts to provide member states with informative resources
as requested.
4. The working group will discuss the following activities as a valid representation
for the undertakings of the ITU to assume its role as facilitator and moderator of
the WSIS action line C5 "building confidence and security in the use of ICTs":
A. Collecting
and
disseminating
approaches
and
programs
regarding legal/ technical/ educational/ policy and strategic
frameworks adopted by member states, in light of their relevant
country backgrounds.
B. Encouraging the exchange of information concerning challenges
facing different countries in dealing with the issue at hand, to
facilitate the formulation of national CP strategies.
5. The working group will facilitate inputs from membership on the ITU's efforts in
CP through its regular meetings and circular letters, questionnaires or other
appropriate methods of query.
6. The working group will monitor and evaluate on a yearly basis the actions taken
by ITU with respect to CP issues.
7. The working group will seek to propose mechanisms to synergize existing
international efforts in the field to avoid duplication.
8. The working group will report to the Council annually on the activities on its
activities; and to the Plenipotentiary Conference on the activities undertaken and
achievement on these subjects, including proposals for further consideration as
appropriate.