13th Meeting of the Regional
Interagency Working Group (IWG)
on Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT)
UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand
ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
20 November 2009
Bangkok, Thailand
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Agenda
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ITU Vision and Initiatives
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ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Actions & Initiatives
(2007-2010)
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Outcomes of ITU Asia-Pacific Regional
Preparatory Meeting for WTDC 2010
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ITU Planned Actions in 2009-2010
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Proposals for Partnership
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ITU Overview
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Founded in 1865
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Leading UN Special Agency for
ICTs
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HQ in Switzerland; 5 Regional
Offices & 7 Area Offices
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191 Member States; and 700
Sector Members
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ITU has three sectors
ITU presence in the Asia-Pacific
 ITU-R (Radiocommunication)
 ITU-T (Standardization)
 ITU-D (Development)
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ITU TELECOM Events
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Regional Office for Asia and
the Pacific in Bangkok & Area
Office for South East Asia in
Jakarta.
38 Member States
63 Sector Members
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ITU Vision & Strategic Focus 2007 -2010
Vision: By connecting the world and fulfilling everyone’s fundamental right to
communicate, we strive to make the world a better and safer place.
ITU Initiatives
Strategic Focus
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Accessibility
Confronting the financial crisis
Climate Change and the ITU/ICT
Cybersecurity, Spam and
Cybercrime
 Connecting the unconnected by
2015
 Saving lives
 The networks of the future: NGN
and Global Standards Initiative
Emergency
Communication
Connect the World
ITU
Global
Cybersecurity
Agenda
Initiatives
Capacity Building
Enabling
Environment
Climate Change
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ITU Global Development Agenda (2007-2010)
Six Operational Programmes
Delivery
Mechanisms
Programme 1: Regulatory reform
Programme 2: Information and communication
infrastructure and technology development
Programme 3: E-strategies and ICT applications
Seminars &
Workshops
Programme 4: Economics & financing, including
costs and tariffs
Programme 5: Human Capacity Building
Programme 6: Least developed countries (LDC) and
Small Islands Developing States (SIDS), and
emergency telecommunications
Special Initiatives
Gender, Children and Youth, Indigenous people and
communities, Persons with disabilities, Communities
living in Remote/Underserved areas
Through
PPP
Direct Country
Assistances
Human Capacity
Building
Trainings /
Fellowships
Deployment of
Infrastructure
Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
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ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
(2007-2010)
ASP Regional Initiative 1
Telecommunication/ICT policy and
regulatory cooperation in the
Asia-Pacific region
ASP Regional Initiative 2
Rural Communications –
Infrastructure development
Funding
Delivery Method
Seminars &
Workshops
Doha Action
Plan (DAP)
ITU-D Annual
Operational
Plan
Direct Country
Assistances
ASP Regional Initiative 3
Next Generation Networks (NGN)
planning
ASP Regional Initiative 4
RI Linked
Projects (RI &
External Funds)
The unique
telecommunication/ICT needs of
Pacific islands and small island
developing states (SIDS) in the
Asia-Pacific region
ICT
Development
Fund
ASP Regional Initiative 5
Strengthening the collaboration
between ITU-T and ITU-D
Through
PPP
Human
Capacity
Building
Trainings /
Fellowships
Deployment of
Infrastructure
Study
Questions
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Proposed ITU Development Agenda (2011-2014)
Proposals made at the ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting
for WTDC-2010
At Kuala Lumpur, May 5-7 2009
Global Development
Programmes
Asia-Pacific
Regional Initiatives
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Programme 1: Information &
Communication Infrastructure
1. Unique ICT Needs of LDCs, SIDSs, &
Landlocked Countries
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Programme 2: Cybersecurity &
ICT Applications
2. Emergency Communication
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Programme 3: Enabling
Environment
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Programme 4: Capacity
Building & Other Initiatives
3. Digital Broadcasting
4. Broadband Access & Adoption in
Urban & Rural Areas
5. Telecom/ICT Policy & Regulation in
Asia-Pacific Region
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ITU Framework for Cooperation in Emergencies (IFCE)
Technology Cluster
▪ Satellite operators and Land
Earth station operators
▪ Telecom Operators
▪ GIS/Remote sensing service
providers
▪ Radiocommunications
Equipment Providers
Finance Cluster
Logistics Cluster
▪ Governments
▪ Air Transport operators
▪ Private Sector
▪ International Couriers
▪ Development Banks
▪ Regional Economic
Groups
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ITU Emergency Resources
Satellite terminal: (Voice and data communication)
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Handheld satellite phones
INMARSAT Global Area Network,
Regional BGAN
Nera World PRO (Explorer100/110)
Thuraya DSL
Broadband mobile satellite terminals.
Mobile Communication tools for Global Internet and data access
at broadband speeds and simultaneous voice
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ITU Response Effort
Recent ITU Response to Disasters
 Dispatch of 25 satellite phones and solar panels
with free airtime to Tonga and Samoa in the
aftermath of Pacific tsunami (Sep 2009)
 Dispatch of 40 satellite phones with free airtime to
Indonesia in response to the West Sumatra
earthquake (Sep 2009)
 Deployment of 10 satellite phones and free airtime
following the ferry disaster – sinking of Princess
Ashika (Aug 2009)
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CHALLENGES
 Sufficient resources to be deployed when needed
 More rapid deployment of the resources to a site
 Greater awareness of the initiative within
governments, UN agencies, international
organisations, NGOs, and humanitarian actors
 Coordination for requests and resource provisions
among providers, requesters, and facilitators; and
 Enhanced cooperation and partnerships including
funding
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OBJECTIVES
ASP Regional Platform for Disaster
Communication Management
 Provide a single point of contact for countries requesting for
ICT assistance in response to disasters
 Provide technical assistance through deployment of ICT
resources (human, ICT equipment and services) for
rescues
 Facilitate contacts and coordination between assistance
providers and requesters
 Guide and assist countries in development of a national
emergency telecommunications plan and standard
operating procedure
 Build a network of volunteers for rescue activities
 Provide technical training in the use of ICT equipment
and services for emergency communications
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National Emergency Telecommunications
Plan (NETP) aims at:
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Identification of telecommunications needs in time of
emergencies;
Identification of vulnerabilities, and assessment of threats;
Forging of partnerships;
Forward-planning as part of preparedness
“The NETP should be part of a national disaster
management framework or plan”
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TAMPERE CONVENTION
“Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication
Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations”
• Provides the legal framework for the use of telecommunications in
international humanitarian assistance
• Reduces regulatory barriers
• Protects providers of telecommunication assistance while safeguarding
the interests of the host country
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ITU : http://www.itu.int
ITU Asia Pacific : http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/index.asp
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