WTSA-04 issues for
Developing Countries
Saburo TANAKA
WTSA preparatory meeting for Africa,
Victoria Falls, June 2004
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU or its
membership. Author can be contacted by e-mail at: saburo.tanaka@itu.int
WTSA-04 Issues for Developing Countries
Agenda
 Some statistics
 Participations
 Issues for discussions
 Facilitating the participation
 Facilitating the understanding of ITU-T activities
 Reflecting African countries requirements
 Resolutions related to Developing Countries
 Other issues
 Chairman – Vice Chairmanship
 Paperless Meeting
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Developing Countries
Participation
WTSA-2000
TSAG (June 03)
Developed Countries
ITU-T SG3
(06/04)
ITU-T SG16
(01/04)
Number of Member States
29
(35%)
13
(39%)
55
20
(65%)
(61%)
From Africa: 21
From Africa: 3
16
10
(31%)
35
15
(69%)
(60%)
From Africa: 10
(40%)
From Africa: 2
Number of delegates
26
297
(53%
(22%)
258
(33%)
(47%)
)
43
93
32
(67%)
(78%)
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From Africa: 53
From Africa: 3
(28%)
86
87
(72%)
From Africa: 17
From Africa: 2
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Facilitating the participation (1)
TSB
 In the past
WTSA
TSAG
SGs
 Today’s situation
TSB
WTSA
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TSAG
Regional Offices
SGs
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Facilitating the participation (2)
 In participating to the WTSA, developing
countries had a control over SG activities
 WTSA role is changing, MS participating into
TSAG have more power (PP-98)
 CV Art. 14, (may assign specific matter to TSAG)
 CV Art. 14A (large mandate of TSAG)
 Necessity to participate to TSAG and to SGs
 Direct participation
 Through regional Groups
 Through representatives
 Using new technologies
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Facilitating the understanding
 Many actions have been taken
 Summary of Recommendations have been added
 Manual for beginners has been developed
 Development of a Guide to developing countries.
 Regional Meeting, Seminar and workshop
 Close contact with ITU Regional Office, CoE
 TSB staff nominated as contact point for the Region
 Website have been improved, e-falsh etc…
 What could be added?
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 What Developing Countries could do?
 Electronic meeting after each SG? To inform the
results of interest for developing countries with
Questions and Answers period…
 What else?
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Reflecting African requirements
 Develop a Question of particular interest for
Africa
 On what issues Africa needs Recommendations?
 Adoption at WTSA or during SG meeting?
 Discuss the issue in the region?
 Establishment of regional Groups?
 Submit contributions
 How to submit? Individual or after regional
consultation?
 Reply to the Questionnaires from ITU-T
 Nominating a contact point for each SG of interest
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WTSA Resolutions related to Africa (1)
 Resolution 17 (Telecom. Stand. in relation to the interest of developing countries)
 Resolves to request the Director of TSB to…
 Instruct the Director of TSB, to provide BDT with…
 Further instruct the study groups to take appropriate…
Where is Developing countries?
What they are doing?
Japanese common saying:
“You can’t built a house while you are sleeping”
 What could be done by the Developing Countries?
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 invite M.S of Developing Country to:
- nominate a person in charge of contact and to follow
the activities of…
- introduce EDH to facilitate…
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WTSA Resolutions related to Africa (2)
 Resolution 26 (Assistance to the Regional Tariff Groups)
 This Resolutions calls upon the Director of TSB to
cooperate with the Director of BDT to provide
specific assistance to the RTG.
 This was a very useful Resolution which allowed:
- RTG to study and understand cost method
- SG3 to approve RTG’s cost methodologies
- BDT to implement cost calculation tool (COSITU)
 Cost methodologies being developed, this
Resolution needs an update
 TAF Group proposed modifications in order to focus
more on the implementation of cost methodologies
and SG3 in June2004 agreed to the modified version
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Other Resolutions and Decisions
 PP-02 Resolution 123 (Bridging the standardization gap)
 Instruct the SG and the Directors of three bureaux
- in pursuing initiatives that assist in bridging…
- conducting case studies on the application of Rec.
- organizing regional standardization training course
 WSIS declaration of principles and action plan
 …A well-developed information and communication
network infrastructure and applications, adapted to
regional, national and local conditions, easily-accessible
and affordable…
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How to translate into WTSA action plan?
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Other issues
 Chairman and Vice-Chairmanship
 In Montreal, TSAG Vice-Chairman (Cameroon) and ITUT SG3 Vice-Chairman (Niger) have been elected.
 Paperless meeting
 Resolution 32 instructs TSB Director to take some
actions to increase the use of EDH. TSB needs
cooperation of Member States and Sectors Members
to move to time T (paperless meeting in year 2007).
What are the impacts for developing countries.
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