Development Symposium for Regulators
Geneva, Switzerland
20th – 22th November 2000
Hamadoun I. Touré
Director BDT
ITU-D Regulatory Activities
Valletta Action Plan (VAP)
∗ Study Groups
∗ Programmes
∗ LDCs
∗ Projects & Direct Assistance
Valletta Action Plan
Programmes
Programmes
1.
Reform, legislation and regulation of telecommunications (SRU)
2.
Technologies and global information infrastructure
(GII) development and applications, including
GMPCS and Internet
3.
Rural development and universal service/access
4.
Finance and economics, including WTO issues, tariffs,
accounting rates, etc.
5.
Development partnership with the private sector
6.
Capacity building through human resources
development and management
Regulatory Activities
! Studies and reports
-Trends in Telecommunication Reform
- CD-Rom: Country profiles
& Regulatory library
- Annual regulatory survey
- Regulatory database
- TREG Website
2 Workshops/seminars
- Regional
- Global
Q Direct assistance
@ Training
- Distance learning
- Center of Excellence
- Case studies for
regulatory training
Reports: ITU Trends in Telecommunication Reform
2000/2001
Interconnection
Regulation
1999
Convergence
and
Regulation
1998
General Trends
Volume I World
Volume II Africa
Volume III Americas
Volume IV Arab States
Volume V Asia-Pacific
Volume VI Europe
CD-ROM: Country Profiles
Regulatory Library - http:// www.itu.int/treg
Training
International
Telecommunication
Union
United Nations specialized agency
for telecommunications
Release
Internet-based Distance-Learning course for
Latin America Telecom regulators surpasses
all expectations
Geneva – The distance-learning course on Telecommunication Regulation for Latin America of
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has attracted a record number of participants.
The popular distance-learning course, organized by the ITU Telecommunication Development
Bureau (BDT) under the "Centres of Excellence (CoE)" project, is being delivered over the
Internet to regulatory officials in Latin America through the ITU Virtual Training Centre (VTC).
The ten-week course was launched on 3 April and runs through to Friday, 2 June 2000.
Development Symposium for Regulators
New Initiatives
A regulators’ hotline?
Annual development symposium for regulators?
Regulatory case studies?