Status of
World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly
Resolutions
ITU Americas Region
Preparatory Meeting
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14-15 May 2012
Paolo Rosa
Head, WPD, Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau, ITU
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WTSA-08
ICTs and climate change
Deployment of IPv6
Accessibility to ICTs
Conformance and interoperability
Encouraging academic and developing country
participation
 Major reorganization of the Study Groups
 Reduced fees for SMs from developing
countries
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WTSA-08 Action Plan where are we?
 Reporting tool to keep membership informed
 Now at Version 7 (Sept 2011)
 Lists responsible TSB staff member, deadlines
 Details actions taken and results achieved
 URLs
• itu.int/dms_pub/itut/oth/26/01/T260100504E0007XLSE.xls
• itu.int/dms_pub/itut/oth/26/01/T260100504E0007MSWE.doc
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WTSA-08 Action Plan – Metrics
 49 Resolutions (21 new, 28 revised)
 189 Action Items for 49 Resolutions, under 22 TSB staff
• 40 Resolutions have 120 Action Items for TSB & Director
• 24 Resolutions have 41 Action Items for SGs
• 18 Resolutions have 30 Action Items for TSAG
• 24 Resolutions have 46 Action Items in coop with sectors/GS
 Status Report (September 2011)
• 103 Action Items are completed (54%)
• 54 with ongoing activities are progressing on target (29%)
• 22, mostly for WTSA-12, to be initiated (12%)
• 10 pending (5%)
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WTSA Action Plan
 Last updated in September 2011
 http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/wtsa08/actionplan/index.html
 Spreadsheet with
 Responsible TSB staff member
 Milestone dates
 Cooperation entities
 Reporting requirements
 Word document
 Detailed status reports on milestone
checking points
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WTSA-08 Action Plan
Supporting Sector Objectives
 Bridging the Standardization Gap Action Items on:
• Workshops; regional groups, activities and coordination; Conformance and
Interoperability; Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRTs); training;
remote participation
 Standardization Action Items on:
• EWMs; security; ICT and Climate Change; external and
internal cooperation; strategic activities (e.g. new FGs, JCAs); accessibility;
academia participation
 Disseminating Information Action Items on:
• Allocation and management of network resources (e.g. numbering);
accessibility; IPv6; Seminar Coordination Committee;
Technology Watch; Vocabulary Committee
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WTSA-08 Resolutions:
Major Themes (1)
 Organization and Working Methods
 21 Resolutions: Res. No.
1,2,18,22,26,31,32,35,38,
43,45,50,53,63,66,67,68,70,71,73,76
 Cooperation and Collaboration
 20 Resolutions : Res. No.
7,11,18,22,26,38,43,44,45,48,50,52,53,57,
58,70,71,72,73,75
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WTSA-08 Resolutions:
Major Themes (2)
 Bridging Standardization Gap
 18 Resolutions: Res. No.
17,26,31,32,33,34,43,44,54,56,58,59,64,
68,70,72,74,76
 Resource, Policy and Regulatory issues
 16 Resolutions : Res. No.
20,29,33,40,47,48,49,52,58,60,61,62,64,
65,69,75
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WTSA-08 Resolutions Action item statistics
Action Items for TSB/TSB Director
# of
# of Action %
Resolutions Items
“workload”
38
121
63
Action Items for SGs
24
41
21
Action Items for TSAG
18
30
16
cooperation and collaboration
24
38
reporting to ITU Council
19
N/A
reports to WTSA-12
8
N/A
Action for Member States/Sector
Members
4
N/A
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WTSA-08 Resolutions Implementation Status
as of March 2012
Status
completed
# of Action % of total
Items
189 Action
Items
73
38.6%
Periodic goal met
32
16.9%
Continuous/ongoing effort
61
32.3%
total
166
88%
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action items log
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Resolution
Number*
1
2
11
17
22
26
29
31
32
47
48
Title**
Resolution 1 - Rules of procedure of the ITU
Telecommunication Standardization Sector
(ITU-T)
Resolution 2 - Study Group responsibility and
mandates
Resolution 11 - Collaboration with the Postal
Operations Council (POC) of the Universal
Postal Union (UPU) in the study of services
concerning both the postal and the
telecommunication sectors
Resolution 17 - Telecommunication
standardization in relation to the interests of
developing countries
Resolution 22 - Authorization for TSAG to act
between WTSAs
Resolution 26 - Assistance to regional groups of
Study Group 3
Resolution 29 - Alternative calling procedures
on international telecommunication networks
Implementation
status
Possible action
prediction
Will be revised
Will be revised
No action in the past
study period
Remove
Merge with Res 44
maintain
maintain
No contribution to
SG 2 or 3
Requested TSB actions
completed.
Remove - move
Rights/rules of ITU-T
associates might need to
be moved to Res. 1?
Resolution 32 - Strengthening electronic
Revise according to PP revised
working methods for the work of ITU-T
Res 167
Resolution 47 - Country code top-level domain no progress in SG2 in the
CEPT propose to
names
past study period
merge Res 47 and 48
Resolution 48 - Internationalized (multilingual) no progress in SG16 in
domain names
the past study period
Resolution 31 - Admission of entities or
organizations to participate as Associates in the
work of ITU-T
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Methodology
 Analysis of Resolutions’ resolves: addressed to
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Members and SGs
ITU-T Secretariat facilitating the implementation
following to the “instructions” to the TSB Director
Creation of Action Items and Deadlines
Critical paths issues and problem solving
More “measurable” resolves beside the principles
Members encouraged to submit contributions to
implement the “instructions” to the SGs
Consolidate Resolutions on similar subjects, e.g.
cooperation and coordination: harmonization,
reduction
Issues of: who, what, when, where, how….
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Revise/update WTSA-08
Resolutions
 Member States are invited to
Check current WTSA-08 Action Plan
Submit contribution to WTSA-12 on
new/revised WTSA Resolutions
WTSA-08 Resolutions Implementation
Contact: Mrs. Xiaoya Yang
Xiaoya.yang[at]itu.int
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Developing country
participation in WTSA-08
60
50
40
Developed
countries
30
Developing
countries
20
LDCs
10
0
Developed
countries
Developing
countries
LDCs
Based on participation of 99 Member States
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Traditional ITU areas of
strength
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Network infrastructure: optical transport
Access technologies
Quality of Service (QoS) and network management
Numbering
Economic and policy issues
Emergency telecoms
Multimedia codecs (voice, video)
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ITU-T should strengthen
presence in certain areas
 e-Health
 Accessibility
 ICTs and climate change
 Internet of Things/M2M
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 Cybersecurity including Identity management
 IPTV, cloud computing and smart grid
 Conformity and interoperability
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Global Standards Symposium
an “all star” standards day
 Monday, 19 Nov 2012
 Ministers, Ambassadors, CEOs, CTOs, senior executives
from the private sector and lead officials from other
standards bodies.
 Themes:
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Bridging the Standardization Gap: from innovation to
standards
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Global Standards Challenges
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e.g., e-health; resilience of networks to disasters
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Global Standards Collaboration: Roundtable
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The GSS
“Confusion and duplication cannot
serve the purposes of anyone…
consumer, manufacturer, service
provider, rich or poor country.
Clarity, and efficiency must be
brought to bear in this – most
important of industrial sectors.”
(Malcolm Johnson)
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…the standardization gap?
 The standardization development gap is defined as
disparities in the ability of developing countries,
relative to developing ones, to access,
implement, contribute to and influence
international ICT standards.
 The standardization development gap is itself both
a cause and a manifestation of the wider
digital divide
 It contributes to the persistence of the wider
digital divide
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Measuring the Gap
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Number of TIES users
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Number of Sector Members and Associates
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Number of chairmen, vice-chairmen and
rapporteurs from developing countries
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Number of participants in meetings and
contributions by country
Number of downloads of ITU-T Recs from
website site
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BDT Forum - Yogyakarta 27-29 July 2009
Bridging the Standardization Gap (Res 44)
 One of the three strategic goals of ITU-T
 Web : http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/gap/Pages/default.aspx
 40 new countries participating
 BSG Fund : CHF 289,000 - 2012 : CHF 190,087
 Reduced membership fees (CHF 3,975 PA) + Fellowships
 Increase Remote participation
 Mentoring Programme + Mentor role in Study Groups
 New Focus Group - Bridging the gap: from Innovations to Standards
 http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/innovation
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Bridging the Standardization Gap (Res 44)
 Workshops and Technical Tutorials
 Regional Groups
 Technical Manuals on ITU-T Recommendations
 Increase number of officials (Chairs / Rapporteurs) from developing
countries in ITU-T Study Groups
 Standards Q&A Online Forum
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Thank You
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