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ITU Regional Development Forum 2008
“Bridging the ICT Standardization Gap in Developing Countries”
Damascus, 20-22 July 2008
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z Last TSAG meeting before WTSA-08 z Main topics in preparation for WTSA:
¾ Questions renewal
¾ Restructuring proposals
¾ Draft Resolutions and A-series
Recommendations z Largest TSAG meeting until now by number of participants
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Many proposals , based on Question grouping z 8 study groups maintained:
2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 z 5 study group activities distributed:
¾ 4 → 2, 15
¾ 6 → 15
¾ 9 → 16
¾ 11 → 13
¾ 19
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Creation of a new Focus Group on
ICT and climate change: z FG ICT&CC
The Focus Group will identify from the standardization viewpoint, the impact of ICTs on climate change, in particular:
¾ direct impact: reduction of ICT ’ s own emissions over their entire lifecycle
¾ indirect impact: mitigation that follows through the adoption of ICTs in other relevant sectors
¾ facilitating the monitoring of relevant climate parameters z Deliverables within half of next year
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z Conformance to ITU Recommendations z Quality seal z Confidence to the consumer z Several ways:
¾ self declaration
¾ Neutral test laboratory to test equipement
¾ Plus a green mark for conformance to environment requirements z Many concerns, 2 other months opportunity to discuss
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Recommendations and Resolutions preparation z Resolutions give the frame of ITU-T work z Resolution 1: Rules of procedures z Resolution 2: Study Group structure and mandate z Recommendation A.1: Working methods z New proposed Recommendation A.SCC on seminars and workshops, proposal to make a Resolution of it.
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z See TSAG Reports available on ITU website http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/
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http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/gap
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