WSIS Action Lines C2, C5 & C6: Communication Infrastructure,

WSIS Action Lines C2, C5 & C6:
Communication Infrastructure,
Security & Enabling Environment
Presented at the
Expert Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation
Towards Building an Information Society in
Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
20-22 July 2009
ITU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
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OVERVIEW
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The implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) is one of the top priorities of the ITU
Secretary-General.
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WSIS 2005 identified ITU as the moderator/facilitator for action
lines:
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C2 - Information and communication infrastructure
C5 - Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
C6 - Enabling environment (as from May 2008)
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Co-facilitator of Action Lines C1, C3, C4, C7 and C11.
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Host and convener of the WSIS Forum 2009,
in its role of leading facilitating organization for
WSIS Implementation and Follow-up
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Chair/Co-Chair of the United Nations
Group on the Information Society
(last meeting held in May 2009)
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OVERVIEW
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World Telecommunication Development Conference
(WTDC) adopted Resolution 30 (Doha, 2006) on the Role
of the Telecommunication Development Sector in
implementing the outcomes of the WSIS that recognizes
ITU-D as a key partner in the implementation of the
WSIS outcomes.
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Antalya Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-06) in Resolution
140 (Antalya, 2006), reiterated ITU’s role as
facilitator/moderator and co-facilitator in the
implementation of WSIS action lines.
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ITU Council, in its Resolution 1282 instructed the ITU
Secretary General to develop a roadmap for ITU’s
activities within its mandate in the WSIS implementation
up to 2015 with special emphasis on Action Lines
whereby ITU is the lead facilitator.
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ITU & C2: Communication Infrastructure
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Paragraph 9 of the Geneva Plan of Action defines specific actions to be
implemented under Action Line C2 and highlights infrastructure as being
central in achieving the goal of digital inclusion, enabling universal,
sustainable, ubiquitous and affordable access to ICTs by all.
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Facilitation meeting held 19 May 2009 in Geneva
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In line with the Geneva Plan of Action, ITU has undertaken:
• The harmonization of ICT policies in three regions (Sub-Saharan
countries, Caribbean countries and Pacific Island States);
• Ministerial Forums such as:
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Pacific ICT Ministerial Forum in Tonga, 17-20 February 2009
Subregional Telecommunication Ministerial Forum for
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) in Vietnam,
11-12 December 2009
TELECOM Asia in Bangkok, Thailand 2-5 September 2008
• Programs implementing approximately [50] activities in 2008 and
around [87] activities have been planned for year 2009;
• The launch of a virtual space dedicated to the thematic ICT
infrastructure initiatives;
• Capacity-Building Activities on ICT Policies in the Pacific Islands;
• Regional project on ICT Applications and Satellite Diversity in the
Pacific Islands States, among others.
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ITU-D: Connect the World Initiative
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Launched by ITU in 2005.
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Connect Africa Summit organized
by ITU with global and regional
partners in 2007 as the first of a
series of Connect the World.
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A total of $55 Billion, committed by stakeholders mostly
industry, towards the expansion of ICT networks over the
next five years.
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Built on the success of the Connect Africa, ITU with
potential donors and partners, will replicate the approach
in each region. The next Summit, Connect CIS will take
place in November 2009 in Minsk, Belarus.
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Flagship Initiatives
ITU Wireless Broadband Partnership
Expected Outcomes
 Deployment of wireless broadband
infrastructure (backbone and
access networks) for identified areas;
 Development of a national ICT
broadband network plan for
entire territory of beneficiary countries;
 Training of local experts on the operation of the
deployed wireless communication network;
 Development of ICT applications and services that
improve public services and create opportunities
for sustainable economic growth and
employment; and,
 Provision of low cost devices to expand ICT
access, starting with laptops for school children in
least developed countries as part of a Connecting
Children campaign.
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Flagship Initiatives
Connecting Villages
Expected Outcomes
 Establishment of several trial
sites to provide proof of concept,
shortly following the
project launch;
 Improvement of policy and regulation
to accelerate the development of
rural communications and
provide business opportunities for
local entrepreneurs;
 Development of locally-relevant mobile applications
and content; and
 Extensive roll out of rural communications in
selected countries, following successful trial results.
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Flagship Partnerships
Connect a School, Connect a Community
Expected Outcomes
 Identify and compile best practices
that can be used by policy makers and
regulators to connect schools to
broadband Internet networks and
services in an online Toolkit;
 Raise global political awareness among education
and communication policy makers and regulators in
the development of policies and strategies to connect
schools as community ICT centres;
 Assist ITU Member States in developing national
school ICT connectivity plans and implementing
projects; and,
 Provide capacity building through regional training
events on using connected schools as community
centres for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.
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Work Related to C2
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ITU-D Operational Plan 2008-2011 included approx 50 activities
relevant to the WSIS Action Line C2 carried out in 2008 and the
first half of 2009:
• 25 activities related to the network development;
broadband connectivity; access in rural areas;
• 4 activities related to e-strategies and ICT applications;
• 7 activities related to the economics and finance;
• 7 activities related the LDCs and emergency
telecommunications;
• 2 activities related to partnership and promotion;
• 5 activities related to the private sector, gender, youth,
indigenous people and people with disabilities.
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ITU-T Work Related to C2
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Providing global standards for telecommunication.
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Next Generation Networks (NGN)
• Specific standards (seven Recommendations) on signaling protocols
for QoS, resource control in NGN, NGN testing and Security,
Multimedia services over NGN;
• Fixed-mobile convergence, service level requirements and
architectural framework to provide new services based on Internet
Protocol Television (IPTV);
• Charging and accounting principles for NGN (including related
telecommunication economic and policy issues) continue to be
studied at international and regional levels
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International Internet Connectivity
• Tariff and accounting principles including related
telecommunication economic and policy issues (SG3)
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Bridging the Standardization Gap
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ITU-R Work Related to C2
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Develop and strengthen national, regional and international
broadband network infrastructure, including delivery by satellite
and other wireless systems.
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Broaden access to orbital resources, global frequency
harmonization and global systems standardization.
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Promote the provision of global high-speed satellite services for
underserved areas while explore other systems that can provide
high-speed connectivity.
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Recommendations approved by the 2007 World Radio Conference
will facilitate the access to the orbital/spectrum resources and
related applications for a broader range of users.
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ITU & C5: Security
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As the Facilitator for WSIS Action Line C5 ITU continues to carry out
several activities, including preparation of a roadmap, related to
building confidence and security in the use of ICTs, in coordination
and in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.
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In line with the Geneva Plan of Action, ITU has undertaken:
• ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) has facilitated the
establishment of multi-stakeholder partnerships with new,
external partners to promote cybersecurity;
• ITU Child Online Protection (COP)
COP aims to join partners from all
sectors to ensure a safe and secure
online experience for children everywhere.
ITU plans to hold the first World Congress
on Child Online Protection in 2009.
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Theme for the World Telecommunication and Information
Society Day (WTISD), 17 May 2009
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ITU/MIC (Japan) Strategic Dialogue on Safer Internet
Environment for Children, Tokyo, Japan, 2-3 June 2009.
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Work Related to C5
• ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forums.
Four forums were held in 2008,
including the ITU Regional
Cybersecurity Forum for AsiaPacific & Seminar on the Economics
of Cybersecurity, Brisbane, Australia
15-18 July 2008.
Next forum in Asia is the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on
Frameworks for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure
Protection (CIIP) in India, 23-25 September, 2009;
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Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (Pacific
CERT)
• Five Pillars: Legal Measures, Technical and Procedural
Measures, Organizational Structure, International
Cooperation, Capacity Building;
• Establish the Pacific CERT.
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International Multilateral partnership Against Cyber
Threats (IMPACT). IMPACT Global Response Centre provides
emergency response with 3 highlights: Network Early Warning
System (NEWS) & Electronically Secure Collaboration Application
Platform for Experts (ESCAPE):
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ITU & C6: Enabling Environment
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Since 2008, ITU has taken over from UNDP the role of Lead Facilitator of
the WSIS Action Line C6 - Enabling Environment. As the Facilitator for
WSIS Action Line C6, ITU continues to carry out several activities related
to enabling environment.
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In line with the Geneva Plan of Action, ITU has undertaken:
WSIS Cluster Events: During the WSIS cluster of events in May 2008,
ITU organized the multi-stakeholders’ facilitation meeting of the WSIS
Action Line C6 jointly with Action Lines C2 and C4. The meeting
focused on four main areas:
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Creating an enabling environment for ICT growth;
Enabling environment driving innovation: best practices;
Infrastructure Sharing: extending ICT access to all on the
national level; and
Infrastructure Sharing: extending ICT access to all on the
international level.
Seminars: in close collaboration with Study Group 1, two seminars
were organized on 8 September 2008, one on "Universal access to
broadband services", the subject of Question 7-2/1, and the other on
"Tariff and cost models, including for next-generation networks", the
subject of Question 12-2/1.
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ITU-D Work Related to C6
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ICT Regulation Toolkit: In 2009, a series of updates are underway,
including the spectrum management, the competition and price regulation
modules as well as the overview of the Toolkit.
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Global Symposium for Regulators. The 8th
Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR), took
place in Pattaya, Thailand on 11-13 March 2008,
the 9th edition of GSR will take place in Beirut,
Lebanon, from 29 September to 1 October 2009.
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Meetings and events: 2009 edition of the Forum on Telecommunication
/ ICT Regulation and Partnership in Africa took place from 20 through 22
May 2009 in Lusaka, Zambia and focused on the topic of universal access
funds. The ACMA/ITU International Training Program is scheduled to be
held on 30 November-4 December 2009 in Melbourne, Australia and ITU
Forum on Human Capacity Development in Asia-Pacific Region in Brunei
14-17 December 2009.
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Global Capacity Building Initiative is a
joint ITU-infoDev/World Bank initiative targeted
at policy makers and regulators involving a
series of online and in-person training events
for regulators. The Pacific Center of Excellence
(CoE) has 16 courses scheduled in 2009.
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ITU-D Work Related to C6
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ICTDec. ICT Regulatory Decisions Clearinghouse is a one-stop
access point to decisions originating from ICT decision making
bodies such as telecommunications regulators, industry
ombudsmen and specialized dispute resolution tribunals.
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G-REX. Global Regulators’ Exchange involving an online
discussion forum reserved for regulators and policy makers.
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Country specific actions. A number of countries have benefited
from country specific actions in the area of regulatory reform,
costing and creating an enabling environment for investment in
2008 and 2009, including in the Asia-Pacific region:
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Afghanistan
Bhutan
Kiribati
Lao PDR
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Myanmar
Papua New Guinea
Sri Lanka Thailand
Thailand
Further country specific actions will be provided throughout 2009.
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ITU Roadmap (WSIS)
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2012 versus 2015 target dates (particularly C2)
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From 2008 to 2014
• Short-term activities (2008-2009)
• Medium-term activities (2010–2011)
• Long-term activities (2012–2014)
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Set the objectives and establish targets that could
be measured for C2, C5 and C6 (starting from
Action Line C2 with associated indicators and
measurable index).
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Recommend to the other Action Line Facilitators to
prepare a similar Roadmap with defined objectives
for their relevant Action Lines and to encourage
UNGIS to develop a global roadmap for the
implementation of WSIS outcomes up to 2015.
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CHALLENGES
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National Level:
• Leadership and Transparency
• Facilitating/enabling policy and regulatory
environment
• Geography
• Capacity
• Monitoring, evaluation and documentation
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Regional Level:
• Inadequate coordination and cooperation among
development agencies, international organizations
• Weak (if not none) of cooperation mechanism
• Duplicated work, wasteful resources
• Project management
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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National Level:
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Formulate Vision and National ICT Strategies by 2010
Write in ICTs in the national development plans by 2010
Enable policy and regulatory environment
Develop holistic development framework
Strengthen human capacity
Regional Level:
• Strengthen coordination platform
• Enhance and strengthen (if not develop) cooperation
mechanism including resource and knowledge sharing,
co-planning
• Strengthen (sub)-regional organizations
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Proposals for Partnerships
The Pacific ICT Ministerial Forum in Tonga, 17-20 February
2009, invited ITU and its partners to work together
towards “Connecting the Unconnected in the Pacific” on
collaborative and constructive manners in the following
areas.
 Project investments for Pacific Connectivity i.e. domestic and
international connectivity through various technology
options;
 Human capacity building for policy makers, telecom
regulators, operators, and users;
 ICT service, application, and content development;
 Safeguarding networks and people through effective
Cybersecurity and emergency communications initiatives
including climate change adaptation.
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UNGIS: United Nations Group on the
Information Society
UNGIS
 Created within UN Chief Executive Board for
Coordination (CEB) in 2006
 Consists of the relevant UN bodies and
organizations with the mandate to facilitate
the implementation of WSIS outcomes
 Chairs/Co-Chairs:
 ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNECA
FOCUS
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Consulting on Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges of
ICT for Development
Stocktaking of the ICT-related projects of UNGIS members
Mapping of UNGIS members’ initiatives in the areas of science, technology and innovation
as well as the promotion of transfer of technology
Enhancing collaboration and information sharing through WSIS community online platform
Cooperating with the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, encouraging UNGIS
members to measure progress made towards reaching the WSIS targets
Strengthening of the links of the WSIS process with the UN Development Assistance
Framework (UNDAF) and UN Development Group (UNDG)
Recommending how the UN system might best respond to GA resolution 62/208
Facilitating implementation of joint initiatives towards 2015:
 Open Access to Scientific Knowledge
 Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP ) Reviews
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 Child Online Protection
UNGIS: Open Consultations on
the Financial Mechanisms (Oct. 2009)
 Channel for a proactive dialog on matters related to
the implementation of the part B of the Tunis Agenda,
i.e. Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges
of ICT for Development, pursuing the
recommendations of the ECOSOC on the need for
open consultations.
 Representatives from governments and
international organizations and individuals
from civil society and the private sector
that are interested in a pro-active role in
this meeting are kindly invited to contact
the UNGIS secretariat.
Call for Contribution
 Global and/or regional resources and
financial mechanisms
 National resources and mechanisms
 Innovating financial mechanisms
 Inventing new models
 Role of the public-private partnerships
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WSIS Stocktaking
Tracking the Progress
 The only platform endorsed by the WSIS
outcomes with the aim of:
 Having a global repository of the projects
and initiatives related to the WSIS
implementation
 Sharing of information thanks to the
public available database
 Regularly reporting through the WSIS
Stocktaking Report
 Facilitating the creation of multistakeholder partnerships
 Assisting WSIS process with effective tool
for the follow-up, beyond the conclusions
of the Tunis phase
Become part of the community…
Visit the stocktaking portal…
Click www.itu.int/stocktaking...
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WSIS Stocktaking
Call for Contribution
 Join the WSIS Stocktaking process in order to:
Draw attention to your project at the global level
Search for or submit your project description,
serving as best practices for the others, and
control your content by yourself
Extend your network, contacting directly project
owners
Develop multi-stakeholder partnerships, attracting
potential sponsors, partners and implementers
Get your project reflected in the
WSIS Stocktaking Report
Minimize risk of possible duplications of the efforts
directed towards the implementation of WSIS
outcomes
Use the embeddable WSIS Stocktaking interface to
gather information at the national level
Enrich the content of your website through
installation of the WSIS stocktaking web interface
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THANK YOU
Jason Goldstein
Project Officer
ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific
89/2 Chaengwattana Road
Laksi, Bangkok 10210
Thailand
Tel: +66 2574 9326
Fax: +66 2 574 9328
Email: [email protected]
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