Implementation of the Hyderabad Action Plan

Committed to Connecting the World
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From Hyderabad to Dubai
Brahima Sanou
BDT Director
Implementation of the Hyderabad Action Plan

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WTDC-10 Outcomes
 Hyderabad Declaration
 ITU-D Strategic Plan
 Hyderabad Action Plan
 5 Programmes
 28 Regional Initiatives
 60 Resolutions
 18 Study Group questions

Programmes

Programme 1:
Information and communication infrastructure and technology
development
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www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/
Mandate/main purpose:
to assist the ITU membership in maximizing the utilization of appropriate new
technologies for the development of their information and communication
infrastructures and services.
Programme 1 sets work priorities in:
» Spectrum management and monitoring.
» Broadcasting.
» Next generation, mobile communications and broadband networks.
» Rural communications.
Conformance and Interoperability (C&I) issues are also relevant to this
programme.

Programme 1: Some achievements
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Spectrum management and monitoring
 SMS4DC (Spectrum Management System for Developing Countries): deployed
in more than 40 countries (v4.1), version 5 is under development (with the
support of Korea)
 Reports: Digital Spectrum Management Trends
 Assistance to African countries in development of a regional cross-border
frequency coordination agreement (HCM4A)
 Spectrum management assessment and proposed improvements
 Assisting countries in improving/setting up/tendering their monitoring system
 Contribution to the Spectrum Management Training Program (SMTP)
 Assistance to several Latin-American countries on improving regulation and
awareness of people on the non-ionized radiation (EMF)
Broadcasting
 Worldwide revision of the Guidelines for Transition to Digital Broadcasting
 National roadmaps for the digital transition: around 30 countries assisted in ASP,
AFR, AMS to establish roadmaps for transition (support from Korea & Japan)
 Reports: Digital Dividend,
 Workshops, seminars around the world on the digital broadcasting transition, in
close cooperation with BR

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Next generation, mobile communications, broadband networks
and rural communications
 Case studies on implementing next-generation networks (NGN) in
Bangladesh, India, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
 ITU/Craig and Susan McCaw Broadband Wireless Network project for Africa
(USD 7.4 Millions - 5.4. Millions provided by McCaw foundation and other
partners). Assist Member States and ITU-D Sector Members to make the
best use of new technologies in the establishment of national ICT
infrastructures.
 First global interactive online terrestrial (optical fiber and microwave)
transmission map: data of Backbone Broadband Infrastructure collected
from 150 operators worldwide.
 WSIS Action Line C2 held 3 facilitation meetings (Broadband Infrastructure,
Migration to Digital Dividend, and Broadband Backbone Connectivity),
 ITU/Korea Government Project on master plan development for wireless
broadband access in Africa.
Conformance and Interoperability
 15 Countries covered in the SADC assessment study. 4 guidelines on C&I
produced. More than 500 participants attended capacity building events.
More than 50 experts from different regions gained real conformity
testing experience in the premises of high qualified test centres with
which ITU has signed MoU.

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Next generation, mobile communications, broadband networks
and rural communications
 Case studies on implementing next-generation networks (NGN) in
Bangladesh, India, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
 ITU/Craig and Susan McCaw Broadband Wireless Network project for Africa
(USD 7.4 Millions - 5.4. Millions provided by McCaw foundation and other
partners). Assist Member States and ITU-D Sector Members to make the
best use of new technologies in the establishment of national ICT
infrastructures.
 First global interactive online terrestrial (optical fiber and microwave)
transmission map: data of Backbone Broadband Infrastructure collected
from 150 operators worldwide.
 WSIS Action Line C2 held 3 facilitation meetings (Broadband Infrastructure,
Migration to Digital Dividend, and Broadband Backbone Connectivity),
 ITU/Korea Government Project on master plan development for wireless
broadband access in Africa.
Conformance and Interoperability
 15 Countries covered in the SADC assessment study. 4 guidelines on C&I
produced. More than 500 participants attended capacity building events.
More than 50 experts from different regions gained real conformity
testing experience in the premises of high qualified test centres with
which ITU has signed MoU.

Programme 2:
Cybersecurity, ICT applications and
IP-based network-related issues
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to support the ITU membership in improving access to ICT applications and
services, especially in underserved and rural areas, achieving trust and
confidence in the use of ICTs, the Internet and next-generation networks,
promoting fair and equitable access to critical Internet resources.
www.itu.int/cyb www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/app/

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Global cooperation on cybersecurity
 Agreements with major multinational companies (Symantec, Trend Micro) and international
organizations (UNODC, INTERPOL, FIRST)
CIRT Establishment
 Technical assistance in the establishment of national capabilities to address Cyber threats: 50
countries assessed on CIRTs, 20 projects on going
Reports:
 National Cybersecurity Guide
 UNDERSTANDING CYBERCRIME
Phenomena, Challenges and Legal Response
Capacity building
 2’700 Cybersecurity professionals trained, scholarships deployed in more than 50 countries
 Seminars, hands-on training sessions and workshops in more than 100 countries
www.itu.int/cyb
Cybersecurity

 Development of eSectoral Strategies e.g., eHealth strategies, in collaboration
with lead UN Agencies such as WHO
 Support the deployment of ICT4D related projects/initiatives on the ground such
as mHealth for Non-communicable Diseases Initiative with WHO
 Support ICT Applications innovation through knowledge sharing and
dissemination
 ICT for improving information and accountability for Women’s and Children’s
Health
 National eHealth Strategy Toolkit
 M-Government: Mobile Technologies for Responsive
 Governments and Connected Societies
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ICT Applications
www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/app/

Programme 3:
Enabling environment
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to assist the ITU membership in creating and maintaining an enabling
telecommunication/ICT policy and regulatory environment, in developing and
implementing effective financing policies and strategies, and to maintain ITU’s
global leadership as the prime source of international telecommunication/ ICT
indicators, through the collection and dissemination of statistical information.
www.itu.int/treg http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics

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Enabling Environment
 Enhanced knowledge through publications, and on-line platforms:
 Trends in Telecommunication Reform
 Broadband Thematic Reports
 Regulatory, Economic and Financial Reports
 International Mobile Roaming Services Report
 Online tools and resources:
 ITU ICT Eye portal
 ICT Regulation Toolkit
 ICT Regulatory Decisions Clearinghouse (ICTDec)
 Platform to share experiences and identify best practices
through open dialogue: The annual Global Symposium for
Regulators (GSR) and Regional Forums
 FTRA 2014: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 2014
 Regional Economic and Financial Forum of
Telecommunications/ICTs organized together with the ITU-T
Study Group 3 Regional Groups
 Regional NGN and cost modelling training workshops
addressed to professionals in the field of tariff regulation
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www.itu.int/treg

Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR)
 GSR13: 4th Generation Regulation: driving communications ahead
Outcomes:
 Discussion Papers
 ITU’s Trends in Telecommunication Reform
 Broadband thematic reports
 GSR Best Practice Guidelines
 2013: the evolving role of regulation and the regulators in a digital
environment
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www.itu.int/bestpractices
Enabling Environment

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ICT statistics
Data collection, analysis and dissemination
 4 annual questionnaires sent to Member States
 World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database released biannually
 Yearbook of Statistics released annually
 Measuring the Information Society (MIS) Report (annual):
 ICT Development Index (IDI)
 Affordability of ICT services
 Revenue and investment in the ICT sector
 Gender gap in ICT
 The world’s Digital Natives
 Digital broadcasting trends
 Monitoring the WSIS targets and the MDGs
 Providing annual updates, in close cooperation with other UN agencies
 Lead agency in the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics

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ICT statistics
 Capacity development
 Technical Handbooks and Manuals
 Delivery of training courses and
workshops
 Statistical expert groups
 EGTI (Expert Group on
Telecommunication/ICT Indicators): 385
experts from
118 countries
 EGH (Expert Group on ICT Household
Indicators): 175 experts from 76 countries
 World Telecommunication/ICT
Indicators Symposium (WTIS) (annual):
 High-level segment
 Agreed conclusions and recommendations
 More than 300 participants from over 80
countries
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics
Development of methodologies, global platform for exchange, capacity development
WTIS 2013, Mexico
WTIM 2012, Thailand

Programme 4:
Capacity building and digital inclusion
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to assist the ITU membership by ensuring that human and institutional capacity
building in the field of telecommunications/ICTs is of the utmost quality and is
available worldwide, and by fostering digital inclusion that promotes
telecommunication/ICT accessibility and the use of telecommunications/ICTs for
the social and economic development of people with special needs.
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Capacity-Building www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion

International
Telecommunication
Union
ITU Academy
Launched in October 2012 as the main tool for advancing and
harnessing all the cross sectoral capacity building. Under its
umbrella various capacity building projects and programmes are
taking place, including the highly successful Centres of Excellence.
2500 professionals per year over the past twelve years.
The Centres of Excellence strategy has undergone review, to be
aligned with the changing nature of the ICT sector and the priorities
of the ITU membership.
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Capacity-Building
Capacity Building and Digital Inclusion
ITU Centres of Excellence Global Network
Closer collaboration is being forged between the ITU
Academy and the Academia in developing and delivering
high level training programs.
Development of high-level training materials
- Training Programmes in
- Spectrum Management and
- Quality of Service

Digital Inclusion
Gender inclusion:
 Training over 1,000,000 women at the bottom of the
development pyramid to be digitally literate in partnership
with Telecentre.org, through the efforts of 153
participating organizations and 20,000 telecentres around
the world
 International Girls in ICT Day – 24 April 2014
 Over 70,000 girls encouraged since 2011 to take up
ICT careers through Girls in ICT Day events and
tools available in Girls in ICT Portal
Indigenous People training
 Over 600 Indigenous People were trained in Project
Management skills, of which 43% were women
E-Accessbility:
 Promoting accessible ICTs for persons with disabilities to
our Members by sharing best practices in ICT accessibility
Youth employment and entrepreneurship:
 Sharing strategies on using ICTs to promote youth
employment and entrepreneurship –”Digital
Opportunities: Innovative ICT Solutions for Youth
Employment” and related resources available on-line
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www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion

Programme 5:
Least developed countries, countries in special need,
emergency telecommunications and climate-change adaptation
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to assist the ITU membership by delivering concentrated assistance for the
general socio-economic development of countries through ICTs, focusing on the
specific needs of least developed countries and countries in special need, by
promoting universal access to ICTs in least developed countries, small island
developing states and landlocked developing countries, by providing assistance
to developing countries in disaster risk reduction and prevention, preparedness
and relief/ response and telecommunication infrastructure reconstruction/
rehabilitation in countries affected by disasters, and by providing assistance to
developing countries in the use of ICTs to mitigate and address the effects of
climate change.
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Emergency-Telecommunications www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Climate-Changewww.itu.int/en/ITU-D/LDCs

ITU provided concentrated assistance to countries and
is continuously seeking partners willing to co-finance
projects which are focused primarily in four key areas:
 Development of Infrastructure and Introduction of
New Technologies
 Development of Rural Telecommunications
 Sector Restructuring
 Human Resources Development/Management
Direct assistance was mainly provided to:
Guinea, Ethiopia, Mali, Somalia, Zambia, Timor-Leste,
Vanuatu, Nepal, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Uganda,
Micronesia, Samoa, Haiti, Tuvalu, Cabo Verde, South
Sudan, among others.
LDCs, countries in special needs
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/LDCs
Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

 Preparedness: Assist Governments develop ICT disaster management policies, regulation and
legal frameworks. Build capacity through regional and national workshops, forums on developing
National Emergency Telecommunications Plans, hands-on training on the use of ITU’s satellite
equipment.
 Response: Provide emergency telecommunication systems to countries within the first 24 to 48
hours in the aftermath of disasters. The equipment is used to restore vital telecommunication links
which are crucial in coordinating rescue and relief operations.
 Recovery: Early damage assessment and rehabilitation of telecommunication infrastructure
networks.
 Direct assistance to Member States in response to natural disasters, deploying satellite systems
to re-establish telecommunications on the ground in the aftermath of a disaster. For example, ITU
provided equipment to the most recent category 5 typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (Nov 2013) and
category 5 cyclone Ian in Tonga (Jan 2014).
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Emergency-Telecommunications
Emergency Telecommunications
 Partnerships in Emergency Telecommunications with UN agencies, Governments
and Private Sector companies (e.g. WMO, Industry Canada, Inmarsat, Iridium,
Thuraya, emergency.lu, etc.)

Climate Change Adaptation
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 Assistance to establish early warning systems.
 Involvement in UNFCCC process and UN Action
Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction.
 Regional and national Workshops on Climate
Change Adaptation in context of Emergency
Communications.
 Partnerships with WMO and UNISDR on
Disaster Risk Reduction.
 Participate and contribute to the HLCP/SM
Group on UN Action Plan on Disaster Risk
Reduction.

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Regional Initiatives
Objective:
Address specific ICT priority areas identified by Member States in each region
through partnerships and resource mobilization to implement small-, medium-, and
large-scale projects.
28 Regional Initiatives spread across six world regions aiming at bringing economies
of scale to bear on international issues that may be addressed at regional levels, and
especially where appropriate solutions could be deployed across national borders to
enable communities to take maximum advantage of them.

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Africa Regional Initiatives
1. Human and Institutional Capacity Building
2. Strengthening and harmonizing policy and regulatory frameworks for integration of African
telecommunication/ICT markets
3. Development of a broadband infrastructure and achievements of regional interconnectivity and
universal access
4. Introduction of new digital broadcasting technologies
5. Implementation of the recommendations of the Connect Africa summit.
Africa Regional Initiatives: Some achievements
 ITU-EC project «Harmonization of ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
(HIPSSA)»
 ITU-Korea Governement project «Master Plan development for wireless
broadband acess in Africa»
 ITU-Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation project «Wireless Network project
for Africa»
 ITU-Korea Governement project «Roadmap for Transition from Analogue to
Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting and Mobile Television in Africa»
 ITU-ICTP «Strengthening Training Capacity in Wireless Networking in Africa»
 ITU-GIZ «Support for harmonization of ICT regulatory guidelines in Southern
Africa on universal access/service»
 ITU «Center of Excellence (CoE) Network for Africa»
 ITU-Portugal-Spain «CoE Network for Spanish and Portuguese speaking
countries in Africa»

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Americas Regional Initiatives
1. Emergency communications
2. Digital broadcasting
3. Broadband access and uptake in the urban and rural
areas
4. Reduction of the Internet access costs
5. Human capacity building on ICTs, with emphasis on
persons with disabilities and people living in rural
and deprived urban areas
Americas Regional Initiatives: Some achievements
 ITU-EC Project “Enhancing Competitiveness in the Caribbean through the
Harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and Regulatory Procedures” (HIPCAR)
 ITU- ICT Ministry of Colombia Project “Spectrum Management Solution for Colombia”
 ITU-Brazil Project “Support to the Brazilian Regulatory Body”
 ITU Americas and Caribbean “Center of Excellence” Projects
 ITU- Central America Telecoms Commission (COMTELCA) “Non-ionizing
electromagnetic emissions and deployments of wireless networks”
Spectrum Management training
course, CONATEL, Paraguay, 2012
C&I Training

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 Establishment of a Cybersecurity Innovation Centre for the Arab Region
 Broadband Wireless Network - Djibouti
 Connect a School, Connect a Community in the State of Palestine - Palestine
 The Arab Region - Phase II Facilitating the Registration of Arab Top Level Domains
 Memory of the Arab World Project - Egypt
Arab States Regional Initiatives
1. Broadband access network
3. Open-source software
4. Arabic digital content
5. Cybersecurity
Arab States Regional Initiatives: Some achievements
Cybersecurity Innovation Centre for the
Arab Region
Broadband Wireless Network- Djibouti

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Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
1. Unique ICT needs of LDCs, SIDS and landlocked developing
countries
2. Emergency telecommunications
4. Broadband access and uptake in urban and rural areas
5. Telecommunication/ICT policy and regulation in the Asia- Pacific
region
Unique needs of LDCs, SIDSs
and LLDCs
Digital Broadcasting Broadband Access and Uptake
in Urban and Rural Areas
Telecommunication/ICT Policy
and Regulation in Asia-Pacific
Rural/Outer Island Communications in the Pacific - Centre of Excellence Network - Assistance in
Telecommunication/ICT - Support for the ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives - Broadband Policies/Plans &
Applications – Roadmap for Transition from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting - Master Plans for Spectrum
Management - Roadmap development for digital terrestrial radio broadcasting roll-out - Promoting Broadband
Access to Schools in ASEAN - Study and Human Capacity Building on Satellite Service Regulatory Framework -
Study on Spectrum Licensing - DTTB Frequency Planning & Measurement – ITU NBTC Training Programs -
Telecentre Applications and Services - Strengthening the Training Capacity of the Institute of Posts and
Telecommunications - USO Policy and Implementation - Promoting Transformational Power of Broadband –
Digital Inclusion - Cybersecurity - Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks
Support for Pacific Island States

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 Creation of Videoconference System Connecting the Area Office and CIS Countries enabled remote
participation Broadband Wireless Network- Djibouti
 ITU virtual Laboratory for remote tests of equipment, new technologies and services
 Sustainable supply of electricity to telecommunication facilities in rural and remote areas
 Centre of Excellence for CIS
CIS Regional Initiatives: Some achievements
CIS Regional Initiatives
1. Groundwork for setting-up and holding of electronic meetings
2. Assistance in the transition form analogue to digital broadcasting
3. Establishment of an ITU virtual laboratory for the remote testing of equipment and new
technologies and services
4. Provision of a stable electric power supply for telecommunication/ICT facilities in rural and remote
areas
5. Development of recommendations and creation of a pilot segment of a telecommunication/ICT
system to support secure remote retail payment and the management of bank accounts using
wireless communication networks
Creation of Videoconference System Connecting the Area Office and CIS Countries enabled remote participation

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Europe Regional Initiatives: Some achievements
Europe Regional Initiatives
1. E-accessibility in Central and Eastern Europe (Internet and digital television) for
blind people and people with visual impairment problems
3. ICT applications, including e-health
 Bulgarian Schools for Visually Impaired equipped with specialized
equipment
 Speech synthesis system in Macedonian language
 ITU-EBU Meeting for Central and Eastern Europe on e-Accessibility
in Television Broadcasting
 Questionnaire on the status of the digitalization process in Central
and Eastern Europe
 Regional Seminars on Digital Broadcasting
 Twinning programme between Albania and Poland as well as direct
assistance to Greece, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina in
field of spectrum management and digital broadcasting
 ITU-WHO Global eHealth Projects Repository
 A policy paper on regulatory challenges developed
 ITU Experts Group Meeting on m-Health: Towards Cure, Care and
Prevention
Direct Assistance to Serbia
ITU Donated Specialized Vehicle
Classroom in the Bulgarian Schools

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Global Projects
Some achievements
 Global Girls in ICT Day
 Human and Institutional Capacity Development Project
 Least Developed Countries Infrastructure Protection Program
 MCT Projects for Special Initiative Groups
 Partnership in Measuring ICT for Development in Developing Countries
 Rural Telecommunications Development in Least Developed Countries
 School Connectivity in Five ITU Member States
 Support for the Establishment of Harmonized Policies for the ICT Market in the ACP
 mHealth for NCD Joint Programme
 Future of Spectrum Management Usage Rights in an Increasingly Competitive Environment
 Transition from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting in Africa and Asia-Pacific
 Further developments to Spectrum Management System for Developing Countries
School Connectivity in Five ITU Member States

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Main purpose:
 Knowledge platform: Outputs agreed on in the ITU-D Study Groups are used as input
for the implementation of policies, strategies, projects and specific initiatives in Member
States. Also serve to strengthen the shared knowledge base.
 Information exchange: Sharing of topics of common interest is carried out through
face-to-face meetings, e-Forum and remote participation in an atmosphere that
encourages open debate and exchange of information.
 Information repository: Reports, Guidelines, Best Practices and Recommendation are
developed based on input gathered through surveys,
contributions and case studies and are made available by easy access
by the membership through content management systems and
web publication tools.
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ITU-D Study Group meetings,
September 2013
ITU-D Study Groups
Mandate of the two ITU-D Study Groups:
 Study Group 1 addresses topics related to the enabling
environment, cybersecurity, ICT applications and the
Internet.
 Study Group 2 addresses topics related to ICT
infrastructure and technology development, emergency
telecommunication, and climate change adaptation.
www.itu.int/ITU-D/study-groups

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Reports, guidelines and recommendations
 Work on 19 topics reflecting the issues the ITU Membership collectively determined
would be discussed interactively and on a regular basis at ITU-D Study Group and Rapporteur Group
meetings, and informally via electronic means.
 19 final reports and guidelines for the 2010-14 study period (available in six languages).
 Two new Recommendations are submitted to WTDC-14 for approval.
 SG1 welcomed 1073 participants and received 394 contributions.
 SG2 welcomed 1516 participants and received 575 contributions.
 6 surveys conducted to support the topics under study (some jointly with the other Sectors) and
calls for experts in crosscutting areas e-Health and e-Government launched.
 New tools launched: Case Study Library, e-Forum, multilingual remote participation platform, etc.
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ITU-D Study Groups: Some achievements
Correspondence Group dedicated to the elaboration of a
working definition of the Term “ICT” was established under
Study Group 1 in 2012 on request by the 17th session of TDAG. The
Group concluded its work.
Activities to support innovation in ITU-D Study Groups and
examine ways to enhance outputs and procedures have taken place
(Innovation Challenge, brainstorming sessions, etc.).
www.itu.int/ITU-D/study-groups

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Let us use WTDC-14 to build on our great
achievements under the
Hyderabad Action Plan.
I thank you.

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