ICT Development Strategies Agreed at Asia-Pacific Meeting
ITU’s Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) concluded in Kuala Lumpur. The main objective of the meeting was to develop regional strategies to foster the development of ICTs as inputs to the forthcoming conference scheduled for 2010.
Following a review of the 2006 WTDC Doha Action Plan, the meeting set priorities for future development consolidated into four broad programmes and five regional initiatives. It also identified topics to be the subject of study over the next four years.
The Programs cover
- Information and communication Infrastructure
- Cyber security and ICT applications
- Enabling environment
- Capacity building and other initiatives
- The programs will be implemented through the creation of tools, the development of training materials, information dissemination (workshops and seminars) as well as through direct assistance.
Regional initiatives emerging from the meeting in Kuala Lumpur centered on five priority areas:
- The special needs of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Landlocked countries
- Emergency communication
- Digital broadcasting
- Broadband access in urban and rural areas
- ICT/Telecommunication policy and regulation
- For each Regional initiative, the objective and expected results have been clearly spelled out in order to foster partnerships and resource mobilization for the implementation of small-, medium- and large-scale projects.
Questions to study will cover spam, costing methodology in a converged environment, country experiences and case studies on NGN migration and guidelines to improve the quality regulatory decision-making.
Seventy-four government delegates from 25 countries and 23 representatives from 13 operating agencies, regional and international organizations participated in the conference.
Source: ITU
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