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“ENHANCING PACIFIC CONNECTIVITY”

November 5, 2008

Ashish Narayan, Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

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ITU “Vision and Strategy”

ITU Development Programs and Pacific

ITU Pacific Activities and Projects

Proposals and Partnership

AgendaAgenda

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ITU Vision & Strategic Plan ITU Vision & Strategic Plan 2008 -20112008 -2011

Maintain and extend international, regional, sub-regional cooperation

Assist in bridging the digital divide and promote global connectivity through implementation of WSIS goals and objectives

Widen the Union's membership – especially from the industry

Develop tools to safeguard networks

Continue to improve efficiency and effectiveness

Disseminate information and know-how of ICT

Promote the development of an enabling environment  

ITU Initiatives

Connect the World

Global Cybersecurity

Agenda

Capacity Building

Enabling Environment

Vision: By connecting the world and fulfilling everyone’s fundamental right to communicate, we strive to make the world a better and safer place.

Climate Change

Emergency Communication

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InitiativesInitiatives

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Six Major Development ProgramsSix Major Development Programs

Program 1: Regulatory reform

Program 2:Technologies and telecom/ICT network development - Infrastructure

Program 3: E-strategies and ICT applications

Program 4: Economics & finance

Program 5: Human Resource Development

Program 6: Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and Emergency Telecommunications

ITU Development Programs and PacificITU Development Programs and Pacific

Seminars & Seminars & WorkshopsWorkshops

Direct Country Direct Country Assistances Assistances

Human Capacity Human Capacity BuildingBuildingTrainings / Trainings / FellowshipsFellowships

Deployment of Deployment of InfrastructureInfrastructure

Through Through

PPPPPP

Delivery Mechanisms

One of the five Asia Pacific Regional Initiatives focuses on the Pacific

Special InitiativesSpecial Initiatives

Gender;Children and Youth; Indigenous peoples and communities; Persons with disabilities; Communities living in Remote/Underserved areas

Regional InitiativesRegional Initiatives

World Telecommunication Development Conference 2006 - Doha

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International Connectivity

Regulation

Legislation Capacity Building

Cybersecurity

Pacific ConnectivityPacific Connectivity

National Connectivity

Affordability

Content

Policy

Emergency Communication

Delivery of secure, reliable and affordable ICT Services to all

requires

together with the following enablers

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National and International ConnectivityNational and International Connectivity

International Connectivity Submarine Cable vis-à-vis Satellite Creating the right enablers to finance affordable connectivity

International connectivity needs to be aligned with national connectivity Most of the recent telecommunications growth in the Pacific Island

countries has been experienced on narrowband networks

For Broadband services, existing networks (fixed and mobile) would need to be upgraded for smooth migration to the Next Generation Networks (NGN)

On fixed side, most of the broadband is provided using DSL, Cable TV or Fibre To The Home (FTTH)

Appropriate policies and regulation are necessary to drive the demand (which would reduce the cost) through promoting ICT

content and services to encourage network penetration in remote areas through network roll out.

A number of regulatory enablers including licensing, spectrum, Universal Service policies are necessary for the purpose

to enable community access to ICT services using various means including Multipurpose Community Telecentres

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Mobile Technology Trend

Present Status in Pacific

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ITU Pacific Activities [2007]ITU Pacific Activities [2007]

• APT/ITU/PITA Joint Regulatory Forum, Fiji (2006)

• APT/ITU/PITA workshop on “Principles of Cyber Legislation”, NZ

• Kiribati (Licensing, Internet Exchange)• Papua New Guinea (Numbering, Interconnection) • Marshall Islands (e-Governance)

Spectrum, Regulation, Human Resources, Disaster Communication etc.

Workshops

Policy-Regulation

Capacity Building

Concentrated Assistance to SIDS

• Rural/outer island Communication Development in Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru• Multi-purpose Community Telecentres establishment in Solomon Islands, Samoa

Direct Assistances

ITU works closely with partners such as PITA, PIFS, APT, SPC, The World Bank, UNESCAP for effective delivery

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ITU Pacific Activities [2008]ITU Pacific Activities [2008]

• Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity • ITU/APT/PITA Regional Forum on Next Generation Telecommunications in the Pacific

• Kiribati (Cost Modeling) • Papua New Guinea (Numbering, Interconnection)• Samoa (Spectrum Management)• Vanuatu (Spectrum Management)

• NGN, Human Resources, CoE Courses

Workshops

Policy-Regulation

Capacity Building

Direct Assistances

ITU works closely with partners such as PITA, PIFS, APT, SPC, The World Bank, UNESCAP for effective delivery

Concentrated Assistance to SIDS

• Rural/outer island Communication Development in Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru

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A number of Pacific Island Countries use the Asia Pacific CoE network for their training needs.

The trainings are now being further extended to the Pacific in partnership with PITA.

ITU EC Project on capacity building to start soon.

Spectrum Management

(Iran)

Policy&

Regulation(Pakistan)

Business Management

(Thailand)

Rural ICT

Development (Malaysia)

Technology Awareness

(Rep. of Korea)

ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Capacity Building

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ITU Key Partnership Projects in the PacificITU Key Partnership Projects in the Pacific

Government of AustraliaGovernment of Australia

Policy & Regulatory Assistance in Asia and the Pacific (2008/09)

ICT Policy & Regulatory Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region and addressing the unique ICT needs of the Pacific Island Countries (2007/08)

Telecommunication/ICT Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region (2006/08)

Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Management

Assistance for the Establishment of Sector Governance in Telecommunications in East Timor

European Commission Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for

Pacific Island States

Andorra Rural/outer island communication development in Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua

New Guinea and Nauru

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ITU “PACIFIC ICT MINISTER’S FORUM on Connecting the Unconnected” from 17 -20 Feb 2009 will be hosted by the Kingdom of Tonga and in joint organization with partners.

The Forum aims to lay down the action plans that would “connect the unconnected and all the Islands in the Pacific with affordable, ubiquitous, reliable and secure access by 2015” through:

Pacific ICT Minister’s FORUMPacific ICT Minister’s FORUM

Technology enabler: including optical fibre networks, satellite communications, wireless broadband technologies, adaptive mobile communications, and NGN;

Policy & regulation enabler: facilitating international and domestic connectivity and enabling market environment;

Human capacity building: ensuring human capacity to maintain, operate, and develop networks, services and content.

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ITU invites partners to work together towards this common goal for “Connecting the Unconnected in the Pacific” on collaborative and constructive manners in the following areas.

Proposals for PartnershipsProposals for Partnerships

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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