InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

Towards Effective Coordination for Europe

Svein TenningåsCoordinator, Europe, BDT (EUR)

International Telecommunication Union

www.itu.int/itu-d/eur

Presentation

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Europe: Special focus on the Central and Eastern Europe

Europe: 42 countries CEE: 19 countries including

10 EU members*

Population (total)= 125.96M Density= 81.68 per m2 GDP per capita= 7578 USD Basic ICT Statistics

Total Telephone Subscr.= 155.5M Fixed lines per 100= 28.7 Mobile per 100= 106 Effective teledencity= 99.41

Note: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Cyprys, Czech Rep.*, Estonia*, Hungary*, Latvia*, Lithuania*, Malta, Montenegro, Poland*, Romania*, Serbia, Slovak Rep.*, Slovenia*, TFYR Macedonia, Turkey

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Europe Coordination at the ITU-D

The Europe coordination at the ITU Headquarter acts as the focal points for Europefocal points for Europe. It seeks to provide support for all Union activitiessupport for all Union activities, helping implement its strategic and policy objectives through direct, sustained contact with national authorities, regional telecommunication organizations and other relevant bodies.

They also assist the countries inassist the countries in development inter development inter and intra regional cooperationand intra regional cooperation aimed at focusing on mainstreaming of the activities that focus on economies in transition as well as developing and least developed countries to meet their development goals.

In addition to providing technical and logistical support to development activities, the Europe coordination fulfill the basic functions of the development sectorthe basic functions of the development sector as a specialized and executing agency, resource mobilizer and information centre.

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Europe Coordination at the ITU-D

ITU's regional presence serves also to assist the ITU General Secretariat, the Radio communication Bureau and the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau in fulfilling their missions by: promoting their workpromoting their work, representing them at

regional and national events assisting them in organizing eventsassisting them in organizing events of a regional

character in their respective domain of activities or in joint activities with BDT

representingrepresenting ITU's elected officials at regional events

expressing the visions and the needsvisions and the needs of the countries in the different domains of activities and proposing actions for responding to their needs.

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BDT Structure

Notes: Dashed line - - - - = coordination of the BDT activities; RO = Regional Offices; AO = Area Offices

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Europe Coordination: Communication Means

Electronic Portalwww.itu.int/itu-d/eur

Electronic Distribution Lists EUR distribution

Online Registration SystemBuilding sustainable contact relations

Press coverage ITU News / Publications / Flash

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Activities in Europe Region

DAP Programming

Ad-Hoc Assistance

Centers of Excellence

Projects

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Significant DAP Meetings in 2009

26-30 January / Geneva Training for CEE

Administrations TDAG

1 March / On-line Virtual Forum on Strategic

Management for Europe and CIS

30 March – 3 April / Montenegro Human Capacity Building

Forum for Europe and CIS CoE Steering Committee for

Europe Internet Training Centers

Meeting for Europe and CIS 1 May / On-line

Virtual Forum on Strategic Management for Europe and CIS

27 April / Serbia Digital Broadcasting

April / Greece Emergency

Telecommunication June / TBD

Global Symposium for Regulators

November / Geneva Council

December / January Regional Preparatory

Meeting

Series of promotional events at national

level

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ITU Regional Human Capacity Development Forum for Europe and CIS

3 meetings in one3 meetings in oneHCB Forum CoE Steering

Committee Internet Training

Providers Meeting

Set-up Set-up 100 Professionals Leading executive

training providers Exhibition

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Regional Workshop on Transition to Digital Broadcasting

When? April / May

Where?Serbia, Belgrad

Participation+ 160 (15

countries) Languages

English Coordination

ITU-D / ITU-R

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Regional Preparatory Development Conference (RPM-EUR)

When? December 2009

Where? Andorra

Budget ~TBD

Participation 100-200 participants

Languages English French Spanish

What we need? Pro-active participation in

discussion on fresh look on development

Contributions reflecting requirements of the

region national requirements

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Europe Coordination:Ad-hoc Assistance

2008/February : Romania Protocol consisting of 6 cooperation points

2008/2009: Albania Training and licenses for SMS4D

2008/2009: Serbia, Montenegro 26-27 January 2008: Training for CEE administrations

2009:Bulgaria Digital Broadcasting Study

2009: Serbia Digital Broadcasting Event

2009: Poland: Pending Investment

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ITU Centres of Excellence for Europe&CIS

Executive TrainingExecutive Training Technology Awareness Policy and Regulation Spectrum Management Network Development Business Management

Learning MethodsLearning Methods Face-to-Face Distance Learning

CoE Nodes in EuropeCoE Nodes in Europe INA (Greece) NBU (Bulgaria) NIT (Poland) SPB (Romania) UNI (Macedonia)

For more information see: www.itu.int/itu-d/EURFor more information see: www.itu.int/itu-d/EUR

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2009/2010 CoE Activities in Europe

ActionNumber

Title Leading Node Duration Tentative Time

Tentative ScheduleHosting Country

1 Utilization of SM training tools and digital libraries for enhanced learning

Bulgaria/NBU DL6 weeks

2009 TBDITU e-learning platform

2 Public Private Partnership and Services Diversification

Bulgaria/NBU DL6 weeks

2009 TBD ITU e-learning platform

3 Wireless Systems and Applications for Monitoring and Surveillance

Bulgaria/NBU DL6 weeks

2009/2010 TBDITU e-learning platform

4 Next Generation Wireless – Systems and Networks

Bulgaria/NBU DL6 weeks

2009/2010 TBDITU e-learning platform

5 Regulatory meeting/brainstorming

Greece/INA Academy

1 day 7th of April 2009

Greece

6 Migration to next generation regulatory environment

Greece/INA Academy

Workshop3 days

2009/2010 TBD

7 Infrastructure sharing potential – Consideration of separation models

Greece/INA Academy

Workshop3 days

2009/2010 TBD

8 Institutionalization of market analysis process

Greece/INA Academy

Workshop3 days

2009/2010 TBD

9 Transition to Telco 2.0 future business model

Greece/INA Academy

Workshop3 days

2009/2010 TBD

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2009/2010 CoE Activities in Europe

ActionNumber

Title Leading Node Duration Tentative Time

Tentative ScheduleHosting Country

10 Technical Aspects of WiMax Systems Implementation

Poland/NIT Workshop4 days

2009 Poland

11 Technical Aspects of WiMax Systems Implementation

Poland/NIT DL6 weeks

2009 TBDITU e-learning platform

12 Technical Aspects of Digital Television Implementation

Poland/NIT Workshop4 days

2010 Poland

13 Technical Aspects of Digital Television Implementation

Poland/NIT DL6 weeks

2010 TBDITU e-learning platform

14 IP and New Market Opportunities: Knowledge Management

Romania/SPB Workshop3 days

September 2009

Romania

15 Crisis Success Keys: Mobile Virtual Network Operator Business Intelligence

Romania/SPB Workshop3 days

October 2009 Romania

16 Broadband Applications: Connecting Communities

Romania/SPB Workshop3 days

November 2009

Romania

17 TBD Macedonia/FEEIT Workshop4 days

December 2009

Skopje

18 TBD Macedonia/FEEIT DL6 weeks

May 2009 TBDITU e-learning platform

17 TBD Macedonia/FEEIT Workshop4 days

2010 Skopje

18 TBD Macedonia/FEEIT DL6 weeks

2010 TBDITU e-learning platform

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Thank you very much for your attention!

Svein TenningåsCoordinator, Europe, BDT (EUR)

International Telecommunication Union

svein.tenningas@itu.intwww.itu.int/itu-d/eur