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ITU Membership Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
Strategy

• Jean-Yves Besnier, Head of Partnership, Promotion
  Membership ITU Telecommunication Development
  Bureau (BDT)

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• ITU Sector Membership
• ITU Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Strategy

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ITU
190 Member States
650 ITU Sector Members
130 ITU Associates
Budget for 2006-2007340 million CHF( 262
million US)
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• ITU-D Sector Membership

Which Benefits?
Which Costs?
How to join?
1. General benefits of ITU Membership
2. Membership Categories
3. Benefits of being an ITU Sector Member
4. Membership Fees
5. Application Procedure
6. Membership Information
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• 1. General Benefits of ITU Membership

A unique capacity to bring together and
facilitate discussion between representatives
from governments and the private sector.
Share wealth of experience and creative ideas
Establish partnerships between the private and
public sectors
Access to ITU vast range of publications, as well
as to restricteddocumentation/information and
statistics
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• 2. Membership Categories

• ITU Member States
• in the 5 Regions
• Africa
• Americas
• Arab States
• Asia Pacific
• CIS

ITU Associates They take part in the work of only
one selected Study Group They may serve as
Rapporteur or Editor

• ITU Sector Members
• in the 3 Sectors
• ITU-D Development
• ITU-R Radiocommunications
• ITU-T Standardization
• To fully participate in their respective Advisory
  Groups and Study Groups, Regional World
  Telecommunication Conferences, Seminars
  Workshops pertinent to their business

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• ITU Membership (as of May 2006)

• ITU Member States
• The 5 Council Regions
• Total 190
• Africa 53
• Americas 35
• Asia Pacific 49
• Eastern Europe Northern Asia 20
• Western Europe 33

• ITU Associates
• Total 127
• ITU-D 4
• ITU-R 25
• ITU-T 107

• ITU Sector Members
• in the 3 Sectors
• Total 649
• ITU-D 329
• ITU-R 300
• ITU-T 352

Some are multiple ITU Sector Members
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ITU Sector Members in the Regions, as of May 2006
ITU-R ITU-T ITU-D TOTAL
Africa 21 22 43 48
Americas 70 114 70 178
Arab States 19 16 78 82
Asia Pacific 66 75 54 124
Europe CIS 124 125 84 217
TOTAL 300 352 329 649
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• 3. Benefits of being an ITU Sector Member

Influence evolution of global regional
telecommunications networks
Actively participate in the Sectors specific
activities and e-discussion groups
Ability to meet worldwide experts and exchange
views and experiences
A unique source of information by working with
ITU Study Working Groups
Your organization data being included in the ITU
Global Directory
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• Study Groups Working Groups

Study Group 2 Telecommunication Management of
Telecommunication Services Networks
Study Group 1 Telecommunication Development
Strategies Policies
Working Groups on Private Sector,Gender, Youth
Issues Several Working Groups created in the
Regions
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• Benefits of being an ITU Sector Member (contd)

Hold positions within Study Working
GroupsChairman Vice-Chairman Rapporteur
Editor NB only Rapporteur or Editor for an
Associate
Access to all ITU relevant working documents
Use of the Telecom Information Exchange Services
TIES username_at_ties.itu.int TIES
registration http//www.itu.int/TIES/intro.html
Get free and discounted ITU publications
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• 4. Sector Membership Associate Fees

• ITU Sector Member
• Range between 1/16 40 units (1/16 for DC in
  ITU-D)
• Minimum contribution in CHF ITU-D 7950
  (1/8 unit) 3975 (1/16 for DC) ITU-R
  31800 (1/2 unit) ITU-T 31800 (1/2 unit)

ITU Associates Annual contribution in CHF for
2006-2007 ITU-D 3975 1987,50 for
DC ITU-R 10600 ITU-T 10600
DC developing countries

• Membership Fees
• Contribution decided according to a class within
  a scale
• Contributory unit for becoming a Sector Member
  reviewed biennially
• value for 2006-2007 63600 CHF

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• 5. Procedure for Membership Application

Apply to the Member State Administration where
your Company is located
This Administration will transmit your
application to ITU Secretary-General
As a Regional or International Organization, you
may apply directly to the ITU Secretary-General
Your admission becomes effective upon approval by
ITU Secretary-General
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1. More Information

For application and general information Internet
http//www.itu.int/members E-mail membership_at_it
u.int
ITU-D Development Sector Contact Mrs. Andrea
Mozer-CorralE-mail itu-d_membership_at_itu.int
ITU-R Radiocommunications Sector Contact Mrs.
Pamela TypeE-mail brmail_at_itu.int
ITU-T Standardization Sector Contact Mrs. Saba
Imru-CaminitiE-mail itu-tmembership_at_itu.int
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ITU Sector Membership
Play a key role in ITU dynamics
Seek Partnerships
Share experiences, creative ideas, knowledge of
business opportunities
ITU Sector Membership fees are competitive
Regional participation is an ITU priority
Join us Become an ITU-D Sector Member !
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• ITU Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Strategy
• The variety, scope and number of
  ICT/telecommunications projects make ITU a unique
  platform for Partnerships
• Telecommunication Development Bureau is the
  resilient and time-tested ITU arm, with more than
  50 partnership/cooperation agreements signed per
  year
• While Member States contribution, our historical
  Partners, remain very active, participation of
  the Private Sector has steadily increased. Thanks
  to the measures introduced to improve
  transparency, visibility and accountability of
  our methods and practices

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• World Summit on the Information Society(WSIS)
• First initiative decided by ITU Plenipotentiary
  Conference in 1998
• It was endorsed by UN General Assembly in
  December 2002
• ITU was in charge of organizing the WSIS
• Two phases December 2003 (Geneva) November
  2005 (Tunis)
• World leaders shared the following vision
• people-centered
• development-oriented
• inclusive Information Society

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• World Summit on the Information Society(WSIS)
  (contd)
• WSIS adopted a true multi-stakeholder approach,
  involving governments, private sector, civil
  society and international organizations
• ITU is fully involved in the implementation of
  WSIS Action Plan, in particular for Action Lines
  C2 (Consultation on Information Communication
  Infrastructure) and C5 (Building Confidence and
  Security in the use of ICT)
• ITU Connect the World Initiative a
  multi-stakeholder partnership initiative to help
  connecting the unconnected by 2015

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• ITU Connect the World Initiative
• It was launched in June 2005 by ITU Secretary
  General and founding partners.
• Its goals
• Consolidate and scale up existing ICT/telecom
  development- oriented connectivity projects
• Stimulate new partnerships to bridge the
  digital divide
• Activities
• Showcase partners development projects
• Facilitate sharing of experiences
• Demonstrate partnership efficiency to
  connect the unconnected

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• ITU Connect the World Initiative (contd)
• There are 22 founding partners

• Private Sector
• Alcatel
• Huawei Tech- nologies Co. Ltd.
• Infosystem Technologies Ltd.- Intel Corp.
• KDDI Corp.
• Microsoft Corp.
• Telefónica S.A.
• WorldSpace Inc.

• Regional/IntlOrganizations
• EC
• ITSO
• - RASCOM
• UNDP
• UNESCO
• UNFIP
• UPU

• Governments
• Egypt
• France
• Korea Agency for Digital
• Opportunity Promotion (KADO)
• Senegal

• Civil Society
• - Child Helpline International (CHI)
• MS Swaminathan Foundation
• Télécomms. sans Frontières (TSF)

NB 45 partners to date, including World Bank,
CISCO, OLPC, Nokia, Sun, Qualcomm, GSM
Association
Website http//www.itu.int/partners/index.html
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• ITU Partnerships
• ITU Priority domains for Partnerships

• 6 Programmes
• Regulatory Reform
• Infrastructure Services Development and
  Technical Assistance
• e-Strategies ICT Applications
• Economics Financing
• Human Capacity Building
• LDC, SIDS Emergency Telecommunications

• 7 Cross-cutting Initiatives
• ICT/Telecommunications Indicators and
  Statistics
• Partnership Promotion
• Sector Members Private Sector Initiatives
• Gender Initiatives
• Youth Initiatives
• Assistance to Indigenous people
• Assistance to People with Disabilities

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• ITU Partnerships (contd)
• Funding Mechanisms

• ITU Financing
• Annual operation budget
• Telecom Surplus

• Nature of contributions may vary
• In-kind gt Expertise gt Equipments gt
  Software Development gt Maintenance/Assistance
  gt Education
• Cash

• Public Private Financing
• Development Agencies
• Other governmental sources
• Private companies
• Financial institutions
• Regional International Organizations

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• ITU Partnerships (contd)
• Examples of Cooperation Agreements signed
  recently

Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity Promotion
(KADO), Rep. of Korea For bridging the digital
divide in developing countries
KADO BCA, Bhutan Partnership for access to
ICT in Bhutan
Japan Telecom BCA, Bhutan Partnership for
access to ICT in Bhutan
DCITA, Australia and Rohde Schwarz GmbH,
Germany Rehabilitation/reconstruction of telecom
infrastructure in earthquake/tsunami-hit
countries
NiCT Institute, Japan Making better access to
healthcare
Governments of Iran Afghanistan Rehabilitatio
n of the ICTI Institute in Kabul
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• ITU Partnerships (contd)
• Examples of Cooperation Agreements signed
  recently

Child Helpline Intl Government of the
Netherlands Programme of a global network of
children and youth helplines
Government of South Africa UPU Expansion of the
rural telecom information technology network and
services of DC
Government of the Netherlands Palestine
Education Initiative
Navajo Nation OCCAM for a Programme on
information and communication technologies for
equitable and self-sustainable development
Industry Canada Measuring ICT for development
in DC
ALCATEL, France Knowledge on ICT Support job
opportunities for young graduates
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ITU Development Sector on Internet
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Thank you ! Jean-Yves BESNIER Head, Partnership,
Promotion Membership Unit Telecommunication
Development Bureau International
Telecommunication Union ITU Tel. [phone]
5591 Mobile [phone] Fax [phone]
5484 E-mail jean-yves.besnier_at_itu.int