Telecommunication Development Bureau

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Telecommunication Development Bureau

• ITUs Catalytic Role in forging Partnerships 4
  ICT Development

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Birth of the ITU
cooperation
unique
impartial
governments
Private Sector
consensus
ICTs
coordinate
Telecoms
UN specialized executing agency
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THE ITU
Ensure wide availability of benefits from new
technologies
Foster fruitful cooperation partnerships
Promote a broader approach to Telecom/ICT issues
ROLE
Promote resource mobilization
Harmonize fruitful and constructive partnerships
Maintain extend cooperation
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Present structure

• Plenipotentiary Conference
• Council
• World Conferences on International
  telecommunications
• General Secretariat
• Three Sectors (Radiocommunication,
  Standardization and Development)

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Bureau of Telecommunication Development
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Cairo
Dakar
Addis Ababa
Cameroun
Yaounde
Harare
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The WTDC Outputs
ITU Strategic Plan
Istanbul Declaration
Istanbul Action Plan(IsAP)
Resolutions
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From IsAP to WSIS
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What role would the ITU play to support the
AFUNET initiative?
Cooperation Partnership
ITU
Dialogue among stakeholders
Technical Assistance
Capacity Building
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Conclusion
Cooperation
Partnership
Commitment
Innovation
Success
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Thank You

• Ms. Asenath MPATWA
• Coordinator, Africa Unit
• BDT / ITU
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax. [phone]
• E-mail. asenath.mpatwa_at_itu.int