1. Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 An Implementation Approach to Action Plans on BSG Dinh Van Dzung, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Research Institute of Post and Telecommunications (RIPT), Vietnam ITU-T FORUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WTSA-08 DECISIONS AND WORKSHOP ON BRIDGING THE STANDARDIZATION GAP (Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009)

2. Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 2 Contents BSG Background Steps for Bridging the Gap Develop toward a SDO Develop a National ITU Committee Domestic Standards & Contributions to ITU Open Issues to ITU

3. BSG Background Resolution 123 adopted at the 2002 Marrakesh Plenipotentiary Conference Resolution 44 on Action Plan at WTSA-04(Florianópolis, Brazil, 2004) PP-06 Resolution 123 (Nov. 2006, Antalya, Turkey) TSAG 02/07 TD 417: Draft Report TSAG 07/08 TD 610 Rev.1 Global Standards Symposium (Oct. 2008, South Africa) WTSA-08 Resolution 17: Telecommunication standardization in relation to the interests of developing countries WTSA-08 Resolution 59: Enhancing participation of telecommunication operators from developing countries Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 3

4. Steps for Bridging the Gap 1) Domestic usage of ITU Recommendations 2) Training and Capacity-building 3) Domestic Sector Members or Associates 4) Participation in Study Groups and related meetings 5) Hosting events and/or regional groups 6) Making contributions to Study Groups and related meetings 7) Nominating representatives as study group chairs, vicechairs, rapporteurs, focus, group chairs etc 8) Making proposals on future study questions and work programmes Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 4 Source: ITU, BSG – Report on the activities of ITU-T, April 2009

5. Develop toward a SDO (1/2) Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 5 National Level ITU, JTC1, etc International Level Infrastructure Ministry Regulator SDO PolicyLegislationR&D Human Resource Regional Level etc Industry Industry Fora IEEE, IETF, OMA, etc APT, ETSI, etc Source: TTA Consultation Program to MIC, June 2009 SDO - Standards Development Organization

6. Develop toward a SDO (2/2) Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 6 Task Force Industry Forum - Special topics requiring various views form service providers and manufacturers - Secretariat : industry - Members : research institute, industry, academia, etc. - All ICT areas - Secretariat : SDO itself - Members : research institute, industry, academia, etc. Industry Government Adapted from: TTA Consultation Program to MIC, June 2009 Standards Organization - Special topics requiring views from government and industry - Secretariat : government or industry - Members : government, research institute, industry, academia, etc.

7. Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 7 SDO Review ITU Rec. and Questions & set up a national standards position Review ITU recommendations & domestic standards Review national & other countries’ Rec. ICT related Ministries National ITU Committee Develop a national strategy on ICT Develop a national strategic positions in ITU R & D InstituteAcademia Industries Government ITU-R Section ITU-T Section ITU-D Section General Section IP, NGN, MPLS,… 2G, 3G, 4G … x-DSL, PON, WiMax Adapted from: TTA Consultation Program to MIC, June 2009 Develop a National ITU Committee WG1, WG2, … WRC AWF, ASTAP, ADF APT

8. Domestic Standards & Contributions to ITU Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 8 Standards development International cooperation and responding Government sector Private sector APT ITU Forums/ Consortiums Forums/ Consortiums Manufacturers ICT services providers Laboratories Academia etc. Forum standards proposal Standards contribution documents query Reflection of national position / Participation APT joint contribution Standards contribution Proposal of Draft Standards Development of Standards Standards contribution ITU Committee Int. Standards Experts Int. Standards Experts IT Standards Strategy Forum IT Standards Strategy Forum SDO R&D Projects Research Institutes ICT related Ministries Adapted from: TTA Consultation Program to MIC, June 2009

9. Domestic Standards Development Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 9 Study standard items of other SDOs - ITU, JTC1, ETSI, National(ANSI, ATIS, TTC,), Forum, Consortium Analyze of International and Domestic ICT Policies Needs from Company/ Research/Univ. RFP for Standards Projects Selection of key technologies Selection of key technologies. Analyze & Survey for IT Standards Establish the Master Plan for Standards development 6~9 월  Strategic importance … Urgency Public interests Will of industry Will of government … … Effect on tech. Overseas market Domestic market  Ripple effect on economy Development of SRM Approve Standards Projects Governments’ Needs Review RFPs Development of SRM Standards Planning Committee Evaluation Committee Source: TTA Consultation Program to MIC, June 2009

10. Contributions to ITU A Case Study: Study Framework for Question 19-1/2 Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 10 Source: ITU-D, Implementation Approach for Question 19-1/2, Doc. 2/127-E, Contribution from Vietnam, 2 nd meeting of SG2/ITU-D, 24-27 Sep., 2007. Question 19-1/2: “Strategy for migration from existing networks to next-generation (NGN) for developing countries”

11. Open Issues to ITU Developing guidelines for involvement in ITU-T activities. Developing webcasting systems that enable developing- country experts to follow study group meetings Developing a set of guidelines on how to apply ITU-T Recommendations Compiling and maintaining a database containing information on new technologies that are standardized. Establishing a forum on the ITU-T website on BSG Fundraising for BSG Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 11

12. Thank you ! Dinh Van Dzung, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Vietnam Research Institute of Post and Telecommunications Cell phone: + 84 91 322 2690 Fax: + 84 4 3754 4485 Email: dzung.dinh@ties.itu.int Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009 12