International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INPUTS BY THE AMERICAS REGION TO WTSA-08 AND RELEVANT OUTCOMES Forum on: Implementation of decisions of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly-08 (WTSA-08) Quito, Ecuador 7 July 2009 Paolo Rosa Workshops and Promotion Division Head, Workshops and Promotion DivisionTelecommunicationStandardizationBureau

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world Background Prior to WTSA-08 the TSB organized a preparatory meeting in Brasilia, aimed at coordinating Americas Region views on issues considered to be of importance to the region. Hot issues such as Study Group restructure, Bridging the Standardization Gap in developing countries 2

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world Background (Cont.) Ways of enhancing the relevance of Study Group activities for developing countries Possible creation of regional groups for different standardization topics the election of new SG and TSAG chairs and vice-chairs, Inclusion of new categories of members were discussed 3

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world Americas Region contributions to WTSA-08 outcomes Brasil with others Canada 6 Cuba 2 USA4 CITEL 22 (Doc 56) 2 SG Chairs + 18 VC and WP Chairs Climate change, Universities, SMEs membership, BSG, Flagship Group Mexico, SGs restructuring, TSAG role… 4

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world WTSA-08 Outcomes The contributions from Americas Region were highly considered 9 of the 10 amendments to resolutions 17, 20, 32, 43, 44, 45,49, 50, 54,55 were approved New very important Resolutions were decided: climate change, accessibility, universities, SMEs Proposal of the Flagship Group in Mexico is a program of the revised Res. 44 Network Externalities: still debate

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world Inter-american proposals CITEL-1 RESOLUTION 17 Telecommunication standardization in relation to the interests of developing countries RESOLUTION 20 Procedures for allocation and management of international telecommunication numbering, naming, addressing and identification resources (not agreed) RESOLUTION 32 Strengthening electronic working methods for the work of ITU-T RESOLUTION 38 Coordination among ITU-T, ITU-R and ITU-D for activities relating to International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT ‑ 2000) and systems beyond IMT-2000 RESOLUTION 43 Regional preparations for WTSAs RESOLUTION 44 Bridging the standardization gap between developing and developed countries

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world Inter-american proposals CITEL-2 RESOLUTION 45 Effective coordination of standardization work across study groups in ITU-T and the role of TSAG RESOLUTION 49 ENUM RESOLUTION 50 Cybersecurity RESOLUTION 54 Creation of regional groups RESOLUTION 55 Mainstreaming gender in ITU-T activities RESOLUTIONS 7,11,22, 26, 40, 48 PROPOSED TO BE MAINTAINED WITH EDITORIAL CHANGES Draft new Resolution [E] STRENGTHENING COORDINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN ITU-R AND ITU-T ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world Inter-american proposals CITEL-3 Draft new Resolution [F] ADMISSION OF RESEARCH CENTERS AND SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES TO THE ITU STANDARDIZATION SECTOR Draft new Resolution [G] ADMISSION OF ACADEMIA AND UNIVERSITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK OF ITU-T Draft Resolution [H] TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Draft new Resolution [I] ICTs & CLIMATE CHANGE =========== NETWORK EXTERNALITIES ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLAGSHIP GROUP HEADQUARTERED IN MEXICO CREATION OF ITU-T STUDY GROUP 12 REGIONAL GROUP FOR THE AMERICAS on QoS (not decided) TRACEABILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW OF ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world WTSA-08 Outcomes WTSA-08 revised some existing resolutions, adopted new ones and suppressed others in support of developing countries. It is worth noting resolutions 44, 54,59,71, 72 serve as catalyst for bridging the digital divide. 9

International Telecommunication Union Forum Quito 7 July 2009 Committed to connecting the world MUCHAS GRACIAS ! PREGUNTAS? 10