1. International Telecommunication Union Towards Effective Coordination for Europe Svein Tenningås Coordinator, Europe, BDT (EUR) International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int/itu-d/eur Presentation

2. 2 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 *

3. 3 Europe Coordination at the ITU-D focal points for Europe support for all Union activities The Europe coordination at the ITU Headquarter acts as the focal points for Europe. It seeks to provide support 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. assist the countries indevelopment inter and intra regional cooperation They also assist the countries in development inter and 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. the basic functions of the development sector In addition to providing technical and logistical support to development activities, the Europe coordination fulfill the basic functions of the development sector as a specialized and executing agency, resource mobilizer and information centre.

4. 4 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 work promoting their work, representing them at regional and national events assisting them in organizing events assisting them in organizing events of a regional character in their respective domain of activities or in joint activities with BDT representing representing ITU's elected officials at regional events visions and the needs expressing the visions and the needs of the countries in the different domains of activities and proposing actions for responding to their needs.

5. 5 BDT Structure Notes: Dashed line - - - - = coordination of the BDT activities; RO = Regional Offices; AO = Area Offices

6. 6 Europe Coordination: Communication Means Electronic Portal www.itu.int/itu-d/eur Electronic Distribution Lists EUR distribution Online Registration System Building sustainable contact relations Press coverage ITU News / Publications / Flash

7. 7 Activities in Europe Region DAP Programming Ad-Hoc Assistance Centers of Excellence Projects

8. 8 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

9. 9 ITU Regional Human Capacity Development Forum for Europe and CIS 3 meetings in one 3 meetings in one HCB Forum CoE Steering Committee Internet Training Providers Meeting Set-up Set-up 100 Professionals Leading executive training providers Exhibition

10. 10 Regional Workshop on Transition to Digital Broadcasting When? April / May Where? Serbia, Belgrad Participation + 160 (15 countries) Languages English Coordination ITU-D / ITU-R

11. 11 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

12. 12 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

13. 13 ITU Centres of Excellence for Europe&CIS Executive Training Executive Training Technology Awareness Policy and Regulation Spectrum Management Network Development Business Management Learning Methods Learning Methods Face-to-Face Distance Learning CoE Nodes in Europe CoE Nodes in Europe INA (Greece) NBU (Bulgaria) NIT (Poland) SPB (Romania) UNI (Macedonia) For more information see: www.itu.int/itu-d/EUR

14. 14 2009/2010 CoE Activities in Europe Action Number TitleLeading NodeDurationTentative Time Tentative Schedule Hosting Country 1Utilization of SM training tools and digital libraries for enhanced learning Bulgaria/NBUDL 6 weeks 2009TBD ITU e-learning platform 2Public Private Partnership and Services Diversification Bulgaria/NBUDL 6 weeks 2009TBD ITU e-learning platform 3Wireless Systems and Applications for Monitoring and Surveillance Bulgaria/NBUDL 6 weeks 2009/2010TBD ITU e-learning platform 4Next Generation Wireless – Systems and Networks Bulgaria/NBUDL 6 weeks 2009/2010TBD ITU e-learning platform 5Regulatory meeting/brainstorming Greece/INA Academy 1 day7 th of April 2009 Greece 6Migration to next generation regulatory environment Greece/INA Academy Workshop 3 days 2009/2010TBD 7Infrastructure sharing potential – Consideration of separation models Greece/INA Academy Workshop 3 days 2009/2010TBD 8Institutionalization of market analysis process Greece/INA Academy Workshop 3 days 2009/2010TBD 9Transition to Telco 2.0 future business model Greece/INA Academy Workshop 3 days 2009/2010TBD

15. 15 2009/2010 CoE Activities in Europe Action Number TitleLeading NodeDurationTentative Time Tentative Schedule Hosting Country 10Technical Aspects of WiMax Systems Implementation Poland/NITWorkshop 4 days 2009Poland 11Technical Aspects of WiMax Systems Implementation Poland/NITDL 6 weeks 2009TBD ITU e-learning platform 12Technical Aspects of Digital Television Implementation Poland/NITWorkshop 4 days 2010Poland 13Technical Aspects of Digital Television Implementation Poland/NITDL 6 weeks 2010TBD ITU e-learning platform 14IP and New Market Opportunities: Knowledge Management Romania/SPBWorkshop 3 days September 2009 Romania 15Crisis Success Keys: Mobile Virtual Network Operator Business Intelligence Romania/SPBWorkshop 3 days October 2009Romania 16Broadband Applications: Connecting Communities Romania/SPBWorkshop 3 days November 2009 Romania 17TBDMacedonia/FEEITWorkshop 4 days December 2009 Skopje 18TBDMacedonia/FEEITDL 6 weeks May 2009TBD ITU e-learning platform 17TBDMacedonia/FEEITWorkshop 4 days 2010Skopje 18TBDMacedonia/FEEITDL 6 weeks 2010TBD ITU e-learning platform

16. International Telecommunication Union Thank you very much for your attention! Svein Tenningås Coordinator, Europe, BDT (EUR) International Telecommunication Union svein.tenningas@itu.int@itu.int www.itu.int/itu-d/eur