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ICT For Development: APT Perspective

ICT For Development: APT Perspective. Sub-regional Symposium on ICTs for Development in Pacific Islands Developing Countries 6-9 December 2004, Suva Fiji. A sia- P acific T elecommunity (APT). What’s APT (Asia Pacific Telecommunity). Inter-Governmental Organization.

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ICT For Development: APT Perspective

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  1. ICT For Development: APT Perspective Sub-regional Symposium on ICTs for Development in Pacific Islands Developing Countries 6-9 December 2004, Suva Fiji Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)

  2. What’s APT (Asia Pacific Telecommunity) • Inter-Governmental Organization • Purpose : Foster the development of • Telecommunications services • and information infrastructure • in Asia-Pacific region • Establishment : 1979 • Secretariat : Bangkok, Thailand

  3. APT ESTABLISHMENT • The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) was established in May 1979 as a regional telecommunication organization under the auspices of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) by an inter-governmental agreement. • The APT was also established as a regional telecommunication organization in conformity with the International Telecommunications Convention. • THE APT Secretariat started functioning from 1ST of JULY 1979 at Bangkok, THAILAND – the Headquarter of the Telecommunity

  4. MEMBERSHIP IN THE APT IS OPEN TO ANY STATE WITHIN THE REGION WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP) ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP IN THE APT IS OPEN TO ANY TERRITORY, PART OR GROUP OF TERRITORIES WITHIN THE REGION WHICH IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ESCAP AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP OF THE APT IS OPEN TO ANY ENTERPRISE, AGENCY, INSTITUTE, ORGANISATION, ASSOCIATION OR OTHER UNDERTAKING, ENTITY OR PARTICIPANT, WHETHER PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENT OWNED, COMMERCIAL OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, ACTIVE IN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OR INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE IN, AND COMMITMENT TO THE REGION, WHICH IS PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK AND ACTIVITIES OF THE TELECOMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP

  5. Scope of the Membership • MEMBERS --- 32 • ASSOCIATE MEMBERS --- 4 • AFFILIATE MEMBERS --- 94

  6. Full Members AssociateMembers Affiliate Members Telstra Corporation Limited Australia Ericsson Australia Pty. Ltd. Fiji Micronesia Boeing Australia Limited Nortel Australia Pty. Ltd. Nauru New Zealand Telecom Fiji Limited PanAmSat Asia Pty Ltd. Palau Papua New Guinea Telikom PNG Ltd. Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA) Cook Islands Niue Samoa Tonga Teledesic Australia Pty., Ltd. A closer look on the members from the Pacific Fiji Int’l Telecom Ltd. Macquarie Corporate Telecom Pty. Ltd.

  7. KEY AREAS OF APT ACTIVITIES • HRD, Capacity building and technology transfer • Policy and Regulation • Bridging the digital divide • Infrastructure development • ICT applications and establishment of the Information Society • Technology development in the Standardization • Radiocommunications and Wireless Forum • Telecom operations, services and business issues • Intra regional and inter regional cooperation • Information sharing

  8. The APT improves its member’s expertise through: Training programs Study visits Provision of short term consultancies Seminars, Symposia, Workshops, Conferences & meetings The APT prepares the member countries for major global Telecommunications and ICT Conferences What the APT Does

  9. APT Initiatives and Activities on Telecom and ICTs

  10. Mobilization of resources to facilitate infrastructure development especially for developing country and small island countries Regional consensus level in promoting equitable access to ICT among regulators and operators Identifying ICT resources as a tools for empowering individuals and communities through specific e-venture projects Enabling governance efficiently, transparent and participatory strategies through ICT use Support electronic forum through internet reflectors and open consultations for continuous discussion and information exchange among members. Regional Co-operation and Co-ordination “APT promotes regional solutions”

  11. APT ICT Initiatives as Regional Organization/Body • APT is the leading REGIONAL telecommunication entity for the Asia-Pacific region. • APT is a “TELECOMMUNITY” in real sense. It provides a common platform for Governments, Regulators, Service Providers, ISPs, Manufacturers, R&D Institutions and others for discussing various issues concerning telecommunications and ICT • APT offers a unique platform to harmonize the regional views for concerted action in the region and also for projecting them in international fora. • APT’s role and activities cover all major aspects of telecommunications and ICT Infrastructure development • APT provides a unique and effective platform for networking, information sharing, business consultation and development partnership and other • APT members coordinate and carry out studies into telecommunications and ICT questions to help overcome the barriers to universal communications

  12. Preparation for WSIS WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) • First Phase: 10 – 12 December, 2004, Geneva • Second Phase: 16 -18 November, 2005, Tunis • Asian Regional Conference for WSIS 13 - 15 January, 2003, Tokyo, Japan • Asia-Pacific Meeting on WSIS Implementation 29 - 31 March, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand • Meeting on the Bangkok Agenda Follow-up July, 2005

  13. The World Summiton Information Society APT Roles: - Supported organization of the conference and side events proposed by some APT members - Conducted Consultation Meetings on-site among APT Members to follow-up suggestions and recommendations of the Summit Plan of Action - Support WSIS Initiatives by providing links of its activities through APT website - Provide platform support to WSIS Senior Executives during APT events - APT as pro-active participant in the conduct of the general event of the Summit

  14. APT Pro-Active Support Towards the Phase of WSIS • Continuous Focus on: • To improve output of Intersessional Drafting Group • Collective Regional Proposals for the Plan of Action • Closer Coordination through Electronic Means and through APT Reflector among APT Member delegates to the WSIS • APT Websites

  15. WTSA 2004 5-14 October, 2004, Florianopolis, Brazil Main topics Establishing Study Groups (SGs) Appointing Chairperson, etc. of SGs Revising ITU-T working methods and SG structure, etc. First Preparatory Meeting 15, 16 March, Melbourne, Australia Second Preparatory Meeting 2, 3 August, Hyderabad, India (Back to back with ASTAP08) Nine (9) APT Common proposals were developed and sent as inputs to WTSA. Preparation for ITU Conferences (1) WTSA (World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly) For more information, please visit APT website: http://www.aptsec.org/seminar/meeting-2004/astap/index.htm

  16. Preparation for ITU Conferences (2) WRC (World Radiocommunications Conference) • Next WRC is in 2007 (WRC-07) • The 1st APT Conference Preparatory Group Meeting for WRC 2007 (APG2007-1) 11, 12 November, 2003, Bangkok, Thailand • The 2nd APT Conference Preparatory Group Meeting for WRC 2007 (APG2007-2) 1 - 4 March, 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

  17. Preparation for ITU Conferences (3) WTDC (World Telecommunications Development Conference) • Next WTDC is in March, 2006 (WTDC-06) • Creation of a Working Group for the WTDC-2006 preparations that will work electronically for WTDC-2006 • APT requests proposals from members for APT Telecommunication Development Forum (Bangkok, 28-29 June, 2004). • Support to ITU in Asia pacific preparations for WTDC-2006 • APT Telecommunications and ICT Development Forum -June, 2005 • Preparatory Meeting for WTDC-06 -January, 2006 PP (ITU Plenipotentiary Conference ) • Next PP is in 2006 (PP-06) • APT Preparatory Meeting for PP-06 May/June, 2005

  18. Ministerial Conference on Broadband and ICT Development • Held on 1, 2 July 2004 at Bangkok, Thailand • 22 Ministers and Vice/Deputy Ministers, more than 200 participants attended. • Objective: Establishment of the Bangkok Agenda Taking into account of… - The Declaration and Plan of Action of the WSIS, Geneva, 2003 - The Declaration and Action Plan of the Asia Pacific Summit on the Information Society, Tokyo, 2000 - The Constitution of the Asia Pacific Telecommunity as revised at New Delhi 2002. • Commemorate the Silver Jubilee of APT

  19. The Bangkok Agenda is composed of the 5 sections, followed by the List of Actions. Bangkok Agenda (A)Raising Awareness, Capacity Building and HRD (B)Creating an Enabling Environment to Encourage Broadband & ICT Investment (C)Improving Access and Encouraging Broadband and ICT Usage (D)Increasing Confidence and Security for Broadband and ICT Usage (E)Strengthening International Cooperation

  20. The Pacific Islands Telecommunications Associations (PITA) -1 • APT Commitments to the Pacific Islands Country/States : • to promote the development of ICT and Telecom Infrastructure in the • Pacific Islands Region in order to provide access to all the population • in their territory. • To achieve this, APT provides: • Training Courses and Study Visits, Expert Missions • Seminars • Workshops • Symposiums • etc • to educate the relevant Officials of the Regulatory Telecom Sector • Work hand in hand with PITA on their important activities and work plans towards attaining objective of the association and its members • MOU between PITA & APT has been established

  21. The Pacific Islands Telecommunications Associations (PITA) -2 Cont… • APT has been providing platform which require regular consultation on the hot issues such as: • Network Development between various players such as leading service • providers, incumbents operators and new comers. • ENUM and IDN • Access and USO • Showcasing CERTS Best Practices in the region • Internet, Network Security and SPAM • Next Generation Network (NGN) • Performance Indicators, QoS and Licensing • Interconnection and Interoperability • Broadband Wireless Systems and Applications • Working Group, AWF & ASTAP’s Action Plan and study results are also supporting this issues. It also enhances cooperation.

  22. The Pacific Islands Telecommunications Associations (PITA)-3 Believe in a competitive environment: • have a unified license of fixed-line and cellular • services that is favorable (merging of licensing procedure) • allocate of additional spectrum to profitable business sector • curtail monopolistic behavior • maintain commitment to WTO agreement on basic • telecom services • Prepare an environment where people can use ICT securely and • access easily • - Promotion of broadband application and digital content distribution

  23. Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs

  24. ICT Enabling Environment

  25. ASTAP (APT Standardization Program ) • Objective: establish in 1998 as regional cooperation on telecom standardization, harmonizing standardization activities in the region, and to increase the level of expertise on standardization among membership • ASTAP Structure • Chairman • Two Vice-Chairmen • Rapporteurs/Co-Rapporteursof Expert Groups • Number of Experts Group: 8 • Number of other groups: 5 The 8th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP08) 4-6 August, 2004, Hyderabad, India

  26. ASTAP Working Groups: 1. Organization and Working Methods (OWMG) 2. Industry Relations Group (IRG) 3. Regulatory Liaison Group (RLG) 4. ITU-T Issues Correspondence Group (ITUT) 5. Enhanced cooperation in regional Standardization • Expert Groups: • Next Generation Networks • Fixed Wireless Access, IMT-2000 and Beyond • Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) • High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) • Interoperability / Asia-Pacific Backbone • Internet-related Topics • Information Security • Next Generation Web and Metadata

  27. ICT applications: Creating an Information Society (International and Regional Co-operation)

  28. ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY AND REGULATION JOINT APT/ITU WORKSHOP ON ENUM & IDN SYMPOSIUM ON ACCES & USO WORKSHOP ON CERT BEST PRACTICES SUB-REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TRADE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY AND REGULATION

  29. THE EIGTH ASTAP FORUM WORKSHOP ON NGN TWO PREPARATORY MEETINGS FOR WTSA 2004 TWENTY FORTH STUDY GROUP MEETING WORKSHOP ON PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE STANDARDIZATION & RADIO COMMUNICATIONS For more information, please visit APT website: http://www.aptsec.org/astap/APT-ASTAP.htm

  30. EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON INTERCONNECTION EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON UPGRADATION OF EXISTING NETWORKS TO ACCOMMODATE BROADBAND APG 2007-2 MEETING APT WIRELESS FORUM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE STANDARDIZATION & RADIO COMMUNICATIONS For more information, please visit APT website: http://www.aptsec.org/radio/APT-WRC.htm

  31. Preparation for ITU WRC-07 Harmonize the views of APT Members and develop common proposals APT Conference Preparatory Group Meetings for WRC-2007 (APG2007) • The 1stAPT Conference Preparatory Group Meeting for WRC 2007 (APG2007-1) 11, 12 November, 2003, Bangkok, Thailand • The 2nd APT Conference Preparatory Group Meeting for WRC 2007 (APG2007-2) March 2004, Bangkok, Thailand

  32. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE • ASIA PACIFIC BROADBAND SUMMIT(ABS) • ASIA PACIFIC TELECOMMUNICATION AND ICT DEVELOPMENT FORUM (ADF) • Preparatory Meeting for WSIS Implementation and Ministerial Conference • REGIONAL FORUM FOR ICT EXPERTS : MEETING CHALLENGES ON DIGITAL GAPS APPROACHING E-GOVERNMENT

  33. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION MEETINGS SIXTH SATRC MEETING MEETING ON PACIFIC RESPONSE TO WSIS APT/PITA MEETING ON ICT COLLABORATION WITH ITU, ESCAP, PIFS, UNDP, UNOPS, ADB, WB, INFODEV, GIIC, WEF, ETC., INTRA REGIONAL AND INTER REGIONAL COOPERATION For more information, please visit APT website: http://www.aptsec.org/IWG/apt-iwg

  34. APT HRD Programme The Human Resources Development Programme of APT is one of the activities which are being conducted in cooperation directly with various APT Members. • OBJECTIVES: • To promote the equalization of opportunities on the state-of-the-art • technologies areas among developing countries particularly in the • transfer of ICT and Telecommunications technologies, • Promote information-sharing and experience in resolving issues, and • Provide hands-on experience on the new and advance • telecommunication applications and services in the Asia – Pacific • region.

  35. Training Courses (Hosted by Japan, Korea, China, India, Australia, etc.) Snapshots of participants Study Visits (Hosted by Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, India, Thailand, Philippines, etc.) Expert Missions Workshops - Regional Forum for ICT Experts - Regional Workshop on Standardization HRD ACTIVITIES For more information, please visit APT website: http://www.aptsec.org/hrd/APT-HRD.htm

  36. HRD ACTIVITIES (Cont…) • HRD Collaborative Programme for Exchange of Advance ICT Researchers and Engineers • Recognizing the importance of human resource development contained in the Tokyo Declaration of the APT Asia-Pacific Summit on the Information Society held in Tokyo in November 2000 • Subject Field of Research: Advanced ICT related work (Ex: Mobile Communications Technology, New technology for Rural Telecommunications, etc.) • The main conditions of this are: • Involvement of Japanese Researchers/Engineers based in Japan in the collaborative research method is preferable. • A maximum of US$50,000.- will be made available for each research project. • APT has embarked on this activities since 2001. • 1st batch 4 projects • 2nd batch 7 projects • 3rd batch 6 projects • 4th batch 7 projects • 5th batch 9 projects (on-going)

  37. APT PUBLICATIONS • APT YEARBOOK • APT NEWS • APT BROCHURES • PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS • MEETING/SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS • APT JOURNAL • ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS • ICT PROMOTIONAL AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS • Calendar of APT Activities

  38. Thank You Very much For more information, please visit our website http://www.aptsec.org or e-mail us at apthrd@aptsec.org or aptmail@aptsec.org

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