| At the World Telecommunication Development Conference (Istanbul, 2002), participants underlined the need for greater regional coordination to facilitate a coordinated approach and to engage members in the WTDC process early on. In response to this need, a series of preparatory meetings are being organized during 2005. The objective is to adopt appropriate development strategies at regional and subregional level, based on initiatives and projects as well as on questions and topics relevant to the development requirements and priorities of the countries of every region.
The output of each preparatory meeting will be tabled at a Coordination Meeting to take place in conjunction with the meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group to be held in Geneva from 12 to 16 December 2005. The role of the Coordination Meeting is to consolidate the coordinated proposals to be tabled at WTDC-06 in Doha (Qatar) for the preparation of the Doha Action Plan. This preparatory process should also facilitate the development of a comprehensive four-year rolling operational plan for the Telecommunication Development Sector.
Information on each meeting of the preparatory process can be found via the left menu.
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