Addressing 21st Century Regulation
This informal meeting was
held at the request of the Association of
Communications and Telecommunications Regulators of the Portuguese
Speaking Countries (ARCTEL-CPLP), in collaboration with the ITU and
the Telecommunication Regulatory
Authority of Lebanon (TRA).
Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Ahmed Al-Jaafari, Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission
of Saudi Arabia (CITC), and President of AREGNET, acted as chairman
of the meeting, and Mr. David Gomes, Chairman of ARCTEL-CPLP,
acted as moderator
for the discussions.
Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director,
Telecommunication Development Bureau, represented the ITU, and 28
participants from 7 regional associations took part in the meeting,
representing AREGNET,
ARCTEL, ARCTEC, EACO, FRATEL, REGULATEL, and WATRA.
Given that today's regulators no longer operate solely
within their historical markets
and geographical barriers, but must act and react at a
global level, the aim of this informal meeting was to
bring regional regulatory associations together to share
experiences, discuss pressing issues and further regional
cooperation in order to find solutions and build bridges for better
and more active cooperation between regions.
To this end, the following topics were proposed for
discussion and were presented at the start of the meeting by ARCTEL-CPLP:
In
addition, presentations were made by
AREGNET and
REGULATEL.
As with previous editions, and as well as offering
an opportunity to build bridges between
associations, this meeting enabled
participants to:
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exchange views on the advantages and disadvantages of
regional regulatory associations,
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discuss the role and challenges of regional regulatory
associations,
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reflect on the future of regional regulatory associations with the onset of convergence,
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share regional experiences, and
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discuss how to better use
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ITU tools and
services.
Conclusions
The
meeting concluded by outlining the following future actions:
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Organize annual meetings in
parallel with GSR;
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Establish
a Regional Association Secretariat Network in collaboration with
ITU; and
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Use the G-REX forum as a
platform for a Regional Association Secretariat Network.
The chairman provided a
brief report of the proceedings to the
participants of the GSR09 during the
Reporting Session, on 10
November 2009. |
