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Implementation of WSIS Action Line C6,
the Enabling Environment
Facilitation Meeting: WSIS Action Line C6
19 May 2009, 11:00 - 12:30
ITU Headquarters, Room B1
- Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, BDT, ITU (Opening remarks)
- Charles Geiger, Special Adviser to the Commission on Science &
Technology for Development
at UNCTAD and former Executive Director of WSIS (Welcome
address)
- Mr. Ndiaye Diouf, Chef de la division Partenariats, Agence de Régulation des
Télécommunications et des Postes, Senegal
- Mr. Thomas Osburg, Director, Intel, Europe
- Ms. Caroline Figuères, Managing Director, Institute for International Communication and
Development
(IICD), The Netherlands
- Mr. Sandro Bazanella, Project Manager, ITU-EC Project-Harmonized Policies for ICT in
ACP countries (Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean and Pacific
Islands)
- Mr. Zakaria Hassan, Chairman, Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA)
(wasn't able to attend)
A fundamental role of
ITU, strengthen by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is
to promote the creation of an enabling environment for the development
of ICTs and for extending their benefits to all. Enacting an appropriate
regulatory framework and establishing competition and investment
incentives is essential with this regard. This was be the first meeting
that ITU organizes in its role of lead facilitator on WSIS AL C6 after
officially taking over the facilitation on this action line from UNDP in
May 2008.
Countries around the
world put forward efforts to create an enabling environment for
investment and for ICT development. They are shaping policies based on
the premise that providing access to basic and advanced
telecommunications/ICT services have a wide-ranging socio-economic
rationale. In terms of reaping the benefits of ICTs, further discussion
is needed on what the success factors of a competitive and inclusive
market are and what the best mechanisms to spur competition and growth
in the sector are, how to bring fresh investment in developing
countries, and what is good regulation in the current circumstances of
economic downturn.
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Open call for
stakeholder contributions - ongoing
"Creating an enabling
environment for the ICT sector" |
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In an effort to provide a forum for an open and constructive dialogue on the implementation of this action line, ITU
invites regulators, policy-makers, industry and civil society to exchange experiences and best practices in creating an enabling environment and building regulatory capacity in developing countries. The stakeholders’ contributions
received will be used as background materials for related upcoming
ITU events and for identifying key priority areas to address in
ITU's ongoing work in regulatory reform. In addition, as the lead facilitator
on WSIS Action Line C6, ITU will continue to showcase successful
experiences and look for positives synergies among stakeholders in
implementing the WSIS goals.
ITU opens a call for
contributions related to the creation of an enabling environment for
the ICT sector, in implementation of WSIS Action Line C6.
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Ongoing work on
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Youlia LOZANOVA
Regulatory Analyst
Tel.: +41 22 730 63 04
Fax.: +41 22 730 62 10
E-mail:
email
address
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
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