Priorities of
the Telecommunication Development Sector
The experience
of four successful years has given the Telecommunication Development Sector a
solid basis from which to forecast the following priorities for 1999-2003:
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respond effectively, rapidly and in a flexible way to
requests for direct assistance from developing countries, including
through the use of a significant part of TELECOM surplus funds,
primarily for LDCs; |
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develop and mobilize resources for telecommunication
development, including human and financial resources, technology,
HRD/HRM tools and systems, information and expertise; |
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create partnership arrangements that benefit all
parties, avoiding purely commercial approaches and concentrating on
long-term benefits (as opposed to short-term gains): |
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by
establishing strategic alliances and cooperation agreements
with other concerned international and regional
organizations;
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by
taking the initiative to acquaint ministries responsible for
agriculture, health, education, transport, industry, human
settlement, trade and transfer of information with the role
of telecommunications for social welfare and general
economic and social progress, and in particular the work of
the Union in rural and remote areas;
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by
inviting relevant bilateral development and donor agencies
to join the activities of ITU in order to cooperate within
the Sector to maximize synergistic efforts toward
sustainable universal access to telecommunication services;
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promote partnership arrangements in and between the
public and private sectors in both developed and developing
countries; |
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promote partnership arrangements in and between the
public and private sectors in both developed and developing
countries; |
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collaborate with the private sector in implementing the
Valletta Action Plan, including partnerships with related entities
in developing countries; |
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improve the working methods of the Sector, to strive
for: |
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greater
use of user-friendly document exchange capabilities;
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greater
participation by Sector Members and other organizations in
ITU-D activities;
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the
accelerated development of outputs and improvement of
publication mechanisms, in particular through the wider use
of information technology;
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a
flexible organizational structure in the Bureau, with
special attention to the training and development of BDT
staff.
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During the
period 1999-2003, the strategic processes of the Telecommunication Development
Sector will incorporate all resolutions and recommendations adopted by WTDC-98,
as well as all other relevant resolutions and recommendations of ITU
conferences.
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