Kuwait City, Kuwait, 25 November 2014 (morning only)
Introduction
At the kind invitation of the Ministry of Communications of Kuwait, the International Telecommunication Union is organizing a half-day Regional Standardization Forum for the Arab Region at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Kuwait on 25 November 2014 (morning only).
In addition, the Ministry of Communications of Kuwait, will also host the following ITU events at the same venue: ITU-D Regional and Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Arab States on 23 November 2014; Second meeting of ITU-T Study Group 3 Regional Group for the Arab Region from 24 to 25 November 2014; ITU-T Study Group 2 Regional Group for the Arab Region on 25 November 2014 (afternoon) and ITU-T Study Group 5 Regional Group for the Arab Region on 25 November 2014 (afternoon).
Objectives
The main objectives of the event are to provide concrete advice and best practices to developing countries on global standards development, build national standards readiness so that standardization competence of developing countries can be enhanced and facilitate the establishment of a national standardization secretariat to coordinate participation in ITU-T study groups. The Forum will also discuss the standardization activities ongoing in ITU-T study groups which are of interest to the region.
Target Audience
ITU Member States, national standards bodies, ICT regulators, ICT companies, ICT research organizations, service providers and academia.
