Committed to connecting the world

Enablers by General Secretariat


annual-report-home.jpg

 
During 2015, the Coordination Committee and the Management Coordination Group continued to meet regularly to discuss strategic issues and to manage ITU’s administrative and financial affairs to ensure the most effective use of ITU’s resources in the implementation of PP decisions.

The C&P secretariat provided support for all ITU events. From 1 June 2015 to 15 January 2016, support was provided in Geneva for over 10,000 participants for a total of 76 events and 300 meeting days.

ITU continued to publish flagship and various other regular publications in both print and digital/electronic versions. Sales income for 2015 reached CHF 16.73 million.

Information services were successfully provided for major events including Council 15, WSIS Forum 2015, GSR-15, ITU World Telecom 2015, RA-15, WRC-15 and WTIS-15, as well as for the corporate governance, strategy, and communication activities of the Union. 

Safety and security policies, procedures and guidelines at headquarters, regional, and area offices, and for ITU events as required, were developed, reviewed and implemented. 

During 2015, the Human Resources Management Department (HRMD) actively contributed to the implementation of the decisions taken by PP-14 having HR implications. HRMD continued its work within the framework of the modernization of HR functions in view of improving the delivery of services in recruitment, organization structure management, and job classification, training, HR policies, and legal matters.  

Council 2015 adopted the biennial Budget of the ITU for 2016-2017. Biennial budgets, efficiency gains, and cost-saving measures have been implemented with a view to ensuring the most effective and economical use of ITU’s resources.
 
The Legal Affairs Unit (JUR) provided general legal support and advice to WRC-15, Council, and Council Working Groups, and participated in the resolution of sensitive political issues.

Internal Audit continued to perform the follow-up of recommendations of previous years and reported further progress on this to IMAC.

The total number of ITU Sector Members, Associates and Academia grew by about 3% over the previous year, reaching a total of 827. Revenues from Sector Members, Associates and Academia remained stable at about CHF 17 million.

ITU continues to adapt its communications activities to the fast-paced digital media environment and is increasingly integrating and mainstreaming digital and social media tools into its overall communications mix, with particular attention paid to the merging content and engagement fields of social, video, audio and graphic design.

In 2015, the ITU Protocol Service received Ministers and CEOs at many ITU events, and played a major part in the organization of the ITU 150th Anniversary event held in Geneva on 17 May.

The Governing Bodies Secretariat (GBS) led, managed, and supervised the substantive preparation and organization of the Council, as well as the Council Working Groups meetings in October 2015 and February 2016. It directed, coordinated, and oversaw the preparation of the reports to Council and continued to monitor the implementation of all PP and Council decisions.

A major priority for 2015 was the mobilization of members and resources for the celebration of ITU’s 150th anniversary. In addition, a cross-ITU team in the secretariat has been developing new tools to support improved reporting and coordination of membership outreach and resource mobilization activities.​​

 

ITU Governing Bodies Activities

ITU Council

The 2015 session of the Council was held 12-22 May 2015. Following their election at the extraordinary session of the Council in Busan, Mr Wonki MIN (Republic of Korea) and Ms Julie ZOLLER (USA) continued as Chair and Vice-chair, respectively. Likewise, Mr Marcin KRASUSKI (Poland) and Ms Vernita HARRIS (USA) also continued in their roles of Chair and Vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Administration and Management (SC-ADM), respectively, and Mr Abdourhamane TOURE (Mali) was identified as the second Vice-chair.

Despite being a budget year, the work of the Council was swiftly guided by the two efficient Chairs, and the Council was able to complete its work a full day early. This meeting adopted 16 formal texts, including six new resolutions, 5 new decisions, and 5 modified decisions. The C15 agenda (C15/1(Rev.1)) and related documentation, along with summary records and complete texts of resolutions and decisions, can be found on the Council website at: http://www.itu.int/md/S15-CL-C/en

Proposed dates for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Council sessions can be found in document C16/2

 

​Council Working Groups (CWGs)

Two clusters of Council Working Groups (CWGs) were held in the reporting period: one in October 2015 and one in February 2016. These groups reviewed tasks mandated to them by the Council; the discussions and summaries can be found in the Chairmen reports as follows: CWG-WSIS, C16/8; CWG-Internet, C16/51; CWG-COP, C16/15; CWG-Languages, C16/12; CWG-HQP, C16/7; CWG-FHR, C16/50; Council Committee on the 150th Anniversary, C16/13. Full information on each CWG can be found here: http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/groups.aspx​​. ​​​​