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Second Meeting of HLEG
21 May 2008, Geneva, Switzerland


Meeting Details
Date: 21 May 2008 Time: 10:00 Hours Location: ITU Headquarteres, Montbrillant Building, Room K2


Open Forum on Cybersecurity during the High-Level Segment of Council 2007
Programme Statements: H.E. Mr. Maïgari Bello Bouba, Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Cameroon. (TIES account required) H.E. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Development for Government Sector, United Arab Emirates (TIES account required) Prof. Luigi Vimercati , Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Communications, Italy (TIES account required) ITU Speech by Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary-General (TIES account required)

Background
The Second Meeting of the HLEG of the GCA took place on 21 May 2008 in room K2, ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. This meeting was open only to Members of the HLEG.

The First Meeting of the High-Level Experts Group (HLEG) took place at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva on 5 October 2007.

The High-Level Experts Group (HLEG) agreed on the strategy, work areas, work plan as well as the expected deliverables to move forward with the Global Cybersecurity Agenda.

At the request of the leaders of the five work areas, two Ad-Hoc Meetings of the High-Level Experts Group of the Global Cybersecurity Agenda were held.

The First Ad-Hoc HLEG Meeting was held on 8-10 January 2008 - The HLEG members reviewed and agreed on the table of contents for each of the five work areas. HLEG members volunteered to collaborate in Work Areas of their expertise.
The Second Ad-Hoc HLEG Meeting was held on 28-29 April 2008. Leaders presented their strategic reports and agreed to revise the current versions of each strategic report in light of the discussions between HLEG members until 12 May 2008. It was agreed that from 12 May 2008, the work area leaders would make the revised strategic reports available to all the HLEG Members on the collaborative platform. HLEG Members were encouraged to review the revised strategic reports and make suggestions until 19 May 2008.

Objectives of the Meeting
Build on the momentum generated since the launching of the GCA and next step for HLEG.
Present and discuss the strategic reports covering the five Work Areas of the GCA.
Elaborate a set of recommendations on all five work areas to be presented to ITU Secretary-General.

The Work of HLEG

The HLEG work is an ongoing dynamic process with information-sharing and interaction relating to the elaboration of Global Strategies to meet the goals of the GCA and the ITU role as sole facilitator for WSIS Action Line C.5.

The expected deliverables will be five strategic reports, with a final consolidated report – a global strategic report delivered to the ITU Secretary-General and a set of recommendations on how best to achieve the seven strategic goals of the GCA and to best provide an appropriate response to WSIS Action Line C5.