The Seminar on the economic and financial aspects of telecommunications, organized by the Regulatory and Market Environment (RME) unit within the framework of implementation of BDT’s Hyderabad Action Plan (HAP), was held in conjunction with the ITU-T Study Group 3 Regional Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (SG3RG-LAC), in San Salvador, thanks to the kind invitation of the General Superintendency of Electricity and Telecommunications of El Salvador (SIGET). The seminar was followed on 17-18 February 2011 by the regional meeting of SG3RG-LAC. The events were attended by 88 delegates from 12 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean.

The agenda of the seminar was drawn up in coordination with the RG-LAC management team. The agenda items focus on the activities and objectives of the component of Programme 3 “Enabling environment” relating to economics and finance, including costs and tariffs, and on the work of ITU-T Study Group 3, specifically in relation to SG3 RG-LAC.