Terms of reference, scope and Management Teams
Resolution 3 (Rev. Istanbul, 2002)

ITU-D study groups shall:

1. Organize work, and establish work programmes, so as to make optimum progress while respecting the limits on the resources available. The schedule of the work programmes should duly consider the required timing of the expected output and the presentation of annual progress reports to TDAG.

2. Establish appropriate groups within each study group, including, inter alia, rapporteur groups, joint rapporteur groups, trial project groups and focus groups, which will best facilitate the furthering of the work. This will include the establishment of regional groups when appropriate.

3. Prepare recommendations, guidelines, handbooks, manuals and reports within each study group's areas of competence.

4. Pay attention to the needs and concerns of developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in furthering the work.

5. Make use of programme outputs and of relevant activities of ITU-D and the other Sectors.

6. Ensure appropriate coordination with work in progress elsewhere in ITU, including work within both the ITU-D study groups and the study groups of the other two ITU Sectors.

Study Group 1 - Telecommunication development strategies and policies

Scope

• National telecommunication policies and regulatory strategies which best enable countries to benefit from the impetus of telecommunications as an engine of economic, social and cultural development.

• Finance and economics, including WTO issues, tariff policies, case studies, application of accounting principles as developed by ITU-T Study Group 3, private-sector development and partnership.

Study Group 2 - Development and management of telecommunication services and networks

Scope

• Methods, techniques and approaches that are the most suitable and successful for service provision in planning, developing, implementing, operating, maintaining and sustaining telecommunication services which optimize their value to users. This work will include specific emphasis on mobile communication and communications for rural and remote areas, with particular focus and emphasis on applications supported by telecommunications.

• The implementation and technical application of information and communication technology, using studies by the others Sectors, taking into account the special requirements of the developing countries.