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WTDC-14

​ITU's sixth World Telecommunication Development Conference took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 March to 10 April 2014 at the kind invitation of the United Arab Emirates.

GSR14

​Under the overarching theme of “Capitalizing on the potential of the digital world“, the 14th Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) will take place in Manama, Bahrain from 3 to 5 June 2014. It will be preceded by one day of pre-events on 2nd June 2014.

Youth Employment

Digital solutions have an important role to play in national strategies to overcome youth unemployment, says a new ITU report, entitled Digital Opportunities: Innovative ICT Solutions for Youth Employment.

4th Generation Regulation

​Highlighting the theme 4th Generation Regulation: Driving Digital Communications Ahead, a new ITU report explores the policy and regulatory issues coming to the fore as the ICT sector accelerates into a broadband ecosystem of evolving applications and services.

 
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES

 
 
Contributing to the creation of enabling regulatory and market environments, the efficient development technologies and networks, effective spectrum management and transition to digital broadcasting, and new ICT applications, promoting Digital Inclusion of people with special needs, undertaking capacity building activities, strengthening cybersecurity, helping develop emergency telecommunication networks and boosting ICT’s input to climate change monitoring and mitigation, and implementing projects in all these areas. All this work is supported by the production of authoritative statistics and indicators.
 
ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau is also promoting two important initiatives, the m-Powering Development and the Smart Sustainable Development Model.
     

 
WTDC-14

 

ITU's sixth World Telecommunication Development Conference took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 March to 10 April 2014 at the kind invitation of the United Arab Emirates.

In preparation of WTDC-14, six regional preparatory meetings (RPMs) were held in 2013:

 
REGIONAL PRESENCE

 
 
The ITU’s regions presence extends across Africa, the Americas, the Arab states, Asia and the Pacific as well as Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.​

 
PARTNERSHIPS

 

Partnerships are vital to the success of socio-economic development efforts and central to the work of the ITU-D. You may also join Development Initiatives Partnerships and contribute to the development of PPPs to foster deployment of ICT networks and services.​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ICT Policy and Regulation ( with emphasis on Licensing )   
Monday, April 21, 2014 -  Friday, April 25, 2014  Kenya
ITU Academy Event: Fostering Innovation and Partnerships in the Human Capacity Building: Enhanced Engagement of Academia in the International Telecommunication Union   
Monday, April 28, 2014 -  Tuesday, April 29, 2014  Czech Rep.
Atelier de formation sur les Aspects Techniques et Services de la TNT   
Monday, May 5, 2014 -  Friday, May 9, 2014  Senegal
Regional Workshop to Arab LDC countries on Functional/Opertional Separation: Road to Regulation   
Monday, May 5, 2014 -  Tuesday, May 6, 2014  Djibouti
Les réseaux larges bandes : NGN, FIBRE, WI-FI, WIMAX : principes et applications   
Monday, May 12, 2014 -  Friday, May 16, 2014  Togo
Forum on Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Services   
Saturday, May 17, 2014 -  Friday, May 23, 2014  United Arab Emirates

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