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Activities related to ITU Council Resolution 1408 on Ukraine

This webpage provides information related to the activities the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) secretariat is undertaking to address this resolution, in particular focusing on monitoring and reporting, coordination mechanisms, technical assistance, capacity-building activities, and resource mobilization.

BACKGROUND

During the last ordinary session, held in July 2023, the ITU Council modified Resolution 1408 on “Assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector".

The Council expressed grave concern, amongst others, over the devastating impact that the war against Ukraine has had on the operation of telecommunication facilities and services in Ukraine. This included the widespread destruction of critical infrastructure, and on Ukraine's sovereign right to regulate telecommunications within its territory.

ITU council resolves to instruct the Directors of the three Bureaux:

To provide and present detailed regular reports assessing Ukraine's immediate, medium- and long-term ICT reconstruction needs resulting from the Russian Federation's invasion at subsequent Council meetings and future ITU conferences, until the withdrawal of all Russian Federation's military forces from the territory of Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders, and until the reconstruction of the telecommunication and media infrastructure in those areas that suffered is complete, and to prepare proposals for effective technical assistance;
To provide assistance and full support to Ukraine for rebuilding its damaged and destroyed telecommunications and television infrastructure, supporting the ICT/telecommunications, and promoting digitalization for recovery and sustainable development;
To review and prevent publication of information in any ITU documents, submitted by the Russian Federation, regarding the assignment of frequencies or National Destination Code (NDC) under the country code of the Russian Federation "7" for the territories that, in part, are or have been under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation;
To ensure adequate financial and human resources mobilization, including under the internal budgets and the Information and Communication Technology Development Fund, for the implementation of the proposed actions;
To continue using the Partner2Connect mechanism, collecting pledges and commitments of stakeholders.

The ITU Council also instructed the ITU Secretary General to coordinate the activities carried out by the three Sectors of the Union in accordance with the measures above, to ensure that the Union's action in favour of Ukraine is as effective as possible.

Moreover, Member States were invited to support the Government of Ukraine on a bilateral level or in coordination with the Union, as indicated above, to respond to the call for pledges under the Partner2Connect Initiative, to provide financial contribution to the Special Fund, and to cooperate in the implementation of infrastructure projects in order to rebuild the telecommunications sector of Ukraine and improve Connectivity.

The outcomes and progress of ITU activities aimed at the implementation of the Resolution 1408 on assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector are outlined in the following documents:

The ITU Council 2024 Document C24/68-E “Update on the implementation of ITU Council Resolution 1408 on assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector” provides the recent updates on the activities carried out by ITU since ITU Council 2023.
Document 70 of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022
Document 59 of the ITU Council 2023

For more information, please reach out to the ITU Office for Europe at eurregion@itu.int.

OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ACTIVITIES BY ITU SECRETARIAT

ITU Special Task Force on Resolution 1408, established at the level of the General Secretariat and serviced by the ITU Office for Europe, continues to provide the platform for intersectoral response to all issues related to the implementation of this Resolution.

ITU is in regular coordination with the Ukrainian Administration on the activities related to the implementation of the Resolution 1408. As a member of the UN Country Team, ITU continues to coordinate all its action with the UN system in the country.

Building upon the results of the ITU Assessment, with 40 broadcasting stations affected by the war, and following coordination with the Administration, ITU is currently focusing on rebuilding and reconstructing the broadcasting systems of Ukraine that have been identified as immediate priority. As of February 2024, five stations, Kharkiv, innytsia, Trostyanets, Bilopyllya, and Velyka Oleksandrivka, have already been assessed, with the next five, Blystova, Luch, Antopil, Vynarivka, and Kalynivka, underway. Five initial bankable project proposals are currently seeking financial support in order to kick off the rehabilitation.

Level of damages of fifteen broadcasting stations was considered and ten stations were selected for the immediate assessment, leading towards the development of technical specification including financial dimension of investment needed and implementation timeline. As the outcome of the activity ITU developed bankable project documents that are used to facilitate the aid from international donor community for the reconstruction of the broadcasting infrastructure. 

Upon the request presented by the National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and the Provision of Postal Services, the ITU designed an Executive Training Program on 5G roll-out for Ukrainian officials. As part of the ITU's capacity-building activities, the ITU Europe Office team organized five sessions from March to July 2024 that served for Ukrainian representatives as the platform for learning and exchanging the experience with three ITU sectors, representatives of Polish, Lithuanian, and Romanian National authorities, representatives from Nokia and Ericsson.

In June 2024, upon the invitation of Germany, the ITU (represented by the ITU Office for Europe) participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in Berlin. At the roundtable for international organizations, alongside numerous international partners, including representatives of the UN system, the ITU presented its activities aimed at supporting Ukraine under Resolution 1408.

Under the umbrella of the GovStack initiative, ITU continues to support actions related to the Ukrainian Platform of Registers. In partnership with ITU, GIZ is carrying out the tender on the Diia.Engine prototype development.

ITU continues to use Partner2Connect mechanism to collect pledges dedicated to support Ukraine.

ITU continues to mobilize funds under the Special Fund in Trust, facilitating the scale up of ITU's operations related to further implementation of Resolution 1408.

ITU continues to coordinate and contribute to the activities of the United Nations Country Team. Currently ITU is developing the Ukraine Digital Development Profile 2024.

ITU continues coordination with the relevant international partners and donor community, including CEPT, European Commission, EBU, Council of Europe, OECD, EIB, WB, EBRD.

RELATED REPORTS

Ukraine Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (February 2025)

The 4^th edition of the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA3) report was undertaken jointly by the World Bank, the United Nations, the European Commission, the Government of Ukraine. It estimates the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine while also addressing damages incurred since the start of the war. For the third year, ITU had provided input to the chapter on 'Telecommunications and Digital'.

The full report was released on 25 February 2025 and serves as a guiding document for the international donor community to assist in Ukraine's reconstruction process.

To date, the Fund had benefited from contributions received from Japan, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Lithuania. Additional resources were dedicated by the the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at ITU.

ITU extends its sincere gratitude to the European Commission for financing the TAIEX training on 5G and spectrum management for Ukrainian Officials and to the Office of Electronic Communication, Republic of Poland for hosting the training.

Technical assistance on the assessment of the rehabilitation costs of the broadcasting sector of Ukraine

ITU, in cooperation with the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSICP) and the Broadcasting, Radiocommunications and Television Concern, carried out the assessment of the Rehabilitation Costs for 10 Stations of the Broadcasting Network of Ukraine. The report presents 10 initial bankable project proposals for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the stations with a build-back-better approach.

Primary Assessment of Rehabilitation Costs for Five Stations of the Broadcasting Network of Ukraine: Kalynivka, Vynarivka, Luch, Blystova, Antopil (June 2024)

Primary Assessment of the Rehabilitation Costs for Five Broadcasting stations: Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Trostyanets, Bilopyllya, Velyka Oleksandrivka  (January 2024) 

Ukraine Digital Development Country Profile (January 2023)

Considering the events occurring in Ukraine, this country profile specifically aimed to provide a comparative analysis of the digital development level of the country before and after the war that started on the 24th of February 2022.

Interim assessment on damages to telecommunication infrastructure and resilience of the ICT ecosystem in Ukraine (December 2022)

The interim assessment on damages to telecommunication infrastructure and resilience of the ICT ecosystem in Ukraine was developed to serve the purpose of programming effective assistance to Ukraine, and of facilitating resource mobilization to rebuild the telecommunication infrastructure in Ukraine.

PARTNER 2 CONNECT DIGITAL COALITION: SAMPLE OF PLEDGES RELATED TO UKRAINE

In response to the ITU Council Resolution 1408, and by leveraging the pledging mechanism of the Partner2Connect Digital Coalition, ITU collected a series of pledges coming from all over the world. Please find below the following pledges that have been collected as of today:

Estonia

2022: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted a programmatic pledge stating that it will support Ukraine with all available means both during this war and in the post-war reconstruction of the country.

Germany

2022: The Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has submitted the programmatic pledge to provide support to Ukraine in building up the digital public infrastructure.

Japan

2022: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has submitted financial pledges to launch the new task force. Japan will also invite Ukraine telecommunications engineers to Japan for capacity-building and to help accelerate the rebuilding of the telecommunications sector in Ukraine.

Lithuania

2022: The Communications Regulatory Authority and The Ministry of Transport and Communications have pledged to provide programmatic assistance to Ukraine. This assistance is aimed to support Ukraine in rebuilding its telecommunication sector, in particular, in the implementation of ITU Council Resolution 1408.
2023: The Ministry of Transport and Communications continues its pledge to provide vital technical assistance by organizing the retransmission of the Ukrainian radio signal through a powerful medium wave transmitter located in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.
2023: The Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) commited to provide in-kind contribution by sharing its expertise when dedicating RRT's human resources (RRT experts) for implementation of concrete tasks in partnership with the ITU in the scope of Connect to Recover or in other best ways possible.

Poland

2022: The Chancellery of the Prime Minister has submitted an advocacy pledge on assistance provided on countermeasures to the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine. Poland already has successfully provided Ukraine with donation of 10 000 Starlink Units, donated Data Centres equipment as well assisted in the straitening common cooperation regarding cybersecurity. Poland also stated during Plenipotentiary Conference 22 that its pledge to support Ukraine within the Partner2Connect framework has increased from 1,4 Mio USD to 20,7 Mio USD
2023: The Ministry of Digital Affairs has submitted a pledged to share experiences and know-how in the area of enabling rapid roll-out of high-speed Internet access networks within the scope of ITU initiatives, which might be useful for Ukraine in the process of establishing national mechanisms for effective use of financial support provided by international community for rehabilitation of ICT infrastructure.

The European Union

2022: The EU has submitted financial and programmatic pledges in terms of which the EU mobilized around 4,1 billion to support Ukraine's overall economic, social, and financial resilience in the form of microeconomic financial assistance, budget support, and assistance, crisis response, and humanitarian aid.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands

2024: VEON Group and its Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar has submitted the pledge committing to invest 600 million USD over the next 3 years to build Ukraine's digital infrastructure.

The Republic of Slovenia

2022: Slovenia has submitted a financial pledge to support Ukraine's needs for assistance in ICT equipment in these difficult times and donates ICT equipment. Slovenia is also one of the coordinating countries for a donation of 5000 Starlink kit.
2023: The Ministry of Digital Transformation continues its support by providing further assistance to Ukraine in the form of exchange of good practices and experience in the field of digital transformation.

Spain

2022: Spain submitted a policy pledge within the ongoing project funded by the European Union on the development of Ukraine's digital government infrastructure, public e-services, and cybersecurity and data protection.
2023: Spain's support to Ukraine is aligned with international commitment of other countries which contribute to supporting Ukraine by working with ITU within the ITU Council Resolution 1408 on “Assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector". Update on P2C Pledge 358. “EU4DigitalUA: capacity building, communication and data protection “

Sweden

2023: The Swedish Government announced the allocation of at least 1,3 million US dollars over three years for further support to Ukraine's national public service (Suspilne);

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2022: The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has submitted a programmatic pledge to support Ukraine against cyber threats. UK is committed to cooperation aimed at the implementation of ITU Council Resolution 1408.

United States of America

2022: The Department of States has submitted a programmatic pledge supporting Ukraine's telecommunication professionals. The USA will also provide legal and regulatory assistance to support Ukraine's new telecommunications regulation agency, and these programs will also respond to emerging needs based on the new assessments that are coming in now.

ITU SPECIAL FUND IN TRUST FOR UKRAINE

To ensure adequate financial and human resources needed for implementing the activities of Resolution 1408, ITU established the Special Fund in Trust.

For the time being the Fund benefited from the contributions received from Japan, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Lithuania. Additional resources were dedicated by the ITU Telecomminucation Development Bureau.

All stakeholders are invited to contribute to the Special Fund. For further details, please reach out to the eurregion@itu.int.