​Terms of reference

1.   To exhort active participation of the Arab Region Member States, Sector Members,  National Regulatory Authorities, Academia and Operators in the work of ITU-T SG2, its workshops and other relevant events.
2. To urge and stimulate the Arab Region Member States, Sector Members,  National Regulatory Authorities, Academia and Operators to get involved, and to contribute, to the work of ITU-T SG2, and in particular on New/Revised Recommendations developed by ITU-T SG2; 
3. To disseminate and share in the Arab Region relevant information provided by ITU-T SG2, its workshops and from other related standardization and technical bodies, on Operational Aspects of Service Provision and Telecommunications Management.
4. To identify and encourage studies on topics relevant to ITU-T SG2, according to the priorities set by the region. 
5. To facilitate the dissemination of information to Arab Region experts on important and emerging topics for ITU-T SG2, to be acquainted with these issues and to support their involvement in SG2 through mailing lists and/or physical participation, and to support their capabilities to prepare contributions to SG2.
6. To offer help to Arab potential experts interested in joining and taking part in the mailing list informal discussions, to increase participation of Arab experts in the work related to the Questions.
7. To identify specific training needs relevant to the work of ITU-T SG2; and to coordinate the organization of technical in-depth tutorials in the region on such topics jointly with ITU-T SG2.
8. To act as liaison between the telecommunication operators/regulators of the Arab region and ITU-T SG2.
9. To assist Arab Member States, Sector Members, National Regulatory Authorities, and Operators in the implementation of the ITU-T SG2 Recommendations in the region.
10. To cooperate with ITU regional offices and, whenever possible, with the relevant respective regional organizations, standardization bodies. 
11. To foster the discussion and study of scenarios on the challenges posed by the need of resources, their assignment, their use and/or misuse faced by operators and regulators in the Region.
12. To report on its work to the plenary meeting of its parent Group, ITU-T SG2.

Working Methods