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Council Working Group and Expert Group meetings

Schedule of Council Working Group and Experts Group meetings

The second 2020 cluster of Council Working Groups and Expert Groups will be held virtually from 14 to 18 September 2020.
The overall calendar of events from the General Secretariat can be seen here and the ITU events' calendar page here.

Monday 3 Feb. 2020 0930-1230 & 1430-1730 hours	Tuesday 4 Feb. 2020 0930-1230 & 1430-1730 hours	Wednesday 5 Feb. 2020 0930-1230 & 1430-1730 hours	Thursday 6 Feb. 2020 0930-1230 & 1430-1730 hours	Friday 7 Feb. 2020 0900-1200 & 1430-1730 hours
OCP Internet Room H All Day *In English* *only* open to all stakeholders Deadline to submit contributions: 22 January 2020 Webcast archive //////////////////////////////////// CWG-FHR Room C1 All Day *In English* *only* open to MS and SM Deadline to submit contributions: 22 January 2020 Webcast archive //////////////////////////////////// 1230-1400 hours: info session on review of regional presence Webcast archive *1730-1900 hours:* info session on new HQ premises projet Webcast archive	CWG-FHR Room C1 All Day *In English* *only* Webcast archive ///////////////////////////////////// CWG-COP Room H All Day *In English* *only* open to MS, SM, and designated experts Deadline to submit contributions: 23 January 2020 Webcast archive	CWG-Internet Room C1 All Day *In English* *only* open to MS only Deadline to submit contributions: 24 January 2020 Webcast archive	CWG-Internet Room C1 Morning only *In English* *only* Webcast archive ------------------------------- CWG-WSIS&SDGs Room H Afternoon only *In English* *only* open to MS and SM Deadline to submit contributions: 25 January 2020 Webcast archive	CWG-WSIS&SDGs Room H All Day *In English* *only* Webcast archive

Monday 14 Sept. 2020 1200-1500 hours	Tuesday 15 Sept. 2020 1200-1500 hours	Wednesday 16 Sept. 2020 1200-1500 hours	Thursday 17 Sept. 2020 1200-1500 hours	Friday 18 Sept. 2020 1200-1500 hours

At its Extraordinary session of 14 October 2022, the Council decided to postpone the appointment of Chairmen and Vice-chairmen of Council working groups (CWGs) and expert groups (EGs) to its ordinary session of Council 2023 (11 to 21 July 2023).

The CWGs and EGs currently shown below are related to the cycle between the two Plenipotentiary Conferences PP-18 and PP-22. The candidatures for the next cycle 2023-2026 are available here (the page will be updated regularly). The information for each group will be updated once the groups and candidates are confirmed, at Council 2023.

The spring cluster of CWGs 2023 was cancelled. The autumn cluster of CWGs and EGs will take place in Geneva, from 18 to 29 September 2023.

Events from the General Secretariat can be seen here. ITU calendar of events is available here. Registered participants (only) can access to the virtual platform by clicking on "virtual restricted events" from this link. Circular letters/invitations are available here, and the web page related to registration to the CWGs is to be found here.

CWG-FHR - Financial and human resources

Chair: Ms Vernita Harris (United States)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU
Website

CWG-Internet - International Internet-related public policy issues

Chair: Mr Majed Al Mazyed (Saudi Arabia)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States of ITU
Website

CWG-WSIS&SDG

Chair: Mr Vladimir Minkin (Russian Federation)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU

Website

CWG-COP - Child online protection

Chair: Mr Abdelaziz Al Zarooni (United Arab Emirates)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU, and nominated experts
Website

CWG-LANG - Use of the six official languages of the Union

Chair: Ms Monia Jaber Khalfallah (Tunisia)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States of ITU
Website

CWG-SFP - Strategic & Financial Plans for 2024-2027

Chair: Mr Frederic Sauvage (France)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States and, when addressing the draft Strategic Plan, also open to Sector Members
Website

EG-ITRs - Expert GRoup on ITRs

Chair: Mr Lwando Bbuku (Zambia)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU
Website

EG-DEC.482 - Council Expert Group on Decision 482

Chair: Mr Nikolay Varlamov (Russian Federation)
Vice-Chairs

Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU
Website

Informal EG on WTPF (IEG-WTPF-21)

Chair: Mr Fabio Bigi (Italy)

Open to nominated experts
Website

Former Council Working Groups and Committees

Former Council Working Groups and Committees