Meet ITU’s next top elected officials: Mario Maniewicz
By ITU News
“Connectivity today means also getting people into the digital economy, getting societies integrated through communications applications,” explains Mario Maniewicz, Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau.
Maniewicz was re-elected to his post on the ITU executive leadership team on 30 September at the 2022 Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest, Romania.
ITU, through its Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and associated Radiocommunication Bureau (BR), is the global agency responsible for management of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbit resources.
As BR Director for another four-year term, Maniewicz will continue to spearhead the work in stewarding the Radio Regulations, the internationally agreed treaty on the use of radio spectrum and satellite orbits.
“A priority since I was first elected in 2018 is that everybody takes part in our activities and everybody feels ownership about what we develop all together,” said Maniewicz when asked how to ensure ITU-R stays effective and relevant to countries and radio services worldwide.
International cooperation to advance information and communication technologies (ICTs) and bolster connectivity are simultaneously important aims.
Developing countries “are more and more integrated into our work,” Maniewicz, adds noting an upward trend in their participation in ITU-R, which he wishes to strengthen during his second term.
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Image credit: ITU/E. Skvortsova
