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ITU-D -FLASH • 2015 TDAG TO DISCUSS STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS The Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG) will hold its 20th meeting in Geneva from 28 to 30 April 2015. TDAG’s broad mandate ranges from reviewing priorities, strategies, operations and financial matters of ITU D. It meets annually between the World Telecommunication Development Conferences (WTDC) to advise the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) on the implementation of the WTDC Action Plan and measures to foster cooperation with other ITU Sectors and relevant development and financial institutions. TDAG is open to representatives of administrations of Member States and Sector Members of the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D), as well as to chairmen and vice chairmen of study groups.This year’s TDAG meeting has a full agenda, as it will be meeting for the first time since the 19th ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 20 October to 7 November 2014. In this context, TDAG will review PP-14 outcomes and resolutions, and their implications for the work of ITU-D. It will review the implementation of the ITU-D Strategic Plan and Operational Plan for 2014, including WTDC-14 resolutions and regional initiatives. In addition, TDAG will consider the draft Operational Plan 2016-2019. It will address ITU-D Study Group-related matters and ITU-D’s contribution to the implementation of the WSIS Plan of Action. At its last meeting (29 September-1 October 2014), TDAG reviewed the draft Operational Plan 2015-2019, elaborated outcome indicators and fine-tuned key performance indicators based on the decisions of WTDC-14. TDAG also decided to establish two correspondence groups, one on WTDC Resolution 1 (Rev. Dubai, 2014), “Rules of procedure of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector” and the other on the Strategic Plan, Operational Plan and Declaration. These groups work by electronic means, and will hold their first