– 141 – (5.4 – ITU-D) l) Inform policy-makers, regulatory bodies, appropriate institutions and organizations and telecommunication operators of the regulatory aspects of the provision of services based on new technologies. m) Act locally as executing agency and resource mobilizer for regional and local projects. n) Coordinate or carry out any regional task not listed above falling within the ITU-D operational plans. o) Participate in preparatory work for ITU conferences and assemblies, taking account of the specific needs of each region. R 1183 ITU Regional Presence (C-2001) The Council, having examined Recommendation R38 of the Working Group on Reform concerning ITU regional presence, resolves to instruct the Coordination Committee to examine the functions of the regional offices, and the financial and human resources available to them, having regard inter alia to the following objectives: a) identifying functions that could be decentralized in order to expand and strengthen the regional offices; b) ensuring that regional meetings are organized in the different regions by the relevant Sectors, and especially the Development Sector; c) providing the regional offices with increased autonomy in terms of their ability to disseminate information, provide expert advice and host meetings, workshops or seminars; d) identifying functions relating to implementation of the budgets of the regional offices that may be delegated to them; e) ensuring that the regional offices participate more in the preparation of their budgets; f) ensuring that the regions participate effectively in discussions on the future of the Union and strategic issues concerning the telecommunication sector, resolves to instruct the Secretary-General to submit to the Council, at its 2002 session, an action plan setting out the measures to be taken in order to achieve the objectives set under decides a), b), c), d), e) and f) above. Ref.: Documents C2001/119 and C2001/132.