Regional Preparatory Meetings
Regional preparatory meetings are organized by the regional telecommunication organizations in coordination with ITU.
AFRICA
Past Meetings
- ATU – 3rd and final African Preparatory meeting for WTSA-24
12 – 16 August 2024, Sandton City, South Africa - ATU – 2nd ATU Preparatory meeting for WTSA-24 and 1st Preparatory meeting for WTDC-25
5 – 9 February 2024, Nairobi, Kenya - ATU – 2nd Meeting of the Working Groups 1 and 2 to consider
Member States contributions to WTSA-24 preparations
4 September 2023 (online meeting – postponed) - ATU – Plenary session of WTSA-24 preparatory meeting to
consider TSAG outcomes and way forward
29 June 2023 (postponed to a later date) - ATU – 1st Meeting of the Working Groups 1 and 2 of WTSA-24
to prepare input to TSAG meeting
4 May 2023 (online meeting) - ATU – Consultative online meeting for WTSA-24 preparations
15 March 2023 (online meeting)
AMERICAS
- CITEL – Meetings of the WGCONF during WTSA-24
15 – 24 October 2024 (New Delhi, India)
Past Meetings
- CITEL – 4th Preparatory WGCONF Meeting during the 45th Meeting of PCC.I
19 – 23 August 2024, João Pessoa, Brazil - CITEL – 4th Interim e-meeting
Preparation of CITEL for the WTSA-24 – WGCONF
22 July 2024 - CITEL – 3rd Preparatory WGCONF Meeting during the 44th Meeting of PCC.I
20 – 24 May 2024, Panama City, Panama - CITEL – 3rd Interim e-meeting (Standardization Issues)
Preparation of CITEL for WTSA-24 – WGCONF
11 April 2024 - CITEL – 2nd Interim e-meetings (Working Methods)
Preparation of CITEL for WTSA-24 – WGCONF
20 March 2024 - CITEL – 1st Interim e-meetings (Work Programme) – Preparation of CITEL for WTSA-24 – WGCONF
21 February 2024 - CITEL – 2nd Preparatory Meeting during the 43rd Meeting of PCC.I
2 – 6 October 2023, Asuncion, Paraguay - CITEL – 1st Interim Meeting: Working Group for the Preparation and Follow-up of WTSA, WCIT and WTDC (WGCONF)
23 August 2023 (online meeting) - CITEL – 1st Preparatory Meeting during the 42nd Meeting of PCC.I
24 – 28 April 2023, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (hybrid meeting)
ARAB STATES
Past Meetings
- League of Arab States – Arab Team for Standardization Affairs (ASTeam), Virtual 20th LAS-ASTeam Meeting for WTSA
22 July 2024 (online meeting) - League of Arab States – Arab Team for Standardization Affairs (ASTeam)
19 September 2023 (online meeting) - League of Arab States – Arab Team for Standardization Affairs (ASTeam)
19 September 2023 (online meeting) - League of Arab States – Arab States Pre-meeting for WTSA-24
7 August 2023 (online meeting)
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Past Meetings
- APT – 5th Meeting of APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-24 (APT WTSA-24-5) 19 – 23 August 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
- APT – 4th Meeting of APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-24 (APT WTSA24-4) 25 – 28 June 2024, Adelaide, Australia (hybrid meeting)
- APT – Interim Meeting of Working Group 3 (Regulatory/Policy and Standardization related Issues) of APT WTSA-24
27 – 29 May 2024 (virtual meeting) - 36th APT Standardization Program Forum (ASTAP-36)
20 – 24 May 2024, Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid meeting) - APT – 3rd Meeting of APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-24 (APT WTSA24-3) 30 April – 2 May 2024, Siem Reap, Cambodia (hybrid meeting)
- APT – 2nd Meeting of APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-24 (APT WTSA24-2) 5 – 6 February 2024 (virtual meeting)
- APT – 1st Meeting of APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-24 (APT WTSA24-1) 21 April 2023, Bangkok, Thailand (hybrid meeting)
Preceded by the 35th APT Standardization Program Forum (ASTAP-35) 17 – 20 April 2023, Bangkok, Thailand (hybrid meeting)
CIS
Past Meetings
- RCC – 49th meeting of the RCC Working Group on Cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union at the RCC Commission for the Coordination of the International Cooperation (CIC)
26-27 August 2024, Baet village, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyz Republic - RCC – 47/50th joint meeting of the RCC Commission on the Coordination of the International Communication and the Working
Group on Cooperation with the ITU at the CIC
28 August 2024, Baet village, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyz Republic - RCC – 46th/46th joint-meeting of the RCC Commission for Coordination of International Cooperation (CIC) and the ITU Working Group
26 March 2024, Astana, Kazakhstan
organized back-to-back with the ITU RDF for the CIS Region
26 – 27 March 2024, Astana, Kazakhstan - RCC – 45th meeting of the RCC ITU Working Group
25 December 2023 - RCC – Meeting of the Commission on the Coordination of International Cooperation 30 August 2023, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
- RCC – Meeting of the Working Group on Cooperation with ITU
28 – 29 August 2023, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
EUROPE
- CEPT – Com-ITU and PT ITU-T meetings
3 – 5 September 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria (hybrid meeting)
Past Meetings
- CEPT – PT ITU-T meeting
23 – July 2024 (virtual meeting) - CEPT – Com-ITU meetings
7 – 9 May 2024, Gdansk, Poland (hybrid meeting) - CEPT – Com-ITU meetings
19 – 20 March 2024 (online meeting) - CEPT – Com-ITU meeting (CWGs and TSAG coordination meeting)
17 January 2024 (online meeting) - CEPT – PT-ITU meeting
27 November 2023 (online meeting) - CEPT – Com-ITU meetings
6 – 8 September 2023 (online meeting) - CEPT – Com-ITU meetings
24 – 26 May 2023, Timisoara, Romania (hybrid meeting) - CEPT – PT ITU-T meeting
25 May 2023, Timisoara, Romania (hybrid meeting) - CEPT – PT ITU-T interim meeting on
WTSA-24 issues
25 April 2023 (online meeting) - CEPT – Com-ITU and projects teams
6 – 7 March 2023 (online meetings)