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Updates on ITU-T Mandate and Working Method

Joint ATU-ITU Seminar on WTSA-12 and WCIT-12 Outcome (Durban, South Africa, 10-11 July 2013). Updates on ITU-T Mandate and Working Method. Xiaoya Yang Head, WTSA Programmes Division ITU-TSB. ITU-T ‘house-keeping’ (16) Collaboration and cooperation (6)

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Updates on ITU-T Mandate and Working Method

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  1. Joint ATU-ITU Seminar on WTSA-12 and WCIT-12 Outcome (Durban, South Africa, 10-11 July 2013) Updates on ITU-T Mandate and Working Method Xiaoya Yang Head, WTSA Programmes Division ITU-TSB

  2. ITU-T ‘house-keeping’ (16) • Collaboration and cooperation (6) • Bridging standardization gap (5) • Thematic topics (23) ‘Roughly’ Grouping 50 WTSA-12 Resolutions into 4 categories

  3. Resolutions on ITU-T house-keeping (16) • Res 1 – ITU-T rules of procedures • Res 2 – ITU-T SG mandates • Res 22, 40, 45 – coordination of SGs and TSAG’s role • Res 31 – associate membership • Res 32 – electronic working method • Res 33 – ITU-T strategic guideline • Res 34 – voluntary contribution • Res 35 – Chairman and Vice-Chairman • Res 66 – technology watch • Res 67 – use of UN languages on equal footing • Res 68 – evolving role of WTSA • Res 71 – academia membership • Res 80 – acknowledge membership involvement in ITU-T • Res 82 – review committee

  4. Resolutions on collaboration and cooperation (6) • Res 7 – ISO/IEC • Res 11 – UPU • Res 18 – ITU-R • Res 38, 57 – coordination of ITU Sectors on IMT and other matters • Res 81 – Strengthening Collaboration

  5. Resolutions on Bridging Standardization Gap (5) • Res 43 – Regional preparations for WTSAs • Res 44 – Bridging Standardization Gap • Res 54 – regional groups • Res 59 – telecom operators from developing countries • Res 74 – sector members from developing countries

  6. Resolutions on thematic topics(23) • SG2&3 related (11): • Res 20 NNAI, 60 numbering, 61 number misuse, 65 Calling Party Number Delivery • Res 29 alternative calling procedures, 62 dispute settlement • Res47 ccTLD, 48 IDN, 49 ENUM, 64 IPv6 • Res 69 – non-discriminatory access to Internet • SG17 related: Res 50 cybersecurity, 52 spam, 58 CIRTs • SG5 related: Res 72 EMF, 73 climate change, 79 e-waste • Res 76 – Conformity and Interoperability • Res 77 SDN, 78 e-health • Res 70 – accessibility • Res 75 - WSIS • Res 55 – gender perspective

  7. 8 Resolutions only editorially Updated • House-keeping (2) • Res 22 – TSAG to act between WTSAs • Res 68 – evolving role of WTSA • Cooperation (2) • Res 38 – ITU Sectors coordination for IMT • Res 57 – strengthening ITU Sectors coordination • Thematic topics (4 – SG2&3 related) • Res 60 – Evolution of numbering • Res 62 – Dispute settlement • Res 47 - ccTLD • Res 48 - IDN

  8. Agenda • Section 1: new thematic WTSA-12 Resolutions • Section 2: WTSA-12 Resolutions on ITU-T ‘house-keeping’ • Section 3: WTSA-12 Resolutions on Collaboration and Cooperation • Section 4: updated A-series Recommendations

  9. Section 1 3 New thematic WTSA-12 Resolutions

  10. WTSA-12 Resolution 77Standardization work in the ITU-T Sector for software-defined networking • newly adopted by WTSA-12 • SDN = most promising technology for network virtualization • ITU-T SG13to take lead to accelerate work on SDN architecture and requirements • TSB organized a SDN workshop on 4 June • TSAG (4-7 June) established a Joint Coordination Activity on SDN (JCA-SDN) under TSAG • Work in SG11, 15, 17

  11. WTSA-12 Resolution 78 (1)ICT applications and standards for improved access to e-health services • Instructs TSB, BR and BDT • to give priority to subject • to develop ITU activities on applications for e-health • to collaborate with WHO and others • to organize (maybe) a global conference • to organize seminars and workshops

  12. WTSA-12 Resolution 78 (2)ICT applications and standards for improved access to e-healthservices • ITU-T SG16, with other ITU-T SGs • to document best practices for e-health • to foster awareness of standards pertaining to e-health • to study communication protocols relating to e-health in diverse operating conditions • to give priority to safeguarding patients’ rights and privacy

  13. WTSA-12 Resolution 78 (3)ICT applications and standards for improved access toe-healthservices • Member States • to consider activities to enhance the development of services, products, applications and terminals for e-health • to participate actively in ITU-T studies on e-health

  14. WTSA-12 Resolution 79 (1)The role of telecommunication/ICTs in handling and controlling e-wastefrom telecommunication and IT equipment and methods of treating it • newly adopted by WTSA-12 • “instructs TSB Dir, in collaboration with BDT Dir, • to pursue ITU activities for handling, controlling and treating e-waste… • to assist developing countries to undertake proper assessment of e-waste; • to address the handling and controlling of e-waste and to contribute to global efforts designed to deal with the increasing hazards which arise from e-waste;” • to coordinate activities relating to e-waste among the ITU study groups, focus groups and other relevant groups • to organize seminars and workshops to enhance awareness,… particularly in developing countries, …

  15. WTSA-12 Resolution 79 (2)The role of telecommunication/ICTs in handling and controlling e-wastefrom telecommunication and IT equipment and methods of treating it • ITU-T SG5 • to document best practices for e-waste • to develop Recommendations, methodologies and other publications relating to handling and controlling e-waste • to study the impact of used telecommunication/ICT equipment and products brought into developing countries and give appropriate guidance to assist developing countries

  16. WTSA-12 Resolution 79 (3)The role of telecommunication/ICTs in handling and controlling e-wastefrom telecommunication and IT equipment and methods of treating it • invites Member States • to take all necessary measures to handle and control e-waste • to cooperate with each other in this area • to include e-waste management policies in their national ICT strategies • encourages Member States, Sector Members and academia • to participate actively in ITU-T studies on e-waste

  17. Section 2 WTSA-12 Resolutions on ITU-T ‘house-keeping’

  18. Changes in 14 (of 16) Resolutions on ITU-T house-keeping • Res 1 – ITU-T rules of procedures • Res 2 – ITU-T SG mandates • Res 31 – associate membership • Res 32 – electronic working method • Res 33 – ITU-T strategic guideline • Res 34 – voluntary contribution • Res 35 – Chairman and Vice-Chairman • Res 40, 45 – coordination of SGs and TSAG’s role • Res 66 – technology watch • Res 67 – use of UN languages on equal footing • Res 71 – academia membership • Res 80 – acknowledge membership involvement in ITU-T • Res 82 – review committee

  19. WTSA-12 Resolution 1 Rules of procedure of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) • Clause 1.3 attempts to limit non-essential creation and modification of WTSA resolutions • Clause 1.11.4 defines “Question”, “Recommendation”, and “Resolution” • Clause 5.3 enables TSB to submit editorial updates worthy of revision to WTSA resolutions • Clause 6.1 clarified submission deadline of WTSA contributions

  20. WTSA-12 Resolution 2 Study Group responsibilityand mandates • 10 ITU-T SGs for 2013-2016 study period ITU-T SG2 – Operational aspects ITU-T SG3 – Economic and policy issues ITU-T SG5 – Environment and climate change ITU-T SG9 – Broadcast and TV ITU-T SG11 – Protocols and test specifications ITU-T SG12 – Performance, QoS and QoE ITU-T SG13 – Future networks ITU-T SG15 – Transport, Access and Home ITU-T SG16 – Multimedia ITU-T SG17 – Security • Annex A – each SG’s general area of responsibilities • Annex B – each SG’s leading area of responsibilities for post-2012 work programme • Annex C – list of each SG’s responsible ITU-T Recommendations

  21. WTSA-12 Resolution 31 Admission of entities or organizations to participate as Associates in the work of ITU-T • “Associates may take part in the process of preparing Recommendations within a study group, including the following roles: meeting participant, contribution submitter, Recommendation editor, and, during the alternative approval process, provider of comments during the last call period (but not during the additional review period)”

  22. WTSA-12 Resolution 32 Strengthening electronic working methods for the work of ITU‑T • Encourage “electronic participation of developing countries in ITU-T meetings, by providing simplified facilities and guidelines, and by waiving any expenses for those participants, other than the local call or Internet connectivity charges” • “Provide an ITU-T website that is easy to navigate to find all relevant information”

  23. WTSA-12 Resolution 33 Guidelines for ITU‑T strategicactivities • Strategic plan should reflect “the ongoing evolution in the role of ITU‑T, which needs to anbeincreasingly inclusive andof market-oriented organization that coordinates dynamics, and needs to coordinate and cooperatescooperate, for mutual benefit, with, and draws upon the work of, other relevant entities, in order to accelerate the efficient development of internationally useful standards”

  24. WTSA-12 Resolution 34Voluntary Contributions • First adopted in 2000 • Contributions received to the BSG fund from Nokia Siemens Networks, Microsoft, Cisco and Korea Communications Commission  • WTSA-12 Res 34 Resolves “to invite Sector Members and Associates to finance voluntarily the participation of developing countries, and in particular remote participation using electronic working methods, in ITU-T meetings and workshops” • Welcome new voluntary contributions on any aspect of ITU-T work

  25. WTSA-12 Resolution 35 Appointment and maximum term of office for chairmen and vice‑chairmen of ITU‑T study groups and of TSAG • New Annex C - guidance on appointment of optimum numbers of VCs • See following slides

  26. Guidelines for appointment of the optimum numbers of vice-chairmen for ITU-T study groups and for TSAG “1 Pursuant to Resolution 166 (Guadalajara, 2010) and No. 242 of the Convention, the requirements of competence, equitable geographical distribution and the need to promote more effective participation by the developing countries should be taken into account to the extent practicable.”

  27. Guidelines for appointment of the optimum numbers of vice-chairmen for ITU-T study groups and for TSAG “2 To the extent possible, and taking into account the need for demonstrated competence, appointment or selection to the management team should utilize the resources of as broad a range of Member States and Sector Members as possible, at the same time recognizing the need to appoint only the number of vice-chairmen necessary for the efficient and effective management and functioning of the study groups, consistent with the projected structure and work programme.”

  28. Guidelines for appointment of the optimum numbers of vice-chairmen for ITU-T study groups and for TSAG “3 The workload should be a factor in determining the appropriate number of vice-chairmen to ensure that every aspect within the purview of TSAG and the study groups is fully managed.”

  29. Guidelines for appointment of the optimum numbers of vice-chairmen for ITU-T study groups and for TSAG “4 The total number of vice-chairmen proposed by any administration should be fairly reasonable, so as to observe the principle of equitable distribution of posts among the Member States concerned.”

  30. Guidelines for appointment of the optimum numbers of vice-chairmen for ITU-T study groups and for TSAG “5 Regional representation in the advisory group, study groups and other groups of all three Sectors should be taken into account, such that no single individual may hold more than one vice-chairmanship position in these groups in any one Sector, and only in exceptional cases hold such a position in more than one Sector.”

  31. Guidelines for appointment of the optimum numbers of vice-chairmen for ITU-T study groups and for TSAG “6 Where the re-election of vice-chairmen is concerned, the nomination of candidates who have failed to participate in at least half of all meetings during the previous study period should normally be avoided, taking into account prevailing circumstances.”

  32. WTSA-12 Resolution 40 Regulatory aspects of ITU‑T work Instructs “TSAG to study and identify the operational and technical areas related to quality of service/quality of experience (QoS/QoE) of telecommunications/ICTs that might have policy and regulatory nature, taking into account the studies being carried out by the relevant study groups, and report that to the next WTSA, ”

  33. WTSA-12 Resolution 45 Effective coordinationof standardization work across study groups in ITU‑T and the role of TSAG • “Resolvesthat the coordination of ITU‑T activities in regard to high-priority standardization issues and work related to more than one study group should ensure that the interests of developing countries are taken into account and that their involvement in these activities is encouraged and facilitated …”

  34. WTSA-12 Resolution 66 Technology Watch in the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau • TSB Director “to ensure that Technology Watch activities are performed within the Bureau and to submit the findings for contributing to the development of relevant ITU-T Recommendations” • Member States and Sector Members “to contribute actively to Technology Watch, by submitting topic proposals and abstracts for future activities and by reviewing and discussing the Technology Watch findings”

  35. WTSA-12 Resolution 67 Use in ITU-T of the languagesof the Union on an equal footing • “when proposing terms and definitions, ITU‑T study groups shall use the guidelines given in Annex B to the ‘Author's guide for drafting ITU-T Recommendations’; ” • TSB Directorto translate all TAP-approved Recommendations and TSAG reports in all the languages of the Union, and to include in the circular that announces the approval of a Recommendation an indication of whether it will be translated • Council “to take appropriate measures to ensure that information on the ITU websites is made available in all the official languages of the Union on an equal footing within budgetary limits” • TSAG “to consider the best mechanism for deciding which Recommendations approved under the alternative approval process (AAP) shall be translated, in light of the relevant Council decisions”

  36. WTSA-12 Resolution 67 Use in ITU-T of the languagesof the Union on an equal footing • TSAG (4-7 June 2013) • prioritized list of AAP ITU-T Recommendations candidate for translation • Support TSB trial to outsource translation • recommend to the Council Working Group on the use of the six languages to have a pilot with automatic translation

  37. WTSA-12 Resolution 71Admission of academia to participate in the work of ITU‑T • “to assess the participation of academia since the approval of Resolution 169 (Guadalajara, 2010); • to allow the participation of academia in the various ITU-T study groups, workshops and working parties and TSAG, bearing in mind that academia should not have a role in decision-making; • that academia shall be granted access to ITU-T documents; • that a representative from academia may serve as rapporteur; • to allow the participation of academia in the GSS and WTSA (and its side events), in a non-advisory capacity;… • that the amount of the annual financial contribution for the participation of academia should be a reduced amount, particularly for academia in developing countries,…”

  38. WTSA-12 Resolution 71Admission of academiato participate in the work of ITU‑T • TSAG “to study need for any additional measures to facilitate the participation of academia and to benefit from their technical and intellectual expertise, and to report the results, through TSB Director to the Council and to the next WTSA in 2016” • TSB Director “to continue to explore and recommend various mechanisms, such as the use of voluntary financial and in-kind contributions, to encourage cooperation with, and facilitate the increased participation of, academia in all six regions;” to continue to organize the Kaleidoscope event annually and rotating across the six regions; and “to cooperate with ITU-TELECOM to spread awareness of the value of academia membership in ITU-T”

  39. WTSA-12 Resolution 71Admission of academiato participate in the work of ITU‑T • Council to consider, in submitting its report to the next plenipotentiary conference, the positive contribution to ITU's various activities made by academia, and recommend that academia continue to be admitted to participate in the work of the three Sectors of ITU on a permanent basis

  40. WTSA-12 Resolution 80Acknowledging the active involvementof the membership in the development of ITU-T deliverables • TSB Director • to acknowledge the value of active participation in ITU standardization activities in order to highlight the importance of contribution to ITU-T deliverables • TSAG • to study how to clearly acknowledge significant contributors • to define objective criteria for identifying such significant contributors • Member States: recognize contributors • TSAG (4-7 June 2013) tasked ITU-T SG9 to further study this issue. • An SG9 Correspondence group established

  41. WTSA-12 Resolution 82Strategic and Structural review of the ITU-T Sector • Review Committee (RevCom) created: • Review the current coordination and collaborations mechanisms • Identify and propose new modalities, ways and means • to conduct its initial review in a timely manner • to report to TSAG on regular basis • to submit its report to the next WTSA • TSAG to collaborate with RevCom

  42. WTSA-12 Resolution 82Strategic and Structural review of the ITU-T Sector • 1stRevCom meeting on 3 June 2013 agreed: • RevCom and TSAG are complementary: • RevCom to look at strategic direction, proposing new strategies and ways to trial them. • TSAG focuses on operational issues of today’s work • Correspondence group to investigate SDOs with a questionnaire • RevCom work plan until WTSA-16 • Correspondence group to develop framework of each action item in the work plan • RevCom meeting in English only, without fellowship but with remote participation • Next meeting - 16-17 January 2014, Geneva

  43. Section 3 WTSA-12 Resolutions on Collaboration and Cooperation

  44. Changes in 4 (of 6) Resolutions on collaboration and cooperation • Res 7 – ISO/IEC • Res 11 – UPU • Res 18 – ITU-R • Res 81 – Strengthening Collaboration

  45. WTSA-12 Resolution 7 Collaboration with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) • Explicitly addresses conformity assessment schemes and laboratory standards

  46. WTSA-12 Resolution 11 Collaboration with the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in the study of services concerning both the postal and the telecommunication sectors • “, in particularly, by investigating issues of common interest such as quality of service, electronic services and security of mobile payment,”

  47. WTSA-12 Resolution 18 Principles and procedures for the allocation of work to, and coordination between the ITU-R and ITU-T • New Annex C Coordination of ITU-R and ITU-T activities through inter-sector rapporteur groups (IRG)

  48. WTSA-12 Resolution 81Strengthening collaboration • TSAG to create an action plan: • identify areas where improvement is required • develop a mechanism within ITU-T to achieve this objective • define specific steps on how to improve coordination with other relevant standards bodies • Report to WTSA-16 • TSAG to maintain a close relationship with the RevCom(Resolution 82) • TSAG (4-7 June) established a Rapporteur group on "Strengthening collaboration"

  49. Section 4 WTSA-12 updated 7 ITU-T A-series RecommendationsonOrganization of the ITU-T work

  50. Rec. ITU-T A.1 – Working methods for ITU-T Study Groups • §1.4.7: clarified use of work programme database and defined new template for specifying new Recommendations • New §1.6 on Correspondence activities • In §1.8.2 New definitions for amendment, clause, Question, Supplement, work item and work programme • On Joint Coordination Activities (JCAs): §2.2.2: changed from 8 weeks to 2 months the duration ahead of a meeting by which an electronic notification is required to create a new JCA

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