Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States

1. Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States Sandro Bazzanella Project Manager Gisa Fuatai PurcellICB4PIS Project Coordinator Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

2. Order of Presentation • Agreed Outcomes • Agreed implementation modality • Agreed name of Project • Agreed order of Priority • Agreed Workshops

3. AGREED OUTCOMES • Project Acronym • Priority list of Topics • Implementation Modality – Regional Workshops and In-country Assistance • Structure – Experts – Project Coordinator to Focal Points • Nominate Focal Points (committed) • Countries nominate known experts • Country Contributions • Agree Title of Final Meeting Report • Agree Final Meeting Report

4. Project Acronym • ICB4PAC

5. Project Implementation 1 • I) Regional Workshops – • A) Build a Database as Repository for Knowledge Sharing • B) Identify existing information from other organisations, understand current situation, prepares workshop materials, conduct workshop, draft revise documents, agree final outcome proposals for regional guidelines on ICT policies, based on best practices & country experiences • II) In-Country Assistance - Transposition of outcome into national policies, laws & regulations, including capacity building

6. Agreed Order of Priority • National ICT Policy Plan/Strategy  • Interconnection and Cost Modeling • Cyber Security • Licensing – (convergence and technology neutrality • Numbering Plan • Universal Service/Access • Definition: scope of the concept • Who contributes? What areas are eligible • Who controls the funds (regional?) 7 Frequency and Spectrum

7. Agreed Regional Workshops • Topic 1) National ICT Policy/Strategy • Topic 2) Interconnection • International Mobile Termination • International Roaming • Cost Modeling Training • Topic 3) Workshop on Cyber Legislation • Topic 4) Reviewing current licensing regime – focus on convergence and technology neutrality. • Topic 5) Universal Access - Why What Where When How and Sharing Best Practices • General) Workshop for Regulators – back to back with PITA etc.

8. Proposed In-Country Assistance • Transpose outcomes of regional workshops to the national level • Use of Experts • Use of Regional experts with experience

9. Today’s Work • Agree Title of Final Meeting Report • Agree Final Meeting Report

10. Critical Success Factors • Country commitment /political will for collective action -> contribution of resources – Committed Focal Points • Regional institutions –> ready to provide support (expertise, experience) to the project in their areas of concentration • Project team -> specialist expertise with good understanding of the Pacific Island context

11. Thank you for your attention http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/projects/ITU_EC_ACP/index.html Gisa Fuatai PurcellICB4PIS Project Coordinator BDT/PRI ITU-EC Project fuatai.purcell@itu.int Phone: + 679 3220 285 or +679 3312 600 extension 2285 Fax: + 679 c/o PIFS Private Bag Ratu Sakuna Road Suva Fiji Sandro BazzanellaITU-EC Project Manager BDT/PRI ITU-EC Project sandro.bazzanella@itu.int Phone: +41 22 730 6765 Fax: +41 22 730 5484 Headquarters Place des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland