Telecommunication Development SectorQuarterly Performance Report

January – September 2013

Strategic plan Operational plan

Financial plan Implementation

From Strategy to ExecutionThe progressive improvements of the Union’s budgetary and financial structure reached a significant turning point with the introduction of the result-based budgeting and result based management.

In addition, the introduction of the re-structured operational plan of the Telecommunication Development Sector enhanced the integration between strategic planning, operational planning and financial planning.

The primary purpose of this performance report is to provide a quarterly assessment of the implementation of the BDT strategic, financial and operational plans using several facets and dimensions.

This report provides an assessment of the implementation of the strategic, operational and financial plan.

Strategic…

The quarterly assessment of the strategic plan implementation provides a means for monitoring the implementation of the mission, objectives, outputs and priorities of the Telecommunication Development Sector.

Financial…

The financial quarterly reports highlight the financial elements of both the strategic and the operational plan.

It provides an overview of the budgetary performance for the period as well as the annual year end expenditure forecast which in turn may allow management to adjust its plans in order to achieve optimal budget performance and implementation of activities.

Operational

The quarterly review of the operational plan puts emphasis on the outputs of the Sector as well as on the actions and activities undertaken by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in connection with the implementation of these outputs.

It provides information regarding the implementation level of the outputs and actions as well as other pertinent operational data.

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Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

Objective 4

Objective 5

Objective 6

Completed

Under implementation

Not yet started

ITU-D Activities CHF 000 Budget Actual Available % Available

Objective 1 WTDC 647 370 277 42.8%RTDCTDAG 132 132 100.0%STG 482 310 172 35.7%Total 1 1'261 680 581 46.1%

Objective 2 ICT Infrastr. Dev. 1'598 741 857 53.6%Objective 3 Cybersec. & ICT appl. 767 342 425 55.4%

Objective 4 Enabling env. & ITU-D publ. 1'476 882 594 40.2%Objective 5 Human Capacity & digital inclusion 863 295 568 65.8%

Objective 6 Special ass., emergency tel. & climate change

372 200 172 46.2%

Total 2 5'076 2'460 2'616 51.5%

Total 1+2 6'337 3'140 3'197 50.4%

Objective 1: To foster international

cooperation on telecommunication/

ICT issues25%

Objective 2: To assist in the development

on telecommunication/

ICT infrastructure13%Objective 3: To

enhance the deployment and the

safe use of ICT applications and

services 12%

Objective 4: To create a policy and regulatory

environment conducive to

telecommunication/ICT development

25%

Objective 5: To build human and

institutional capacity and foster digital

inclusion13%

Objective 6: To provide concentrated

assistance to LDCs, SIDs, LLDCs, and assist

in disaster management

12%

Implementation level by objective (RBB perspective)

Implementation level by objective (RBB perspective)

To foster international cooperation and solidarity in the delivery of technical assistance and in the creation, development and improvement of telecommunication/ information and communication technology (ICT) equipment and networks in developing countries. ITU-D is required to discharge the Union's dual responsibility as a United Nations specialized agency and executing agency for implementing projects under the United Nations development system or other funding arrangements, so as to facilitate and enhance telecommunication/ ICT development by offering, organizing and coordinating technical cooperation and assistance activities.

Objective 2: “To assist in the development on telecommunication/ICT infrastructure.”

Objective 3: “To enhance the deployment and the safe use of ICT appli-cations and services.”

Objective 4: “To create a policy and regulatory environment conducive to telecom-munication/ICT devel-opment.”

Objective 5: “To build human and institutional capacity and foster digital inclusion.”

Objective 6: “To provide concen-trated assistance to LDCs, SIDSs, LLDCs, and assist in disaster management.”

ObjectivesObjectives 1:“To foster interna-tional cooperation on telecommunica-tion/ICT issues.”

WTDC RTDC

TDAGStudy Group

Meetings

ICT infrastructure development

Cyber security and ICT applications

deployment

Enabling environment

enhancement

ITU-D Publications

Human capacity building and digital

inclusion

Special assistance, emergency telecom-

munications and climate change

Creation of tools and guidelines

Project management and coordination

Database and web site management

Assisting members and related tasks

Sharing information and related tasks

Handling of special needs

Financial, operational and strategic planning, control and reporting

Documentation (preparation, writing

and editing)

Research and analysis

Preparation and delivery of training

The strategic goal of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) is threefold, and includes: • To promote the availability of infrastructure and foster an enabling environment for telecommuni-

cation/ICT infrastructure development and its use in a safe and secure manner• To provide assistance to developing countries in bridging the digital divide by achieving broader

telecommunication/ICT-enabled socio-economic development• To expand the benefits of the information society to the membership in cooperation with public

and private stakeholders, and to promote the integration of the use of telecommunications/ICTs into the broader economy and society as drivers of development, innovation, well-being, growth and productivity globally.

Outputs

Activities

Resources

ITU-D Mission Goal

In thousands of Swiss francs ITU-D Actual Budget Estimates Variance Expenses 2010-2011 2012-2013 2014-2015

a b c d = c - b e = d / b WTDC 1,000 0 1,367 1,367 - RTDC 114 772 0 -772 -100.0% TDAG 224 264 264 0 0.0% Study group meetings 800 824 824 0 0.0% Activities and programmes 10,738 11,436 11,436 0 0.0% Bureau 43,180 43,316 44,061 745 1.7% Total 56,056 56,612 57,952 1,340 2.4%

In thousands of Swiss francs "Strategic Plan for 2012-2015"

Strategic objectives of ITU-D Budget

2014 Budget

2015 Budget

2014-2015 % of total

D-1 To foster international cooperation on telecommunication /ICT issues

8,096 4,760 12,856 3.9%

D-2 To assist in the development of telecommunication/ICT infrastructure

4,222 4,539 8,761 2.7%

D-3 To enhance the deployment and the safe use of ICT applications and services

3,491 3,859 7,350 2.2%

D-4 To create a policy and regulatory environment conducive to telecommunication/ICT development

6,745 7,246 13,991 4.3%

D-5

4,150 4,607 8,757 2.7%

D-6 To provide concentrated assistance to LDCs, SIDS, LLDCs, and assist in disaster management

2,990 3,247 6,237 1.9%

Costs of ITU-D Strategic Goal 29,694 28,258 57,952 17.7%

Objective 122.4%

Objective 212.8%

Objective 313.4%

Objective 424.6%

Objective 515.4%

Objective 611.4%

ICT Infrastructuredevelopment

12.8%

Cyber security & ICT applications deployment

13.4%

Enabling environment enhancement

18.9%

ITU-D Publications 5.7%

Human Capacity Building & Digital inclusion

15.4%Special assistance

Emergency telecom.Climate change

11.4%

WTDC; 5.6%

RTDC; 4.1%

TDAG; 5.6%

STG; 7.1%

Fostering International

Cooperation 22.4%

To build human and institutional capacity and foster digital inclusion

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Overview of the strategic plan implementation 3rd Quarterly Report January-September 2013

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ITU’s duties and

responsibilities

in the

Telecommunication

development

sphere are

consolidated in the

Telecommunication

Development

Sector (ITU-D)

The following is a summary of results achieved, for the period January to September 2013, on the overall implementation of the six ITU-D strategic objectives of the Strategic Plan, by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of ITU-D approved strategic objectives of the Strategic Plan from January to end September 2013.

Strategic objectives

Objective 1

“To foster international cooperation, among ITU-D members and other stakeholders, on telecommunication/ICT development issues, by providing the pre-eminent forum for discussion, information sharing and consensus building on telecommunication/ICT technical and policy issues”

– Information shared and platform for discussion provided on telecommunications/ICTs through Study Group meetings , Regional Development Forums, Regional Preparatory Meetings, Regional and National events that brought together stakeholders.

– RPM & RDF for CIS countries, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 18-21 February 2013, fully met their objectives.

Objective 2

“To assist the membership in maximizing the utilization of appropriate new technologies, including broadband, in developing their telecommunication/ICT infrastructures and services and in designing and deploying resilient telecommunication/ICT network infrastructures.”

This objective has the following priority areas: Spectrum management and radio monitoring, Next-generation networks, Mobile communications (2G, 3G, 4G, etc.), Broadband networks, Rural Communications.

The results achieved during the first, second and third quarter of 2013 (January – September) are the following:

– Broadband Networks were designed and planned for Burkina Faso and the Kingdom of Lesotho. The Second phase of deployment of Broadband Wireless Network in Burundi is ongoing. Also assistance was provided to ORTM/Mali on the implementation of the network to interconnect ORTM’s central station in Bamako with 5 of its regional stations (equipment is being delivered). Activities for Djibouti have been initiated.

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– Coordination Human capacity on ICT infrastructure was initiated between UNRWA, through delivering the Real Madrid Foundation face-to-face and the ITU with the scope of providing assistance to Palestine with regards to distance learning courses, including one for European countries on Broadband and Next Generation Networks, held from 28 may to 24 June 2013.

– The Connect a School , Connect a Community project is being implemented in Gambia, Lesotho, Niger, Sierra Leone and Tanzania, to promote broadband connectivity to schools in remote, rural or underserved areas of Gambia, so that schools can be used as community ICT centres (CICs) to improve ICT access and use by school children and members of the local community, including disadvantaged and vulnerable groups such as women and girls, indigenous and rural people, older persons and persons with disabilities.

– A project on connecting rural area with wireless broadband through WiMax technology is under implementation in Djibouti.

– A similar project is planned for implementation in Mauritania to serve local needs of fishing communities in remote areas.

– Direct assistance related to the development of a national master plan for broadband was provided to Syria.

– The Forum on IMT Systems Technology, Evolution and Implementation, provided a vision of IMT as a new mobile broadband business, its key differentiators and challenges, both from a technical and commercial perspective. It also gave an overview and an update on the status of the IMT industry and of its trends. One of the outcomes of this forum was presented to the ITU-T SG3 meeting for reporting about the Outcome/Recommendation related to International Mobile Terminating Charges and Interconnection Charges. This issue was considered by the SG and will reporting on related discussions and recommendation.

– Provided a platform for discussing the new trends in building and funding IMT networks.

– Raised awareness on the impact of broadband on socio-economic development.

– In April 2013, a second C&I Training addressing EMC and Radio Transmission for the Arab Region was conducted in collaboration with CERT of Tunisia. Further training is planned as part of an ongoing agreement between ITU and CERT.

– Improved capacity of developing countries in transition from analogue to digital broadcasting through implementation of training activities, direct assistance, regional initiatives, master plans as well as development of guidelines and tools.

• The roadmaps for 564 countries in ASP (Fiji, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand) and 6 countries in AFR (Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Gabon Mali, Tanzania) were published.

• The roadmap reports for Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vanuatu were completed. One country in Africa, Tanzania, has already completed its migration process.

• Assistance to 7 countries (Chad, East Bangladesh, Micronesia, Timor Leste, Guyana, Madagascar and Vietnam) is under implementation.

• The updated guidelines on transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting which has incorporated the information on IPTV, Cable TV, and Satellite TV is on-going and expected to be available in 1Q 2014.

• ITU-ABU-AIBD Regional Workshop on Digital Broadcasting Implementation 4-5 March 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ITU-ABU Pacific Media Partnership Summit 2013 in Vanuatu 17-19 September 2013

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• Workshop on the digital broadcasting transition for Greece was delivered in Athens, 24-26 September 2013.

• Assistance to Lebanon for the implementation of their Roadmap for digital transition is ongoing.

• The roadmap for Sudan is under implementation and is expected to be finalised before the end of 2013.

• Broadcasting equipment was provided to the Republic of Serbia. • Training for specialists from the CIS on the basis of the ITU Advisory and Methodological

Centre (AMC) in Minsk established under the CIS RI was held in Minsk, Republic of Belarus, from 25 to 27 September 2013. The training, which was a final stage of the RI implementation, was attended by 52 participants from 10 countries, including 8 CIS countries. The survey carried out after the event showed practical usefulness of the information and knowledge obtained during the workshop. The 23 presentations delivered during the workshop strengthened the awareness of the CIS countries of the issues related to the transition to digital broadcasting and therefore met its main objective.

– Improved capacity of developing countries for frequency planning and assignment, spectrum management, satellite launching and coordination and radio monitoring through implementation of training, assistance, regional initiatives as well as developing guidelines and tools. Coordination of GE06 plan successfully achieved in Nairobi for African Countries.

• The regional Radiocommunications seminar (RRS13 ) for Assistance to Lao PDR on the Africa region update of its National Frequency Allocation Table (NFAT).

• SMS4DC training was organized in Algeria and Yaoundé, back to back with the preparatory meeting for WRC-15 for central Nigeria for English speaking African countries.

• Trainings on SMS4DC were provided to Caribbean countries and delivered in Haiti and Sta. Lucia.

• Back-stop support was provided for the SMS4DC users.• ITU Regional Seminar for CIS and Europe on Radio Frequency Spectrum Management was

held. Radio Monitoring as an Effective Tool for Radio Frequency Spectrum Management was delivered in Kiev, 10-12 July 2013. The Seminar provided to the specialists from CIS and Europe an opportunity to exchange opinions and experience and share the latest technological progress in the field. During the Seminar the delegates from 24 countries, among them representatives of 9 CIS countries, raised their awareness of the radio frequency spectrum management through listening to 31 presentations of the best experts in the field. The participants not only improved their theoretical knowledge, but also got practically acquainted with radio monitoring equipment and the way it works in real mode. The topicality and necessity of the Seminar was confirmed with the significant number of participants (212), the comments made by the participants of the roundtable and the survey carried out after the event. The Seminar participants appreciated the knowledge obtained in the process of the Seminar and showed their satisfaction with the results. The Seminar goals were fully met.

• Assistance to Somalia on purchasing two sets of Test Mobile Systems. The assistance to Somalia is in progress to purchase two set of Test Mobile System to enable the Ministry of Telecommunications to monitor their spectrum and unused bands to enable them to issuing a new mobile license to get more revenue.

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• Assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina on improvement of spectrum management practices to meet the requirements of the existing and future telecommunications market of the country.ITU Trainings in Asia-Pacific region on ICT Convergence: Technologies and Services (Republic of Korea) and online training on Spectrum Management and NFAT (National Frequency Allocation Table) design (ITU Academy with support from ASP CoE in Iran) raised skills of participants in the respective areas.

• ITU Caribbean Subregional Workshop on Radio Frequency Spectrum carried out in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from 29 April to 3 May 2013.

– Increased awareness of developing countries on establishing national plan for broadband through the provision of guidelines and master plan as well as regional initiatives and seminars. Publication of the first version of ITU Interactive Terrestrial Transmission Maps through the ITU Web under TIES will also help countries prepare their National Plan for Broadband infrastructure.

• Guideline for wireless broadband for Asia and Pacific region were published.• Assistance to establish Broadband Policies for 6 countries (Brunei, Lao, Lesotho, Marshall

Islands, Philippines and St. Lucia) is under implementation. о Field missions for Lao PDR and St. Lucia undertaken. о A draft report for St. Lucia prepared

• National Broadband Policies for 5 countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea) are under implementation.

• A draft guideline on activating non-market business model for broadband connectivity for rural and remote areas was prepared.

• A first version of interactive maps is under production in Americas. Deadline established for November to conclude validation process with stakeholders before publishing.

– BDT has been assisting developing countries to establish sustainable, appropriate and harmonized conformance and interoperability programmes at national and regional level through implementation of training activities, direct assistance, and regional forums, as well as providing guidelines and tools. After the success of the first training delivered to representatives of American countries there was a relevant increase on the interest and the BDT is being demanded to deliver other trainings on issues of Conformance and Interoperability.

– Assistance was provided to Mongolia on satellite related procedures and regulations.

– The ITU IPv6 Symposium was held on 10 September 2013 and was attended by more than 85 participants.

– In its role of a sole facilitator for the WSIS Action Line C2: ICT Infrastructure, ITU organized an annual facilitation meeting and high level dialogue at the WSIS Forum 2013. Emerging trends on ICT infrastructure were identified and used for the purposes of the preparatory process for the WSIS+10 High Level Event.

– In realization of the Objective 2, we provided air tickets to the youth from the low-income countries (with the yearly income below 2,000 USD per capita) to ensure participation of students from Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan in Scientific and Technical Conference for Students and Young Specialists from RCC countries organized by Moscow Technical University

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of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI) , Russian Federation from 14 to 16 May 2013. The Conference was attended by 120 students and young scientists, who enjoyed 71 presentations on ICT and the excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge and just get acquainted with each other. Consequently, the event goal was fully met. The participants also got acquainted with MTUCI, one of the most prestigious ICT-specialized universities in the CIS.

– Within the framework of Objective2, ITU provided technical assistance to the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection to the Videoconference Network between the ITU Area office for the CIS and Communication Administrations of the CIS countries. As a result, Uzbekistan got an opportunity to participate in the regional videoconference trainings and workshops (in particular, 37 representatives of Uzbekistan were remote participants of the CoE Videoconference Training for the CIS “Complex Issues of Implementation and Development of Digital Broadcasting ” held in the ITU Area Office for the CIS from 16 to 17 May 2013). The Communication Administration of Uzbekistan is satisfied with the assistance provided. The Country, in their turn, made in kind contribution to the project through providing the videoconference call, furniture, and 2-Mb Internet and covering all Internet-related costs.

– ITU ASP CoE Training on IPv6 Infrastructure Security with APNIC and Ministry of ICT Thailand (23-26 July 2013, Bangkok, Thailand) built skills of participants in improving the security of networks.

– Workshop on Deployment of IPV6 was delivered to American countries in June 2013, in Suriname.

– In partnership with Regional Registry LACNIC ITU has organized a Webinar on September 24th – the outputs of this activity were introduced as an Informative Document to the PCCI Meeting of CITEL held in Mendoza, Argentine, from 8 to 11 October 2013.

Objective 3

“To foster the development of strategies to enhance the deployment, security and safe and affordable use of ICT applications and services to-wards mainstreaming telecommunications/ICTs in the broader economy and society”

This objective has the following priority areas: ICT applications and services, Cybersecurity, and Critical Internet resources.

The results achieved during the first, second and third quarter of 2013 (January – September) are the following:

– Improved response by countries to cyber-attacks through the established Cybersecurity capability, such as the Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRT) to adequately respond to cyber-attacks (CIRT agreement with Barbados and Jamaica, forensic lab capabilities in Sudan, launch of the Regional Centre in Oman, regional centre in Nigeria, regional CIRT assessment for Caribbean, National CIRT established in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and assessed in Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Congo, Gambia, Niger and Togo ). Implementation is also planned for Cote d’Ivoire and Burundi and regional CIRT assessment for the Caribbean).

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– Enhanced legal measures on cybersecurity for MS through technical assistance and execution of specialized training (assistance provided to Mauritius, Panama and Cameroon). The national IGF forum was organized in Yaoundé with ITU participation).

– Assistance provided to Regional Economic Communities (RECs) namely Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) developing the models laws for combating Cybercrime, E-commerce and Personal Data Protection, to be transposed into national legislations.

– Workshop on Deployment of Cybersecurity for the Caribbean was held in Sta. Lucia from 1 to 5 July 2013.

– Enhanced a global culture of cybersecurity, through the establishment of a Global Cybersecurity Index, aimed to effectively measure current cybersecurity landscape and capabilities of Member States (agreement with ABI Research).

– More engagement from the international community and the ITU Membership on cybersecurity (First Lady of Nigeria appointed as Champion of Child Online protection, ITU-Symantec joint report disseminated to all Member States, agreement with Forum for Incident Response Team).

– Enhanced Child Online Protection (COP) in countries (projects initiated in 6 countries in Africa and launched during the CTO meeting in Cameroon, agreement with Facebook to provide assistance in Ethiopia).

– Two meetings were held for the working group on Legal Framework for COP in the Arab Region, the final guidelines for legal framework on COP legislation is expected to be completed by end of 2013.

– In its role of a sole facilitator for the WSIS Action Line C5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs, ITU organized an annual facilitation meeting, high level dialogue and series of thematic workshops at the WSIS Forum 2013. Emerging trends in field of cybersecurity were elaborated and used for the purposes of the preparatory process for the WSIS+10 High Level Event.

– Better knowledge sharing and dissemination of ICT applications for development of best practices to facilitate mainstreaming ICT for socio-economic development through the organization of a regional workshop entitled “e-Health service in low-resource setting”, in Tokyo, Japan. This was done in collaboration with the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and NTT and through the development of an online eHealth projects database to collect information about operational eHealth projects around the world.

– A report on the use of “ICT for improving information and accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health” was published.

– Improved country capacity to deploy ICT applications for health especially on mobile platform through the provision of technical assistance in collaboration with WHO to Costa Rica to launch an mHealth for Smoking Cessation intervention at the national level as a model to be replicated by other countries. Another country proposal is under development for a mHealth for Diabetes intervention in Senegal.

– BDT organized and delivered a Workshop on Mobile Bank for Central American countries. The event was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 12-13 August 2013

– Two events were organized to raise countries’ awareness about the potential of Mobile for Health: during the World Health Assembly in May 2013 and during the ECOSOC meeting in July 2013.

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– A first baseline assessment report was developed in collaboration with WHO on the use of ICT for Women’s and Children’s Health which is a first systematic assessment of its kind based on the data collected through the WHO Global eHealth Observatory Survey.

– Enhanced country’s capability to develop national e-Health strategies through the translation of the joint ITU-WHO “National e-Health Strategy toolkit” in 5 different UN languages. At least four countries have already adopted the toolkit to develop/evaluate/update their own national strategies (Brazil, Fiji, Philippines and South Africa).

– Four regional workshops in Africa and Asia are being organized with WHO - Manila (25-27 Sep.), Bangkok (30 Sep.-2 Oct.), Addis (22-24 Oct.) and Dakar (28-30 Oct.) - to showcase eHealth innovations that address women’s and children’s health and to strengthen human capacity at the government level to conduct national eHealth strategy development and planning.

– Additional extra-budgetary resources are available to support ICT use for Maternal and Child health and to combat non-communicable diseases through partnerships development with international organizations (WHO) and industry associations e.g. the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), Verizon Foundation and BUPA (a leading healthcare and health insurance company).

– Promoted Arab Digital Content (one of the regional initiatives) by finalizing preparations for launching a regional competition for the young innovators of the region on this subject. The Launch is planned to be during the Regional Development Forum on the 28th of October. Also a report on Arab Digital Content is in its final stages translation and publishing.

– Promoted Free and Open Source Software in the Arab Region (one of the regional initiatives) by establishing a network among interested stakeholders with the aim of launching the network during the upcoming WTDC in Sharm el Sheikh 2014. At this point a Steering Committee, Advisory Board and four Working Groups have been established.

– A Global eHealth Projects Repository was launched as a joint effort between ITU and the World Health Organization (WHO). The repository is an unique platform for collection and dissemination of validated, operational eHealth projects that demonstrate the effective use of ICTs for health. 

Within the framework of realization of Objective 3, three Internet access centres were created in remote areas of Georgia, aimed at meeting Millenium Development Goals: improvement of broadband Internet access, improvement of human lives through Internet access. In accordance with the decision of the Communication Administration of Georgia, the Internet access centres were established in educational institutions: in professional college “Opirazi “in Akhaltsikhe , “Iberia” in Kutaisi and in the professional college in Telavi. The centres are equipped with 8 working places, projector, web camera, and printer/ scanner/fax, interactive screen. Georgia contributed to the project through providing the premises (newly remounted) and 2-Mb-Internet. Through creation of the Internet access centres in the colleges with total number of 1200 students, the quality of the education will be improved through improving ICT skills of the students. The Communication Administration expressed their satisfaction with the assistance provided by ITU in a thank you letter addressed to the BDT Director. The objective of the project implementation was fully met.

The ITU workshop for the CIS countries on Co-Evolution of Infocommunication Technologies and Society , or Ways to the Society without Frontiers was held in Saint –Petersburg, Russian Federation from 5 to 7 June 2013. The workshop gave the participants a broad picture of the ICT development

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trends and what could be results of ICT evolution. The Workshop with participation of outstanding Russian scientist provided a good opportunity for exchange of opinions on the prospects of ICT development, which could result in the Society/world without frontiers. The participants showed satisfaction with the information/knowledge obtained as the result of the workshop. The 47 participants of the workshop represented 5 countries.

Objective 4

“To assist the membership in creating and maintaining an enabling policy and regulatory environment, including the establishment and implementation of sustainable national policies, strategies and plans, through sharing best practices and collecting and disseminating statistical information on telecommunication/ICT developments”

This objective has the following priority areas : National strategies, policies, plans, regulations and economic and financial mechanisms, and measuring the information society.

The results achieved during the first, second and third quarter of 2013 (January – September ) are the following :

– ITU TRCSL Workshop on “Greening the Future: Bridging the Standardization Gap on Environmental Sustainability” was successfully organized on 3-4 October 2013 in Colombo 2013. It was attended by 74 participants where six international experts including chairman and vice chairman if ITU T Study Group 5 Working Party 3 contributed effectively. Chairman of TRCSL reaffirmed commitment of Sri Lanka to establish Smart Sri Lanka which received full support from industry. ITU proposed two concrete actionable items on smart sustainable society using ICT in Sri Lanka.

– Press Release: http://news.lk/news/sri-lanka/7030-workshop-on-environmental-sustainability

– Web page: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/bsg/201310/Pages/default.aspx

– Field mission undertaken to Bangladesh for building national strategy and capability for cybersecurity.

– ITU trainings in Asia-Pacific region raised skills of members in areas of Mobile Security (Thailand), IPv6 Infrastructure Security (Thailand), Innovative Applications for Rural Broadband Community (Malaysia) and New Value Chain in Mobile Application (Vietnam).

– A Training Session on ITU-IMPACT Cyber drill for computer emergence response teams was delivered to American countries in Montevideo, Uruguay from 26 to 28 August 2013, in partnership with IMPACT and in close collaboration with Regional Registry LACNIC.

– Increased availability of Arabic, French and Russian speaking trainers on ICT Household statistics.

– Enhanced availability of ICT Statistics from the collection of the 2012 data and the release of the June 2013 version of the World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database.

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– Increased visibility of ITU statistics from the release of the 2013 ICT Facts and Figures and the ITU/ World Bank publication “The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2013”.

– Enhanced capacity of countries from the CIS region on ICT statistics through the organization of a regional workshop entitled “Harmonization of Telecommunication/ICT Indicators with International Standards”, which took place on 24-26 April 2013 in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The Workshop, through delivering 14 presentations, covered very significant issues, such as: methodology of the ICT data collection, participation of the government bodies in the data collection, ITU methodology to collect and disseminate ICT data. The Workshop strengthened the CIS countries capacity to produce national statistics and indicators on ICT to be submitted to the ICT Statistics Division, ITU for further fuller presence of the CIS countries in the Measuring Information Society yearly report. The Workshop was attended by 47 participants from 8 CIS countries, who represented Communication Administrations, Regulators, National Statistical Offices of the countries of the region, who are responsible for collecting and producing ICT statistics, as well as the RCC Commission on Economy, responsible for ICT statistics in the CIS. The Workshop fully met its objectives

– Enhanced capacity of Spanish speaking countries from the Americas region on ICT statistics through the organization of the “Capacity Building Workshop on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) indicators”, which took place on 13-16 May 2013 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

– Improved quality and comparability of ICT statistics through the finalizing of the revision of the core indicators on ICT household access and individual ICT use by the Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH) and its meeting in São Paulo, Brazil, on 4-6 June 2013.

– Enhanced knowledge of policy makers, investors and business people about current ICT market trends through the release of the Measuring the Information Society 2013 report and the launch events in 7 geographic locations.

– Increased capacity, knowledge and skills of Membership in designing ICT policies, legislations and regulations through the wide dissemination of publications and development of guidelines such as Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2013 and direct country actions (e.g. Cambodia, Lao PDR).

– Review of Quality of Service (QOS) for basic, mobile and internet service for Nepal Telecommunications Authority where draft regulations were prepared. National workshop was also organized which was attended by 45 participants and deliberations are available at http://www.nta.gov.np/en/events/340-stakeholder-workshop-on-regulating-quality-of-ict-services-in-nepal.

– Enhanced capacity of European countries on consumer protection through the organization of a Regional Conference for Europe on Protection of the Interests of the Electronic Communication Users, which took place from 30 September to 1 October in Budva, Montenegro.

– Technical assistance provided to Bhutan Infocom and Media Authority for establishment of functionally and financially independent regulator.

– Two Broadband reports and three reports on economical and tariff issues for ICT were prepared, as well as the ITU studies on Taxing telecommunications/ICT services, Universal Service Funds (USFs) and Regulation and consumer protection in a converging environment.

– Enhanced dialogue and knowledge exchange between national regulators, policy-makers and other telecommunication/ICT stakeholders through the delivery of the ITU Regional Seminar on

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Economic and Financial Aspects of Telecommunication/ICT for Latin American countries and the Caribbean. The event was carried out in coordination with the ITU-T SG3RG-LAC meeting in Mexico, from 19 to 22 March 2013.

– Enhanced dialogue and knowledge exchange between national regulators, policy-makers and other telecommunication/ICT stakeholders by providing trainings, forums and seminars,,, such as the Regional seminars on costs and tariffs organized in Africa, Americas and Asia-Pacific; the 14th Forum on telecommunication/ICT regulation and partnership in Africa (FTRA13), regional and global workshops such as the High-Level Workshop on the regulatory and economic aspects of International Mobile Roaming, and symposia such as the Global Symposium for Regulators 2013 on 4th-Generation regulation: driving digital communications ahead.

– Enhanced availability of accurate regulatory and financial information of the telecommunication/ICT sector through the collection of the 2013 regulatory and tariff policies data. Data dissemination has been made more user-friendly, through the enhancement of the Public ICT Eye portal interface.

– The Forum for Telecommunications and Partnership in Africa (FTRA) was successfully held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and well attended. This annual Forum provided the venue for the Regulatory Authorities, Private Sector and other stakeholders to exchange views and debate on various ICT developmental issues in Africa. Preceding this Forum, the Regional Working Party on Private Sector in Africa held its annual meeting to discuss specific issues of the ICT private sector operating in the Continent.

– Assistance was provided to countries in need, such as Chad, South Sudan and Swaziland to operationalize their (Tele)Communications Acts and establish Regulatory Authorities.

– Through the implementation of HIPSSA Project (joint project of ITU and EUC) that at the end of September 2013 support was provided to African Institutions, Regional Economic Communities and their respective countries in the harmonization of ICT policies and regulatory frameworks aiming at the creation of larger markets to make it more attractive for larger investments.

– Increased capacity, knowledge and skills of memberships, e.g. the Philippines in the area of ICT indicators and statistics, ITU-IDA Executive Training Programme (Singapore), Infrastructure Sharing (Thailand), NGN Costing and Pricing (Thailand), Online course on Consumer Protection & Protection from Spamming, Obnoxious, Fraudulent & Unsolicited Communication.

– ITU provides continuous support to AREGNET (Arab Regulators Network). Likewise, ITU contributes and participates in meetings and workshops organized by AREGNET and provide the required expertise to enhance these events. It is also expected that ITU and AREGNET continue to conduct common pilot projects on topics of interest for the Arab Region.

– In its role of a sole facilitator for the WSIS Action Line C6: Enabling Environment, ITU organized an annual facilitation meeting and high-level dialogue at the WSIS Forum 2013. Emerging trends in field of an enabling environment were identified and used for the purposes of the preparatory process for the WSIS+10 High Level Event.

– Expert assistance was provided to the Communication Administration of Kyrgyz Republic in the Revision of the Law on the Telecommunications of the Kyrgyz Republic and in elaboration of recommendations for a new Law. The ITU expert fully revised the Law on the Telecommunications (dated 1998) and elaborated detailed recommendations, which were discussed with all stakeholders in the Kyrgyz Republic (Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Regulator, communication providers, and public organizations). The

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report by the expert was sent to the Ministry and approved by the Ministry. The Communication Administration of Kyrgyzstan is satisfied with the assistance provided and expressed their satisfaction in a thank you letter addressed to the BDT Director. The result of the expert assistance – elaboration of detailed recommendations for revision of the Law on the Telecommunications, harmonized with modern conditions of the ICT development. The objective of the assistance was fully met.

– The ITU Regional Workshop for the CIS on Quality of Services Provided by Telecommunications/ICT Companies and Consumer Protection, organized in cooperation with the State Committee for Communication, Informatization and Telecommunication Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, was held from 22 to 24 May 2013 in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan and attended by 49 representatives of 8 CIS countries. The workshop covered technical and legislative aspects of the quality of services. The participants shared their experience in improving the quality and practically considered some cases of the consumer right violation and providing low quality services and the ways to settle these situations. During the workshop 20 presentations were delivered and roundtable held. Based on the workshop results, recommendations were elaborated for improving service quality in the CIS countries and agreement between the countries reached regarding free exchange of regulatory documents in the field. This is certainly a good result of the Workshop. An article on the workshop was published in ICT News latest issue.

– Enhanced knowledge of policy makers through the development of a regional assessment on telecommunications policy and regulation for convergent services. First phase concluded on September 2013. Second and final phase is foreseen to be developed in November 2013.

Objective 5

“To build human and institutional capacity in order to improve skills in the development and use of telecommunication/ICT networks and applications, and to foster digital inclusion for people with special needs, such as persons with disabilities, through awareness-raising, training activities, sharing information and know-how and the production and distribution of relevant publications”

This objective has the following priority areas: provision and delivery of high quality ICT information sharing, Education and training, and Assistance in the development of national strategies, policies, plans, practices and awareness-raising on the importance of digital inclusion for people with special needs.

The results achieved during the first, second and third quarter of 2013 (January – September) are the following:

– Improved human capacity through delivery of training programmes across the different regions of delivered through face to face training as well as distance learning.

– Improved human capacity through the support to young female engineers to participate in training on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) in Americas.

– Support provided to the Regional Consultation Meeting for the UN High Level Meeting on Disability and Development (HLMDD). The event was held in Salvador, Brazil and ITU supported the participation of several representatives from active organizations in the Americas – the outputs of the Salvador meeting were presented to the HLMDD.

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– Enhanced partnerships through collaboration with CISCO, ITSO, Rohde and Schwarz in the implementation of training programmes.

– Enhanced ITU Academy through development of new training materials.

– Capacity Building for ICT Training Institute, Afghanistan.

– Increased awareness of the importance of ICT for girls through ongoing partnership with various stakeholders and organizing the International “Girls in ICT day” on 25 April 2013.

– The Videoconference Seminar for the CIS dedicated to the International Girls in ICT Day (25 April) “A Bright Future in ICTs: Opportunities for a New Generation of Women” was attended by 142 participants, including 7 attending the Seminar in the ITU Area Office (representing RCC and UNESCO) and 135 remote participants from 5 CIS countries. The event was held thanks to videoconference network connecting the ITU Area Office with Communication Administrations of CIS countries, which was implemented within the framework of CIS Regional Initiative approved by WTDC-10. The Seminar covered the issues of female involved in ICT, in particular career opportunities provided to women by ICT as the most dynamic industry sector. Also, female students of ICT- specialized universities, who participated in the event, raised their awareness of what ITU is and what ITU does for ICT development. Therefore, the event fully met the planned objectives. It should be noted, that the event was organized without budget, i.e. without attraction of ITU funds. This is a result of the ITU Area Office efforts - Centre of Excellence Network for Africa Region (CoE) continued with the implementation of the third phase of the project, started in 2012 with expectation of finishing in 2014, with 6 nodes. Nodes contribute to the achievement objectives of high quality training. CMDT 2014 will set new directions for the Centre of Excellence. During the third quarter of 2013 five workshops were run through this CoE Network in Africa both in French and English speaking regions.

– The Centre of excellence Network for Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries in Africa has delivered in average one course per month on various topics hosted each of the five Portuguese speaking countries in Africa. The distant learning platform was commissioned in Maputo, Mozambique and used to deliver some courses.

– Increased awareness among 40,000 girls and young women participating in 1500+ events in over 120 countries about the job opportunities awaiting them in the ICT sector, and information on 225 digital inclusion best practices disseminated through the Digital Inclusion News Log.

– More than 150 programmes were added to the Girls in ICT Portal, including promoting 100 scholarship opportunities to young women to enable them to prepare for a career in ICTs.

– Over 200 indigenous representatives were trained in the Americas region on project management skills related to building projects for indigenous communities.

– Over 250 young people made aware of how to use ICTs for employment and entrepreneurship in workshops organized in the “Get Ahead” Session of the ITU Global Youth Summit, “BYND 2015”held in Costa Rica on 9-11 September.

– More than 800,000 women at the bottom of the development pyramid were trained through the joint ITU-Telecentre.org Foundation Women’s Digital Literacy Campaign.

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– Increased human and institutional capacity on e-Accessibility provided to all delegates to ITU-D Study Group Question 20-1/1, participants in the WSIS session on ICT Accessibility policies and in a national workshop in Colombia.

– Expertise provided to support “Connect a School, Connect a Community” project managers in Comoros, the Gambia, Lesotho, Niger, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.

– Within the framework of Connect School programme, Train for Trainers was organized by ITU in Kyrgyz Republic for informatics teachers from different regions of the country. The 7 training courses (with duration of 5 day each), held from 1 March to 15 May 2013, involved 118 teachers, including 72 women (61 % of the trained teachers). As a result of the training, the teachers obtained excellent ICT skills, through getting acquainted with different ICT applications, programmes, and significantly improved their professional level. The trainers were provided by the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications under the Kyrgyz State Technical University n.a. I.Razzakov. In the process of the training, a good partnership was created between the trainees and the trainers. Each training course programme was approved by the focal points in Geneva. Based on the results of the training courses, reports with photographs were developed, containing the test results. Final report of the entire training was sent to the headquarter. Through improving of the professional skills of the village informatics teachers, education level in the schools is expected to be improved as well, in particular the computer skills of the village school children. This is very important for today’s Kyrgyzstan. The results of the trainings were appreciated by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyz Republics and thank you letters with expression of the satisfaction were sent to the BDT Director. The Ministry, considering the results, suggests to continue the training for village teachers.

– The Videoconference Training for the CIS “Complex Issues of Implementation and Development of Digital Broadcasting ” was held by the ITU Area Office for the CIS, Moscow, Russian Federation from 16 to 17 May 2013 within the framework of the CIS Centre of Excellence. As a result of the training, the participants obtained detailed information on the technologies implemented in the CIS countries, their experience, problems related to implementation of digital broadcasting, and possible solutions. Also, the participants were informed of the advanced technologies and technologies which are to appear in the next years and how to implement them to avoid deceleration. In particular, the participants were informed of the work of the Consultancy and Methodical Centre in Minsk, created within the framework of the Regional Initiative implementation for assistance to CIS countries in transition to digital broadcasting. The participants exchanged practical experience and informed of the latest progress in digital broadcasting implementation in their countries. The training was attended by 141 participants from 11 CIS countries and was very successful. All the participants confirmed its usefulness for practical work. Therefore, the training fully met its objectives.

– Meeting of the CIS Centre of Excellence Steering Committee was held in Belgorod, Russian Federation, from 26 to 27 June 2013. The Meeting was attended by representatives of the ITU Area Office and the headquarters. The meeting met its goal in consideration of possible modes of further CoE functioning. The CoE activity is very significant for CIS, therefor the Meeting was very important.

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– Regional Seminar for CIS on Strategic issues of ICT use in education, held in Odessa, Ukraine from 17 to 19 April 2013, was attended by 55 representatives of 9 countries, including Communications Administrations, Regulators, Communication Providers, Education Institutions. The Workshop covered the issues of ICT use in education, in particular, the level of ICT use for educational goals in the CIS countries, e-books and recommendations for creation of e-books, the level of training of school teachers and university professors, school children and student for use of ICT in the education process. The workshop provided a good opportunity for exchange of opinions and experience and elaborated recommendations regarding special training course for teachers aimed at ICT skillful use in education process and necessity to improve legislation (in particular in the aspects relating to distant learning). Also, the Seminar recommended to create a virtual network between the Seminar participants for continuous exchange of experience. Representatives of Kazakhstan expressed willingness to share their experience in creation of e-books and invited their Kyrgyz colleagues for exchange of experience to Almaty. This is a very significant result of the Seminar, which was appreciated by the participants.

Objective 6

“To provide concentrated and special assistance to least developed countries (LDCs) and countries in special need, and to assist ITU Member States in responding to climate change and integrating telecommunications/ICTs in disaster management“

This objective has the following priority areas: Assistance to LDCs and countries in special need, Universal access, Emergency Telecommunications, and Climate-change and adaptation.

The results achieved during the first, second and third quarter of 2013 (January – September) are the following:

– Project design for early warning, training of stakeholders and procurement of related equipment undertaken for the benefit of Uganda as part of enhancing the country’s early warning systems.

– Deployment of emergency telecommunications systems in support of humanitarian action for Mali by WHOWHOWHOWHOWHO and the UNHCR to coordinate distribution of medicines, food, shelter and clothes for refugees.

– Capacity building through training aimed at enhancing country level climate change and disaster management preparedness and climate change adaptation.

– Strategic meeting of Pacific Islands, private sector and other development partners on the connectivity of the Pacific Islands including the review of the feasibility study on this subject which will be implemented from Q1 of 2014.

– Contribution to the work of the radio amateurs to strengthen their role in disaster response through a global event as well as joint efforts in drafting the new version of the Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications.

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– Improved knowledge sharing and information dissemination through the production of two handbooks on “emergency telecommunication” and on “protection of outside plant in times of emergencies.

– Delivery of concentrated assistance to least developed countries, Small Island Developing States, and landlocked countries through the design and implementation of Multi-community Centres, e-learning platforms, connect school, connect community, enabling environment, and capacity building training and workshops.

– Improved telecommunication/ICT policy and regulatory environment in LDCs and countries in special needs through assistance in drafting telecommunication-related legislations, policies and regulations (e.g., Myanmar).

– Preparation and planning for two forums on Emergency Telecommunication and climate change for the CIS and Caribbean regions.

– The ITU Regional Workshop for the CIS on the Role of ICT in Saving Lives. Climate Change and Emergency Telecommunications was organized by BDT in cooperation with ITU-R and ITU-T, whose representatives also delivered presentations at the event. The workshop was held on Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic, from 19 to 21 August 2013 and presented detailed information on ICT technologies which are used nowadays in emergency situations and to prevent emergency situations. Also, the workshop provided information on the ITU activities. The Workshop elaborated recommendations for the state bodies of the CIS countries aimed at solutions of some emergency related problems and emergency telecommunications. At the roundtable held in the conclusion of the workshop, the participants decided to create a pilot monitoring centre for Central Asia aimed at monitoring of ice-caps and water level in mountain lakes, which could be a reason of some emergency situations in the countries. The Workshop was attended by 42 specialists from 8 countries. The proposal regarding creation of the Monitoring Centre and the Workshop recommendations are really essential.

– Building capacity of ICT Institute of Afghanistan by offering 579 technical text books to assist the teachers and students of the institute.

– Improved knowledge and information sharing through the delivery of Workshop on Emergency Preparedness for the Caribbean – carried out in Barbados, from 18 to 20 September 2013.

– Capacity building through the delivery of a Subregional Workshop on Environmentally Responsible Management of Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) held in Central America, from 19 to 21 March 2013.

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Implementation level by Objectives (RBM perspective)

Chart 1 below provides a distribution of the actual use of the resources among the six objectives of the sector for Q2.

Chart 1

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Highlights of the operational plan implementation 3rd Quarterly Report January-September 2013

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The operational

plan framework

provides a

thorough view of

the implementation

level of the different

objectives, outputs

and actions

This report highlights the results achieved as regards the implementation of the Operational Plan for the period January 1st to September 30th 2013 (Q3) for the Telecommunication Development Bureau. It also provides information by objectives and regions.

Overall implementation level

As at September 30th 2013, out of a total of 271 actions planned for 2013, 102 have been completed, 140 are under implementation and the remaining 29 have not yet started.

Implementation level by objective

Chart 1 below highlights, in terms of number, the status of actions (completed, under implementation, not yet started) by objective for Q3.

Chart 1

0 20 40 60 80 100

Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

Objective 4

Objective 5

Objective 6

Actions Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4 Objective 5 Objective 6Completed 25 27 17 20 8 5Under implementation 4 42 19 36 28 11Not yet started 1 16 5 5 2 0

Status of Actions by Objectives

Completed

Under implementation

Not yet started

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Budget implementation level by regions (in Swiss francs)Chart 2 below highlights the budget implementation level by regions for Q3.

Chart 2

chf

Budgeted 2’417’644Activated 1’699’020

% of activation

70.3%

World or Multi-Regional

chf Extra-budgetary

Budgeted 681’618 2’995’831Activated 224’518 1’920’586

% of activation

32.9% 64.2%

ARAB STATES

chf Extra-budgetary

Budgeted 842’806 4’763’638Activated 507’627 2’338’960

% of activation

60.2% 49.1%

ASIA & PACIFIC

chf Extra-budgetary

Budgeted 339’762 259’780Activated 109’609 57’087

% of activation

32.3% 22.0%

EUROPEchf Extra-budgetary

Budgeted 419’782 16’964Activated 379’505 4’249

% of activation

90.4% 25.0%

CIS Countries

chf Extra-budgetary

Budgeted 966’191 14’286’777Activated 690’375 10’531’113

% of activation

71.5% 73.7%

THE AMERICAS

chf Extra-budgetary

Budgeted 1’033’223 7’626’056Activated 562’476 2’030’690

% of activation

54.4% 26.8%

AFRICA

Implementation level by objectives and regions (number of actions)Chart 3 below shows, in terms of number, the implementation level of actions by objectives and regions for Q3.

Chart 3

Completed Under implemen-

tation

Total Planned

Obj. 1 1 1Obj. 2 2 2 9Obj. 3 5 2 8Obj. 4 2 6 8Obj. 5 3 3 6Obj. 6 1 2 3

THE AMERICAS

Completed Under implemen-

tation

Total Planned

Obj. 1 1 1Obj. 2 4 6Obj. 3 2 3Obj. 4 2 3Obj. 5 1 2Obj. 6 1 1

EUROPE

Completed Under implemen-

tation

Total Planned

Obj. 1 1 1Obj. 2 4 2 6Obj. 3 2 2 4Obj. 4 3 3Obj. 5 2 1 3Obj. 6 1 1

CIS Countries

Completed Under implemen-

tation

Total Planned

Obj. 1 1 1Obj. 2 5 8 14Obj. 3 2 3 5Obj. 4 3 5 9Obj. 5 5 5Obj. 6 2 2 4

ASIA & PACIFICCompleted Under

implemen-tation

Total Planned

Obj. 1 1 1Obj. 2 8 12 20Obj. 3 6 6Obj. 4 1 4 5Obj. 5 1 1Obj. 6

ARAB STATES

Completed Under implemen-

tation

Total Planned

Obj. 1 1 1Obj. 2 4 12 17Obj. 3 1 3 6Obj. 4 2 4 7Obj. 5 2 1 3Obj. 6

AFRICA

Completed Under implementation

Total Planned

Obj. 1 23 24Obj. 2 4 2 13Obj. 3 7 1 9Obj. 4 9 15 26Obj. 5 1 16 18Obj. 6 1 6 7

World or Multi-Regional

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This report highlights the budget implementation as at September 30th 2013 (Q3) for the sector and the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). It also provides information by objectives and outputs.

Result-based budget statement by objectivesTable 1 below provides the implementation level by objectives in a Result Based Budget perspective as at September 30th.

Table 1 (in thousands of Swiss francs)

Strategic objectivesBudget Actual Available % Available

Objectives of ITU-D

D-1 To foster international cooperation on telecommunication/ICT issues 6,770 4,824 1,946 28.7%

D-2 To assist in the development on telecommunication/ICT infrastructure 3,889 2,443 1,446 37.2%D-3 To enhance the deployment and the safe use of ICT applications and services 3,492 2,329 1,163 33.3%D-4 To create a policy and regulatory environment conducive to telecommunication/ICT development 7,084 4,909 2,175 30.7%

D-5 To build human and institutional capacity and foster digital inclusion 4,147 2,581 1,566 37.8%D-6 To provide concentrated assistance to LDCs, SIDs, LLDCs, and assist in disaster management 3,310 2,294 1,016 30.7%

Costs of ITU-D Strategic Goal 28,692 19,380 9,312 32.5%

Financial statement for the Telecommunication Development SectorTable 2 below, shows by section, the ITU-D budget implementation as at September 30th 2013 and the 2013 year end expenditure projections. As at Q3, expenditures amounted to CHF 19.4 million or 67.5% of the ITU-D budget for 2013. At this time, it is projected that the total ITU-D budget of CHF 28.7 million will be fully spent.

Table 2(in thousands of Swiss francs)

Budget Actual Available % AvailableProjection to 31/12/2013

Section 3 World Telecommunication development conferences 647 370 277 42.8% 662

Section 4 Regional telecommunication development conferences - -

Section 5 Telecommunication Development Advisory Group 132 132 100.0% 130

Section 6 Study Group 482 310 172 35.7% 400

Section 7 Activities and programmes 5,076 2,460 2,616 51.5% 5,100

Section 9 Bureau 22,355 16,240 6,115 27.4% 22,400

TOTAL 28,692 19,380 9,312 32.5% 28,692

Financial plan implementation 3rd Quarterly Report January-September 2013

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The financial

framework within

which ITU-D

operates requires

rigorous forecast

and management

of the resources

available

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Financial statement by objectives and outputsTable 3 below shows the budget consumption by ITU-D objectives and outputs as at September 30th 2013. As at Q3, budget consumption amounted to CHF 3.1 million or 49.6% of the budget.

Table 3(in thousands of Swiss francs)

Financial statement for the Telecommunication Development BureauTable 4 below highlights, by category of expenditure, the budget consumption (i.e. actual expenditures) for the Telecommunications Development Bureau as at September 30th 2013. As at Q3, budget consumption amounted to CHF 16.2 million or 72.6% of the Bureau budget.

Table 4(in thousands of Swiss francs)

ITU-D BureauBudget consumption Available % Available

Staff costs 16,465 11,784 4,681 28.4%Other-staff costs 4,128 3,514 614 14.9%Travel expenses 782 445 337 43.1%Contractual serv. 185 120 65 35.1%Rental & mainten. 95 29 66 69.5%Purchase of equipmnt 80 47 33 41.3%Acquisition, furnit. 265 92 173 65.3%Utilities & services 235 124 111 47.2%Auditing, inter-agenc. 120 85 35 29.2%

Total 22,355 16,240 6,115 27.4%

Telecommunication Development SectorQuarterly Performance Report

January – September 2013

Strategic plan Operational plan

Financial plan Implementation

From Strategy to ExecutionThe progressive improvements of the Union’s budgetary and financial structure reached a significant turning point with the introduction of the result-based budgeting and result based management.

In addition, the introduction of the re-structured operational plan of the Telecommunication Development Sector enhanced the integration between strategic planning, operational planning and financial planning.

The primary purpose of this performance report is to provide a quarterly assessment of the implementation of the BDT strategic, financial and operational plans using several facets and dimensions.

This report provides an assessment of the implementation of the strategic, operational and financial plan.

Strategic…

The quarterly assessment of the strategic plan implementation provides a means for monitoring the implementation of the mission, objectives, outputs and priorities of the Telecommunication Development Sector.

Financial…

The financial quarterly reports highlight the financial elements of both the strategic and the operational plan.

It provides an overview of the budgetary performance for the period as well as the annual year end expenditure forecast which in turn may allow management to adjust its plans in order to achieve optimal budget performance and implementation of activities.

Operational

The quarterly review of the operational plan puts emphasis on the outputs of the Sector as well as on the actions and activities undertaken by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in connection with the implementation of these outputs.

It provides information regarding the implementation level of the outputs and actions as well as other pertinent operational data.

0 20 40 60 80 100

Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

Objective 4

Objective 5

Objective 6

Completed

Under implementation

Not yet started

ITU-D Activities CHF 000 Budget Actual Available % Available

Objective 1 WTDC 647 370 277 42.8%RTDCTDAG 132 132 100.0%STG 482 310 172 35.7%Total 1 1'261 680 581 46.1%

Objective 2 ICT Infrastr. Dev. 1'598 741 857 53.6%Objective 3 Cybersec. & ICT appl. 767 342 425 55.4%

Objective 4 Enabling env. & ITU-D publ. 1'476 882 594 40.2%Objective 5 Human Capacity & digital inclusion 863 295 568 65.8%

Objective 6 Special ass., emergency tel. & climate change

372 200 172 46.2%

Total 2 5'076 2'460 2'616 51.5%

Total 1+2 6'337 3'140 3'197 50.4%

Objective 1: To foster international

cooperation on telecommunication/

ICT issues25%

Objective 2: To assist in the development

on telecommunication/

ICT infrastructure13%Objective 3: To

enhance the deployment and the

safe use of ICT applications and

services 12%

Objective 4: To create a policy and regulatory

environment conducive to

telecommunication/ICT development

25%

Objective 5: To build human and

institutional capacity and foster digital

inclusion13%

Objective 6: To provide concentrated

assistance to LDCs, SIDs, LLDCs, and assist

in disaster management

12%

Implementation level by objective (RBB perspective)

Implementation level by objective (RBB perspective)