ITU Project 9RAS11038

Project No	9RAS11038
Title	Assistance in Telecommunication/ICT in ASP Region (2011-2012)
Description	The Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) contributes CHF 591,000 to the ITU Development Sector (ITU D-Sector). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and this project document signed by DBCDE and the ITU govern the funding arrangements and activities to be implemented utilizing these funds. The activities are implemented by the ITU Development Sector Regional office for the Asia-Pacific Region (ASP) in Bangkok. In addition to the contribution of CHF 591,000, the available funds for this project include the remaining funds transferred from a previous Australian funded project (Project 9RAS09031) which was successfully implemented in 2010. In the ASP Region, the ITU is implementing various activities under the Hyderabad Action Plan (HAP) adopted at the World Telecommunication Development Conference in 2010. Activities include regional events and country specific actions relating to all aspects of telecommunication/ICT development. This project document aims to support and facilitate these planned activities as well as any new initiatives requested by ASP member administrations. Key areas of focus include the five Programmes and the Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives identified in the HAP. This includes thematic areas such as telecommunications/ICT policy and regulation, human capacity building, cybersecurity, spectrum management, ICT applications, digital inclusion and emergency communications.
Area of Action	Regulatory & Market Environment Capacity Building
Status	Implemented
Time Frame	From 16/9/2011 To 15/9/2012
Implementing Agency	ITU
Cooperation Agency	DBCDE
Financial Scale (CHF)	500'000 - 1'000'000
Achievements	Regional, sub-regional seminars, workshops, meetings held: 1. ITU-ACMA International Training Programme 2011 http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/Events/2011/ITP2011/index.asp 2. ITU-TRAI Regulators’ Roundtable & International Training Programme 2012 http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/Events/2012/RR2012/index.asp 3. ITU Regional Development Conference (RDF) 2012 http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/Events/2012/RDF/index.asp 4. Pacific Broadband Forum 2012, 26-28 July 2012, Fiji http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/Events/2012/pacific-bb/index.asp 5. Woman with the WAVE: High Level Forum on Digital inclusion of Women and Girls, 10-11 October 2012 http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/Events/2012/itu-abu/index.asp Country Specific Actions provided: • National Emergency Communications Plan: Australia case study on national emergency communications prepared. Human capacity building provided on information management system for disaster management in Thailand in close collaboration with the MICT Thailand and NBTC Thailand. • Broadband Quality of Service in Maldives: In collaboration with CAM Maldives, assistance provided in formulating broadband QoS parameters and measurement tools and suitable regulaions to effectively regulate broadband quality as well as protect consumer interests. • Rural ICT Application Development: In close collaboration with NBTC Thailand, NECTEC (Thailand), and the MCIT Indonesia, application development undertaken for rural communities and for managing Rural Internet Centre Networks. • Reports prepared on draft national radio communications laws respectively for Cambodia and Lao PDR. • Development of GIS Proof of Concept: In collaboration with MICT Thailand, NBTC Thailand, and Chulalongkorn University of Thailand, a web-based GIS system in Thailand (for two provinces) was developed. • ITU Volunteer Program 2012. • Assistance to the Newly Established Regulator in Cambodia, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC). • Assistance to BICMA, Bhutan. • Mobile Application Assessment G2C services for Bhutan.
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Assistance in Telecommunication/ICT in ASP Region (2011-2012)