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ITU Focal Points For WSIS Action Lines

ITU FOCAL POINTS FOR WSIS ACTION LINES

​Activity​ ​Focal ​​Point​ ​Comment​
Action Line C1 (Role of public​​ governance authorities and ​​​​stakeholders)​​
​BDT
​Ms Maddens
​​​UN-DESA​​ is the focal point with ITU as co-facilitator.​
Action Line C2 (information and communication infrastructure)
​BDT
​Mr Mathlouthi
ITU is focal point, assisted by APC as co-facilitator.
BDT is assisted by BR (Mr Restrepo), TSB​​ (Mr Araki), and ETD (Mr Maloor).
Action Line C3 (Access to Information)
​BDT
Mr Daigele
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UNESCO is the focal point with ITU as co-facilitator.
BDT is assiste​d by TSB (Mr Alais / Ms Mizuno)  for standards.
Action Line C4 (Capacity-building)
​BDT
Ms Letamo
UNDP is the focal point with ITU as co-facilitator.
Action Line C5 (building confidence and security in the use of ICTs)
 ​​ETD 
Mr Maloor
ITU is focal point and sole-facilitator. C5 covers both cybersecurity and combating spam.
ETD is assisted by BDT (Mr Obiso​) and TSB (Ms Yang).
Action Line C6 (Enabling environment)
BDT 
Ms Maddens
ITU is focal point following UNDP’s request 
BDT is assisted by TSB (Ms Aye) and BR (Mr Restrepo).​
Action Line C7 (ICT Applications), Theme eGovernment
​BDT 
Mr Eskandar
Focal point is UNDESA, with ITU as co-facilitator.
Action Line C7, Theme eBusiness
​BDT
Mr Eskandar
Focal point is UNCTAD with ITU as co-facilitator.
BDT is assisted by TSB (Ms Makamara).
Action Line C7, Theme eLearning
​​BDT 
Ms Teltscher and Ms Letamo
Focal point is UNESCO with ITU as co-facilitator.
Action Line C7, Theme eHealth
​BDT
Mr Eskandar
Focal point is WHO with ITU as co-facilitator. 
BDT is assisted by TSB (Mr Campos).
Action Line C7, Theme eEmployment
BDT
Mr Eskandar​
Focal point is ILO with ITU as co-facilitator.​​
Action Line C7, Theme eEnvironment
​BDT 
Ms Delgado
Focal point is UNEP, with ITU as co-facilitator.
BDT is a​ssisted by TSB (Ms Ubeda) and BR (Mr Restrepo).
Action Line C7​, Theme eAgriculture
​BDT
Mr Eskandar
Focal point is FAO, with ITU as co-facilitator.
Action Line C7, Theme eScie​nce
BDT
Ms Amadou Garba
Focal point is UNESCO, with ITU as co-facilitator.
BDT is assisted by TSB (Ms Mizuno).
Action Line C8, Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
​BDT
Ms Widmer-Iliescu
Focal point is UNESCO with ITU as co-facilitator.
Action Line C9, Media
​BDT
Mr Mathlouthi
Focal Point is UNESCO with ITU as co-facilitator.
BDT is assisted by GS (Ms Wynhoven) and TSB (Mr Werner)
Action Line C10
(Ethical Dimensions)
ETD
Mr Maloor
Focal point is UNESCO.
Action Line C11 (International and regional co-operation)
SPM
Ms Sah

Focal point is UN-DESA with ITU as co-facilitator.
SPM (for UNGIS related matters) and BDT (for international and regional cooperatio​n and ​projects).​​

 

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