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Analysis of responses to the questionnaire on Bridging the Standardization Gap (TSB Circular No. 213) 20 responses received as of: 13 6 1 of which: 5 2 5 4 4 27 June 2008 from Governments Private sector Civil society Africa Region Asia Pacific Region Arab Region Europe Region Latin America Region Gap (TSB Circular No. 213) 1.1 How familiar are you with the Recommendations (standards) published by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T)? Please indicate your rating on a scale from 1 (no knowledge) to 5 (very familiar) Answer 1 2 3 4 5 NA Sum Number 0 3 3 11 3 0 20 % 0.0% 15.0% 15.0% 55.0% 15.0% 0.0% 100.0% 1.1 Familiarity with ITU-T Recommendations 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 Not familiar 3 4 Familiar 5 NA 1.2 In your experience, to what extent are existing ITU-T Recommendations relevant and useful in developing countries. Please indicate your rating on a scale from 1(not relevant or useful) to 5 (very relevant and useful) Answer 1 2 3 4 5 NA Sum Number 0 2 2 10 6 0 20 % 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 50.0% 30.0% 0.0% 100.0% 1.2 Relevance and usefulness of ITU-T Recommendations in Developing Countries 12 Number of entities 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 NA Not relevant/useful Very relevant/useful 1.3 Please list a few of the specific ITU-T Recommendations or Recommendation series which you consider to be the most relevant and useful for developing countries (Note: The full list of ITU-T Recommendations is available at: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/publications/recs.html) : Series Number of entitiy who answerd useful/ relevant A B C D E F G H I 1 2 2 # # 3 # J K L M N O P Q R S T 2 2 3 6 4 5 7 6 6 2 3 7 # 1.3 Relevant/ Useful ITU-T Recommendations Z Y X V T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Series D (General tariff2 principles),4 network operation, telephone service, service operation and human 0 6 8 10 12 factors), G (Transmission systems and media, digital systems and networks), Q (Switching and signalling) and X Number of entities (Data networks and open system communications) are considered to be the most useful and relevant. Rec. series ation series which you consider ull list of ITU-T ecs.html) : V X Y Z 8 # 8 2 rvice operation and human Q (Switching and signalling) and X most useful and relevant. 1.4 Please list any difficulties that may have been encountered when implementing ITU-T Recommendations in developing countries or reasons that may be discouraging the participation of developing countries in ITU-T work or preventing the use of ITU Recommendations, for instance in procurement processes: Answers Domestic industrial or economic demands or equipment is different from ITU-T Recommendations Financial difficulties Lack of human resources( experience and qualification) Difficulty in finding, searching and understanding updated or necessary Recommendations Difficulty in applying ITU-T Recommendations in because of domestic regulation or other reasons Lack of introductory materials to understand technical topics, that help developing countries to understand and get easily engaged into ITU-T work. Policy-makers consider standardization is a low priority Dominant status of the developed countries in ITU-T work Lack of participation from operators, who should use recommendation Lack of training Language difficulties Limitation of free access to ITU recommendations No direct communication between SGs and other units in ITU-T. Number 7 6 6 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.5 Please suggest any ways and means that you think would lead to increased usage or awareness of ITU-T Recommendations in developing countries, or increased participation and inputs (contributions) by developing countries in ITU-T activities: Answers Support for participation in meetings and other ITU-T activities so that developing countries can easily follow up and participate in discussions Organize events, workshops and other meetings in developing countries Showcase new practices/ technologies in developing countries Provide full and detail (written and tutorial ) materials related to standardization and provide them to developing countries free of charge Provide updated information more often Provide more internships/ training opportunities for developing countries Provide funds Provide summaries of ITU-T Recommendations Strengthen the implementation of the existing programs Make more efforts in ITU-D to relate standardization aspects and regulatory aspects Maintain communication between specialists Identify subject and topics that attracts developing countries Employ more staff from developing countries in ITU-T Number 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1.6 In order to facilitate the participation of the Membership from the regions in ITU's standardization work, one possibility is to organize periodical regional ITU-T standardization "block" meetings. The meetings could cover topics of particular interest to the specific region from the pool of issues studied by ITU-T Study Groups. They would create an opportunity for the regions to increase their participation in the development of global ITU-T Recommendations and create the conditions for the exchange of views between experts from different Study Groups. The events could be held following/before Regional Forums that are planned one per region per year. The meetings could be organized with TSB secretarial support and hosted by and in cooperation with regional organizations. Do you think that such block meetings could help in facing the issues mentioned in items 1.4, and 1.5 above? Please indicate your rating on a scale from 1 (not helpful) to 5 (definitely helpful) Answer 1 2 3 4 5 NA Sum Number 1 1 2 8 8 0 20 % 5.0% 5.0% 10.0% 40.0% 40.0% 0.0% 100.0% 1.6 Usefulness of block meetings 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Number of entities 1.7 In the event of a positive response to 1.6 above, would your organization/country be willing to host a regional standardization "block" meeting? YES / NO / MAYBE: Answer Yes No Maybe NA Sum Number 8 0 11 1 20 % 40.0% 0.0% 55.0% 5.0% 100.0% 1.7 Willingness to host block meetings NA; 1; 5% Yes No Maybe NA Yes; 8; 40% Maybe; 11; 55% No; 0; 0% 2.1a) Are you familiar with the objectives of Resolution 17 "Telecommunication Standardization in relation to the interest of developing countries" (Rev. Florianopolis, 2004)? Yes No If you replied "Yes", do you propose any modification to the text of this Resolution? Please attach your proposed changes: ____________________________________________________________ Answer Yes No NA Sum Number 14 6 0 20 % 70.0% 30.0% 0.0% 100.0% Proposals No need to change (5) 2.1b) Are you familiar with the objectives of the Resolution 44 "Bridging the standardization gap between developing and developed countries" (Florianopolis 2004)? Yes No If you replied "Yes", please provide your appraisal of the five programmes mentioned in this Resolution as: Relevant (R) or Not Relevant (NR) Programme 1: Strengthening standard-making capabilities Programme 2: Assisting BDT in enhancing efforts in respect of standards application Programme 3: Human resource building Programme 4: Flagship groups for bridging the standardization gap Programme 5: Fundraising for bridging the standardization gap Answer Yes No NA Sum Number 14 6 0 20 % 70.0% 30.0% 0.0% 100.0% Programme1 Programme2 Programme3 Programme4 Programme5 Not Relevant Relevant 12 0 11 0 12 0 12 0 11 0 NA 2 3 2 2 3 2.1.b) Relevance of the programmes Number of answers 0 Programme1 Programme2 2 4 6 12 11 8 10 12 0 2 0 3 14 16 Relevant Programme3 12 0 2 Not Relevant 2.1c) Are you familiar with the coordination activities regarding Seminars and Workshops of Resolution 53 "Establishment of a seminar and workshop coordination committee" (Florianopolis, 2004)? Yes No If you replied "Yes", do you have any proposal to improve the dissemination of their results? Answer Yes No NA Sum Number 9 11 0 20 % 45.0% 55.0% 0.0% 100.0% Answers Encourage developing countries to take part in the workshops and Publish the results of the work on the site of ITU-T Add more detailed material to promote understanding of the presentations. Allocate more resources to workshops and seminars on ITU-T Recommendations Provide updated information frequently (use RSS feed or put in TIES FTP zone Number 2 1 1 1 1 2.1d) Are you familiar with the objectives of Resolution 54 "Creation of regional groups" (Florianopolis 2004)? Yes No If you replied "Yes", please identify any such regional group of which your administration is a member. Answer Yes No NA Sum Number 12 8 0 20 % 60.0% 40.0% 0.0% 100.0% Regional Groups Regional Tariff Group for Asia and Oceania Regional Tariff Group for Africa Regional Tariff Group for Latin America and the Caribbian Arab Regional Group for ITU-T SG2 Asia Pacific Telecommunity African Telecommunications Union The Arabic Group TAR CEDEAO CTOA ARTAO RASCOM Number 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.1 Charts 2.1.a) Familiarity of the objectives of Res. 17 NA; 0; 0% Yes No NA No; 6; 30% Yes; 14; 70% 2.1.b) Familiarity of the objectives of Res. 44 NA; 0; 0% Yes No NA No; 6; 30% Yes; 14; 70% 2.1.c) Familiarity of Res. 53 NA; 0; 0% Yes No NA No; 11; 55% Yes; 9; 45% 2.1.d) Familiarity of the objectives of Res. 54 NA; 0; 0% 2.2 Proposals to improve any or the Resolution mentioned above are welcomed. We would be interested to receive any proposed modifications of the text to be considered at WTSA-08? Y/N Answer Yes No NA Sum Number 12 8 0 20 % 60.0% 40.0% 0.0% 100.0% 2.2Submission of proposals to improve Resolutions NA; 0; 0% Yes No NA No; 8; 40% Yes; 12; 60% Note: Analysis of proposed changes to text is available separately 2.3 In which, if any, ITU seminars and workshops held or to be held outside Geneva have you participated, or do you plan to participate? Please list: Meetings PP06 WTSA-08 WTSA-04 WTDC-06 WTSA regional preparatory meetings SG meetings Seminars and Workshops on NGN Seminars and Workshops on IPV6 Seminars and Workshops on WiMax Seminars and Workshops on CDMA Seminars and Workshops on tariffs Seminars and Workshop on standardization Seminars and Workshops organized by BDT during regional tariff group meeting BSG regional forum Global Symposium for Regulators NATP II Regional Workshops on ICT indicators Global Industry Leaders Forum Not specified Number 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2.4 Which are the most important topics that you would like be considered for the planning of future development and-or standardization forums or workshops? Would you be willing to host such event? Please provide up to five proposals Topics NGN Cybersecurity Broadband ( including mobile services) ICT legistration and regulation Tariffs Regional standarzation event IPTV Multimedia IP telephony IPV6 IMT2000 SG2 Telemedicine Electromagnetic Aspects Non voice telecommunication services Languages and software aspects for telecommunication sysytems New standards, technology trends WSIS Declaration and Action Plan followup Economic and policy issues of interest of developing countries related to international telecommunication services Switching and signalling Domain names Number Willing to of host entities 7 5 6 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.1a) Does your administration or company participate in the activities of ITUT and/or ITU-D Study Groups? In ITU-D? YES / NO In ITU-T? YES / NO ITU-D Answer Yes No NA Sum Number 12 7 1 20 % 60.0% 35.0% 5.0% 100.0% ITU-T Answer Yes No NA Sum Number 12 7 1 20 % 60.0% 35.0% 5.0% 100.0% 3.1.a) Participation in ITU-D Study Groups NA; 1; 5% Yes No No; 7; 35% Yes; 12; 60% NA 3.1.a) Participation in ITU-T Study Groups NA; 1; 5% Yes No No; 7; 35% 3.1b) If so, in which Study Groups? ITU-D: ITU-T: ITU-D Number of Participants 7 10 2 ITU-T Number of Participants 5 9 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 SG1 SG2 Other SG2 SG3 SG4 SG5 SG6 SG9 SG11 SG12 SG13 SG15 SG16 SG17 SG19 3.1.b) Number of Participants in ITU-D SGs 12 10 Number of entities 8 6 4 2 0 SG1 SG2 Other 3.1.b) Number of Participants in ITU-T SGs 10 Number of entities 8 6 We would like to thank you for the time you spent in replying to the questionnaire. Your contribution is very much appreciated and will help us to improve and optimize our work at the service of the membership. Please add any additional comments or suggestions that you might have: Conclusions Support, including funding, is necessary for Developing Countries to organize and participate in ITU standardization meetings We will (plan to) participate meetings in the future. Create more regional groups Hope to provide updated information in order to promote participation from Developing Countries Proposals in this questionnaire to change resolutions should be reflected in the process to WTSA-08. Restructuring of SGs and questions is important to facilitate the participation from Developing Countries. The results of this questionnaire should be published ur contribution is very much embership. Number 4 2 1 1 1 1 1