FINAL REPORT
HRM/HRD MEETING FOR The CIS COUNTRIES
BAKU - AZERBAIJAN
3th – 5th OCTOBER 2005
Final Report
Introduction
Proceedings
Hospitality
The future of Regional Meetings
Observations
Evaluation of the meeting
Acknowledgements
List of Participants Annex 1
List of Documents Annex 2
Agenda Annex 3
Opening Speeches by:
Dr. Rufat GULMAMMADOV, Ministry of
Communications, Information and Technologies Annex 4
The International Telecommunication Union
Recommendations Annex 5
HRM/HRD MEETING FOR THE CIS COUNTIRES
BAKU - AZERBAIJAN
3th – 5th OCTOBER 2005
Introduction
The HRM/HRD Regional Meeting was organised by the ITU/BD, in collaboration with
the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies. The theme of the
meeting was “The Role of HR as a Facilitator of Change in the Organisation” , and
included the following topics:
Re-engineering of the HR function;
Aligning HR to organisational changes;
Right-sizing HR;
e-HR Management.
1- Proceedings
The three-day meeting was attended by 32 participants from 8 countries, representing
14 organisations and 1 representative of the ITU-BDT.
The HRM/HRD Regional Meeting was declared open by Dr. Rufat GULMAMMADOV,
Chief of Sector, Ministry of Communications, Information and Technologies.
The ITU was represented by Mr. Jean-Claude Faure, HRD Officer, from Geneva.
The meeting was chaired alternatively by Dr. Rufat GULMAMMADOV and Mr. Bakhtiar
N. MAMMADOV, Head of the Legal and Human Resources Department
A full list of participants can be found in Annex 1 and the list of presentations in
Annex 2. The agenda of the meeting is attached as Annex 3 and the
Recommendations as Annex 5.
The current ITU Human Capacity Building Programme (Programme 5) defined by the
Istanbul World Telecommunication Development Conference was presented to the
participants, as well information on the forthcoming ITU worldwide Human Resources
Symposium to be held in Bahrain.
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Two afternoons were scheduled for working group topics with two groups discussing the
same topic in parallel. These topics were: (1) Where are we implementing effective
changes? Regional Mapping of Current Challenges; (2) Where and how do we go from
here; Competency Management and Career Orientation.
A plenary discussion was held on the third day, in order to identify Regional
Expectations and suggested contributions to the future ITU Regional Activities dealing
with Human Resources issues. The results and recommendations of these topics can
be found in Annex 5.
Key contributions to the documentation prepared before the meeting have been
provided by 6 participating organisations that wished to share lived-experienced
practices from the Region.
2- Hospitality
The meeting would like to extend its sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Communications
and information Technologies for the excellent organisation, facilities and very warm
hospitality it received, as well as for its kind invitation to a social event celebrating the
end of the Regional Meeting.
3- The future of regional meetings
The participants discussed the value and usefulness of the bi-annual HRM/HRD
regional meetings. The meeting unanimously stated that these meetings were
extremely useful and should be continued. It was also suggested that in-between the
meetings electronic media should be utilised in order to establish a regional network of
HR Managers. The ITU was encouraged to continue its efforts in this regard by
arranging virtual Fora for HR Managers.
The Meeting decided that in view of the rapid changes in the ICT Sector, the theme for
the next event would be decided at a later stage. Several delegations showed their
willingness to host the next HR Regional Meeting, subject to their Governments’ and
Managements’ approval.
4- Observations
It must be noted with appreciation that the participants dedicated themselves totally to
the programme and discussions in a most open and frank manner. It was felt that this
sharing of information and experience, particularly in difficult times for the telecom
sector, demonstrated everyone’s commitment to improve not only the transformation
process witnessed in telecom organisations but also regional cooperation amongst the
various players of the industry.
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The meeting also noted that 30% of the delegates were women. Their participation was
extremely dynamic
5- Evaluation of the meeting
The interest of this meeting was rated very high by all participants who found the
opportunity to benchmark on a number of HR issues, in the framework of the current
evolution of the Telecommunication Sector: Due to the diversity of the participating
organizations (Ministries, Regulators, Operators, Universities and Training Providers)
each HR subject could be addressed in the framework of the fast and continuous
(changes??).
6- Acknowledgements
We take this opportunity to express our profound thanks to our host, the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technologies for their total support to ensure the
success of the meeting. Mention must be made of the logistical and secretarial facilities
that also ensured the meeting ran smoothly.
The participants leave Baku with warm memories of the friendly and hospitable people
of Azerbaijan.
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