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11th APT Policy and Regulation Forum for
Pacific (PRFP-11) 27 - 29 November 2018, Apia, Samoa The 11th APT Policy and
Regulation Forum for Pacific was held from 27 to 29 November 2018, in Apia,
Samoa. The Forum was hosted by Ministry of Communication and Information
Technology and Office of the Regulator, Samoa. The Forum was inaugurated by
Honourable Afamasaga Rico Tupai, Minister of Communications and Information
Technology, Samoa. PRFP-11 was attended by 98
participants from Members, Associate Member, Affiliate Members,
International/Regional Organizations and other organizations. The Forum included various
thematic sessions on Trends on ICT Policy and Regulations/Updates of the
Pacific, AI and IoT for the Pacific, Internet Connectivity of the Pacific and
its beyond, Securing Critical Information Infrastructure, Securing citizens
and their data in the cyberspace, Natural Disaster preparedness, risk
reduction and mitigation, Catalyzing e-Application in the Pacific, and
Spectrum Management in the Pacific and its challenges. The Forum elected Ms. Unutoa
Fonoti from Samoa as the new Chairman and Mr. Criden Appi from Nauru and Mr.
John Jack from Vanuatu as new Vice-Chairmen for the next two years term. The Forum also suggested topics
to be focused in the next PRFP. Palau proposed to host PRFP-12 in May 2019
and Vanuatu proposed to host PRFP-13 in 2020. In addition, the following
workshops were held in conjunction with PRFP-11: ·
“Internet Connectivity Workshop on Ensuring
Sustainable Connectivity in Pacific” on 26 November 2018 in collaboration with
Internet Society (ISOC) and Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC)
with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as a partner
organization ·
“ITU-APT-PITA
Sub-regional Workshop on Enabling policies and
regulations for catalyzing e-application in the Pacific” on 30 November 2018
jointly with ITU and PITA.
Ms.
Areewan Haorangsi, Secretary General of APT, presents a token of appreciation
to Honourable Afamasaga Rico Tupai, Minister of Communications and
Information Technology, Samoa at the opening session of PRFP-11.
Internet
Connectivity Workshop on Ensuring Sustainable Connectivity in Pacific”
“ITU-APT-PITA
Sub-regional Workshop on Enabling policies and regulations for catalyzing
e-application in the Pacific” Click here for more details. |
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The 19th Meeting of the South Asian
Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC-19) 13 - 15 December 2018, Islamabad, Pakistan APT will organize the 19th
Meeting of the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC-19)
from 13 to 15 December 2018 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting will be
hosted by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA). The SATRC meeting is held
annually to discuss and coordinate regulatory and other related issues in the
area of telecommunication and ICT that are common for the regulators of SATRC
Members. The meeting will be attended by the heads of telecommunication
regulatory bodies of SATRC Member countries and designated senior level
officers. SATRC-19 will discuss the key
policy and regulatory issues in SATRC Member countries, approve the outcomes
of SATRC Action Plan Phase VI and adopt SATRC Action Plan Phase VII. The meeting
will also include special sessions for Regulators’ Roundtable,
Industry-Regulator Dialogue, Sharing Regulatory Experiences and Industry
Sessions to facilitate the development of the telecom/ICT sector in South
Asia. The Regulators’ Roundtable will be held exclusive for the head of
regulators to discuss and share thoughts on important regulatory issues that
need regional collaboration specifically for the SATRC Member countries and
generally to the Asia-Pacific region. Click here for more details. |
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Upcoming Event in 2019 |
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The 4th Meeting of the APT Conference
Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG19-4) 7 - 12 January 2019, Busan, Republic of Korea APT will organize the 4th Meeting
of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG19-4) from 7 to 12
January 2019 in Busan, Republic of Korea. The meeting will be hosted by the
Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea. The objectives of APG19-4 are as
follows: 1) to review
the results of the APG19-3 meeting; 2) to
continue developing APT preliminary views for WRC-19 Agenda items based on
input contributions from APT Members; 3) to
consider the results of ITU-R studies and relevant information provided by
AWG in relation to WRC-19 Agenda items, and take necessary actions as
appropriate; 4) to review
the draft CPM Report and develop APT Views on proposed modification(s) to
draft CPM Report, as appropriate, for submission to CPM19-2; 5) to
develop Preliminary APT Common Proposals (PACPs), if any, for initial
consideration; 6) to review
the activities of other regional organisations, in particular, their
preliminary views/position with a view to fostering inter-regional
cooperation; 7) to
continue the review of issues related to RA-19 activities and develop
harmonised APT Views; 8) to
consider any possible action(s) that arise from the ITU Plenipotentiary
Conference 2018 (PP-18) in relation to the radiocommunication sector; and 9) to
review, if necessary, the Working Methods of APG in relation to mechanism in
coordinating APT activities during CPM19-2, RA-19 and WRC-19. Click here for more details. |
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The 1st Meeting of the Correspondence Group
for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 (CGMM-1) 15 - 17 January 2019, Bangkok, Thailand APT will organize the 1st Meeting
of the Correspondence Group for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019
(CGMM-1) from 16 to 17 January 2019 at the APT Headquarters in Bangkok,
Thailand. The 42nd Session of the
Management Committee of the APT (MC-42) held from 9 to 12 October 2018 in
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia approved the establishment of the “Correspondence Group
for the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting in 2019” (CGMM) and its two
physical meetings in 2019. MC-42 also approved the appointment of Mr. Charles
Chew, Director, International, Infocomm Media Development Authority,
Singapore, as the Chairman of CGMM. According to the Terms of
Reference, the scope of work of CGMM includes: ·
To develop and review the draft Ministerial
Statement and draft Press Release to be submitted to the Senior Official
Meeting of the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting in 2019 (Ministerial
Meeting); ·
To review the provisional agenda and
tentative programme of the Ministerial Meeting; and ·
To advise APT Secretariat on any other
matters related to the Ministerial Meeting. Click here for more details. |
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Click here for Calendar of
Training Programmes for 2018 Click here
for Tentative Calendar of APT Events for the
year 2019 (as of 9 November 2018)
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