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Telecommunication Development Sector1st Quarterly Performance Report

January – March 2014

Strategic plan Operational plan

Financial plan

From Strategy to ExecutionThe progressive improvements of the Union’s budgetary and financial structure reached a significant turning point with the introduction of the result-based budgeting and result based management.

In addition, the introduction of the re-structured operational plan of the Telecommunication Development Sector enhanced the integration between strategic planning, operational planning and financial planning.

The primary purpose of this performance report is to provide a quarterly assessment of the implementation of the BDT strategic, financial and operational plans using several facets and dimensions.

This report provides an assessment of the implementation of the strategic, operational and financial plan.

Strategic

The quarterly assessment of the strategic plan implementation provides a means for monitoring the implementation of the mission, objectives, outputs and priorities of the Telecommunication Development Sector.

Operational

The quarterly review of the operational plan puts emphasis on the outputs of the Sector as well as on the actions and activities undertaken by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in connection with the implementation of these outputs.

It provides information regarding the implementation level of the outputs and actions as well as other pertinent operational data.

Financial

The financial quarterly reports highlight the financial elements of both the strategic and the operational plan.

It provides an overview of the budgetary performance for the period as well as the annual year end expenditure forecast which in turn may allow management to adjust its plans in order to achieve optimal budget performance and implementation of activities.

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Overview of the strategic plan implementation

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The following is a summary of results achieved, for the period January to March 2014, on the overall implementation of the six ITU-D strategic objectives of the Strategic Plan by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT).

Strategic objectives

Objective 1

“To foster international cooperation, among ITU-D members and other stakeholders, on telecommunication/ICT development issues, by providing the pre-eminent forum for discussion, information sharing and consensus building on telecommunication/ICT technical and policy issues.”

The results achieved during the first quarter of 2014 (January – March) are as follows: – ITU-D Study Groups sent their 19 final reports and guidelines for translation into all official

languages, published the publications and shared them with the membership. The Study Group 1 and 2 Chairmen’s reports with an overview of the work completed of the entire 2010-2014 study period were submitted to WTDC-14 together with two new Recommendations on “ICT and climate change” and “Policy and regulatory initiatives for developing telecommunications/ICTs/broadband in rural and remote areas”.

– Cooperation was further enhanced with APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Center) through participation in APRICOT (Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Operational Technologies) meeting in Malaysia (24-27 February 2014) and further development of partnership.

– Cooperation with FAO in the area of developing e-Agriculture strategy was initiated.

– Strengthened cooperation with ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) by contributing to the ASEAN TELSOM Joint Working Group and Dialogue Partners’ Meeting (15-17 January 2014) in Malaysia.

– Cooperation renewed with WHO to assist countries in Africa Region developing the e-Health and m-Health.

– Continued the cooperation with ATU (African Telecommunications Union) pursuing the coordination of Africa position and harmonization on various matters e.g. Digital Terrestrial TV Migration, Spectrum Coordination, etc.

– Strengthened cooperation with AUC (African Union Commission) by organizing in partnership the Girls in ICT day.

– Strengthened cooperation with NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) through the elaboration of an ITU/NEPAD collaboration roadmap in the realm of ICT related policies and projects development in Africa for the period 2014-2017.

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– MoU signed between Gabon and Congo in February in the framework of CAB project (Central Africa fibre optic project).

Objective 2

“To assist the membership in maximizing the utilization of appropriate new technologies, including broadband, in developing their telecommunication/ICT infrastructures and services and in designing and deploying resilient telecommunication/ICT network infrastructures.”

This objective has the following priority areas: Spectrum management and radio monitoring, Next-generation networks, Mobile communications (2G, 3G, 4G, etc.), Broadband networks, Rural Communications.

The results achieved during the first quarter of 2014 (January – March) are as follows:

– Partnership between ITU and MISP (Ministry of Science, ICT and future Planning) of the Republic of Korea with the aim to provide assistance to at least 3 countries in the Asia-Pacific (ASP) region and to establish modern spectrum management Master-plans. MISP provided funding for this 2 year project. ITU and MSIP formulated the scope of activities and conducted a Spectrum Management profiling survey of the countries from ASP. Based on the responses received and established criteria, Bangladesh, Brunei, Dar-as-Salaam and Fiji were selected as beneficiary countries.

– New project for further development of Spectrum Management System for Developing Countries (SMS4DC) started in 2014 with support from MSIP of the Republic of Korea. During the first quarter of 2014, recruitment of experts to update/add propagation curves was finished and a first draft of the Guidelines on development of National Table of Frequency Allocations and for Spectrum management assessments was prepared.

– Guidelines for the Transition from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting report were published in January 2014 with the support of ITU, Korea Communications Commission (KCC) / MSIP of the Republic of Korea, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Japan.

– Within the framework of the joint projects with the KCC/MSIP Republic of Korea, MIC Japan, Comms Australia (Department of Communications, Australia) and BDT’s direct assistance programme, 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region were assisted directly in developing their own roadmap on transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting during 2010-2013, thus contributing to narrowing the digital divide. During January-March 2014, Samoa, Kiribati, and Nauru received assistance and their roadmap reports have been completed.

– Within the framework of the Conformance and Interoperability (C&I) programme, based on the priorities outlined by Member States, Region by Region, the 2014 C&I training selected theme is “Homologation Procedures of telecommunication/ICT equipment and Type Approval testing for Mobile Terminals C&I”. The following agenda of implementation has been defined:

• Arab Region: Tunis, 17-22 March 2014: 13 participants from 7 countries participated; Support was provided to Mongolia for participating in this training event.

• AFR region: Tunis, 23-27 June 2014. Support will be provided to Sri Lanka for participating in this training event; 19 Participants from 19 Countries are expected.

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• AMS region (English): Trinidad and Tobago, September 2014.• CIS region: Moscow, November 2014.• ASP region: collaboration agreement (MoU) on C&I activities with China has been initiated.

A training event funded by the host country has been planned. – Assessment studies in the regions are being conducted to increase regional integration and ICT

infrastructure development by encouraging the establishment of harmonized C&I programmes, notably through the development of MRAs (Mutual Recognition Arrangements/Agreements) between countries and/or building labs, as appropriated. An assessment study on C&I for the Maghreb Region was initiated in February 2014 and is ongoing. The assessment study for SADC (Southern Africa Development Community) region has been revised. The results and the recommendations coming from these studies are going to be presented in workshops, with the following agenda: for SADC (Southern African Development Community) region, on October 2014; for Maghreb region, on November 2014.

– New guidelines on Establishing Conformity and Interoperability Regimes – Basic Guidelines were published in February 2014. These guidelines address challenges faced by developing countries as they plan and review their own C&I regimes. Aspects covered by this publication include, inter alia, conformity assessment procedures, legislation to promote an orderly equipment marketplace; surveillance; coordination across regulatory agencies; and relevant international standards.

– During the 1st quarter, the C&I Portal was updated. All ITU activities on the C&I Programme led by BDT (Pillar 3: capacity building; and Pillar 4: assistance in the establishment of test centres and C&I programmes in developing countries) can be found at one place.

– Elaborated by the ITU-D Study Group SG 2, Question 26/2 – Migration from existing networks to next-generation networks (NGN) for developing countries: technical, regulatory and policy aspects, the final report on migration to NGN was sent for approval to the WTDC-14.

– Proposal of new guidelines on Implementation for Evolving Telecommunication/ICT Infrastructure for Developing Countries: Technical, Economic and Policy Aspects was initiated. These guidelines will introduce essential telecommunication/ICT infrastructures and their technologies, economic and policy aspects supporting effective adoption of Next-generation Networks.

– Training events and forums have been organized by BDT to assist developing countries on migrating from existing networks to NGN (Next Generation Networks).

– Broadband Wireless Project: Pre-installation activities and site preparation were accomplished for Lesotho and Burkina Faso. Interferences from Djibsat with the implemented Broadband Wireless in Djibouti-Ville have been solved.

– Further data collection of backbones in Europe, CIS and Asia-Pacific was done (some are ongoing) and the ITU Interactive Terrestrial Transmission Maps website has been updated. Plans to collect and reflect missing backbone data in Africa and America were coordinated.

– In collaboration with PKM department, emergency telecommunications/rural ICT infrastructure project in the Philippines on the Movable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit (MDRU) funded by MIC, Japan was proposed. Details such as place of implementation, and scope and schedule of the project have been negotiated.

– BDT is contributing to bridging the standardization gap between developing and developed countries. Instructed by PP-10 Resolution 123, BSG (Bridging the Standardization Gap) regional workshops and other regional activities are receiving support from ITU Regional Offices. ITU

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Academy has started collaboration with TSB to develop two online courses: Next-generation Networks and Quality of Service.

– WSIS Action Line C2, Information and Communication Infrastructure:

• The third physical multi-stakeholder preparatory meeting was held and contributions to the discussions were made.

• Relevant sections of the WSIS Stocktaking report were prepared.• Submissions to WSIS Project Prizes 2014 were checked and irrelevant submissions were

reassigned to the most related Action Line.• Executive summary of the WSIS Action Line 10 years report, requested by the previous

multi-stakeholder meeting, was prepared. – Under the ITU- KCC/MSIP (Republic of Korea) Project of Master Plan for Wireless Broadband

and Broadband Policies / Plans and Applications, 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region received technical assistance in developing their Wireless Broadband Master Plan and National Broadband Policies during 2012-2013. During January-March 2014, National Broadband Policy for Brunei Darussalam was finalized.

– ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on “IMT towards 2020 and beyond – Technology & Spectrum” was organized by ITU on 11 February 2014 and was hosted by MIC-Vietnam at Ho Chi Minh City. The Seminar was attended by around 156 participants representing 16 ITU Member states from Asia-Pacific Region, 8 ITU Member states from outside Asia-Pacific Region and several worldwide ITU recognized operating agencies and Scientific or Industrial organizations.

– ITU and the NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) of Thailand entered into an agreement in 2013 to jointly implement a project on the study on spectrum licensing of the 1800MHz band and related spectrum under the concession. This project aims at assisting the NBTC in its preparation for the spectrum auction of the 1800 MHz and/or the 900 MHz bands.

– Assistance to Somalia was provided to support and train to use the Test Mobile Systems equipment that ITU provided to Somalia last year to enable the Ministry of Telecommunications to monitor their spectrum and identify the free and occupied frequency bands and enable them to grant new licenses to operators and generating revenues.

– Technical assistance was provided to Lebanon for the “Lebanese Digital Terrestrial Tv (DTT) migration Project”. The aims of this assistance was to validate and refine the existing technical plans provided by TRA (Telecommunication Regulatory Authority), to increase the coverage percentage, to help in the preparation of the technical specifications and documents that will be included in the RFP, to help in the technical evaluation of the pilot network performance and testing and to help in the design of the final DTV network plan.

– Workshop conducted from 4-5 March for the Arab regulators in partnership with the regulatory authority in Morocco on the issue of Broadband. On the same occasion, and from 5-6 March, a workshop on NGNs (Next Generation Networks) was conducted with the presence of all stake holders from the region.

– Conducted a study to assist Yemen issuing a new license for broadband access.

– ITU Area Office for CIS in cooperation with Moscow Technical University of Communications (MTUCI) held Regional Workshop for CIS on LTE Mobile Communication Networks: Technologies

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and Practice in Moscow, Russian Federation, on 3-5 March 2014. 55 participants from 8 CIS countries improved their knowledge in the field of LTE Mobile Communication Networks.

– Training on SMS4DC provided to CONATEL, Venezuela in order to improve the management of the ITU software SMS4DC and its diffusion in the region.

– Interactive terrestrial transmission map in Americas Countries: collection of data for Building the Interactive Transmission Maps was completed from 47 stakeholders from Latin America and the Caribbean and 40 others are ongoing.

– Ongoing coordination with CPqD (Accreditation of Tests Labs & Certification of Telecom. Products) in Campinas, Brazil, to deliver a Training Programme on “Conformity & Interoperability Training for AMS Region on Homologation Procedures and Type Approval testing for Mobile Terminals” to be delivered to Americas Countries from 12-16 May 2014.

– In the framework of Centre of Excellence, coordination started in order to deliver a face-to-face training on “Spectrum Management: Using New Generation Tools”, upon the request of the Bolivian Administration (ATT), from 21 to 25 April 2014. Additionally, coordination with INICTEL-UNI from Peru started for the delivery of an online training course on 4th Generation Network from 14 April to 16 May 2014.

– Technical cooperation project for supporting transition from Analog to Digital Broadcasting in the Americas Region signed with CAF – Corporación Andina de Fomento, Latin America Development Bank, in January 2014 and its implementation is ongoing.

– Ongoing activities in the framework of technical cooperation project:

• Brazilian Regulatory Body ANATEL, Brazil:This project foresees the institutional strengthening of ANATEL (National Telecommunications Agency) by providing technical and methodological support for the development of the fundamental regulatory aspects of the Brazilian Telecommunications.

In the framework of this Project, ITU is supporting Anatel in the implementation of its Electronic Information System (SEI), involving the recruitment of experts and procurement of goods and services. An expert has already been recruited and ITU is now preparing the Terms of Reference for at least 3 international bids and a similar number of direct purchases from software providers.

• Honduras “Illegal Telecomm Traffic Assessment” This Project aims to monitor the behavior of the network traffic to contribute to the income assurance, detection of failures and eventually achieve an increase in inbound international telephone traffic to HONDUTEL’s network, through the detection and elimination of illegal routes of irregular traffic. It includes the acquisition of hardware, software and tools, and the contract of services that will be used to perform traffic control, including the detection of routes and telephone lines used to enter international traffic illegally into HONDUTEL’s network, better known as bypass.

• Colombia, “Institutional Support to MINTIC Colombia in the field of Spectrum Management Solution”.The Project’s overall objective is to support MINTIC-Colombia (now Ministry of ICT) in the implementation of a turn-key software solution on Spectrum Management, including documentation and training.

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– ITU/McCaw foundation broadband wireless network project implementation roadmap finalized for Burkina Faso; equipment shipped to the beneficiary country and implementation is scheduled for Q2/2014.

– Spectrum management training organized in Guinea (Conakry) in March followed by a workshop for western Africa French speaking countries on the use of SMS4DC. It contributed to the elaboration of an updated frequency allocation table .

Objective 3

“To foster the development of strategies to enhance the deployment, security and safe and affordable use of ICT applications and services to-wards mainstreaming telecommunications/ICTs in the broader economy and society”

This objective has the following priority areas: ICT applications and services, Cybersecurity, and Critical Internet resources.


– Enhanced knowledge sharing about ICT for Development through the publication of a report, based on a 64-country survey, on “eHealth and innovation in women’s and children’s health: A baseline review” was co-published by ITU and WHO. The report demonstrates the vital role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) and particularly eHealth are playing today in helping achieve those targets. It demonstrates how, every day, eHealth is saving the lives of women, their babies and infants in the some of the most vulnerable populations around the world, in a wide variety of innovative ways.

– Enhanced country capacity to perform national e-sectoral strategy development through the joint effort between ITU and FAO to develop a “National eAgriculture Strategy guide” that will consist of a Framework, a Methodology and set of resources to guide country decision makers through a process by which a national e-Agriculture roadmap can be elaborated. The process will enable countries to construct a plan that is based on a sound understanding of the key agriculture issues, stakeholders and sectors involved. The guide will be piloted in two countries during the year.

– Improved country capacities to leverage mobile for development in Senegal where, in the context of the mHealth for non-communicable diseases, a second programme was launched to use mobile for Diabetes Prevention and Control. ITU and WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sonatel launched “Be Healthy Be Mobile“. The programme will conduct a country-scale SMS-based awareness-raising campaign to provide the general population and health professionals with information on diabetes, such as its symptoms and effects. A multi-stakeholders workshop was held in Dakar in March 2014 bringing key professionals and partners to discuss priorities and mechanisms to run the mDiabetes programme. The first awareness campaign will be launched in June 2014 targeting Diabetics to raise their awareness about how to deal with their conditions during fasting.

– Enhanced knowledge sharing about ICT for Development through the organization of several events such as:

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• A three-day Global mWellness Workshop was co-organized with University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California on February 5-7, 2014 to bring together universities, governments, private sector and philanthropic foundations to profile successful mHealth interventions and assessing the current evidence base and perspectives on mobile technology as a tool to promote wellness. Specific outputs of the workshop included a practical working document outlining recommended technology, processes and procedures for launching national Wellness programs.

• An expert panel was co-organized with Bupa (International healthcare company) in London on 31 January 2014 to discuss the transformative role of mHealth. There was a consensus that there is an immense possibility and challenge in tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) via innovative wellbeing and health interventions, mainly through mobile devices. The panel proposed concrete recommendations to move forward in terms of partnership and sustainability models.

• A side event on eHealth was organized during the WTDC-14 in Dubai to share experiences from leading technology partners who have a long standing experience in developing and deploying scalable, open, secured and integrated eHealth platforms to understand what are the technical requirements and recommendations for a successful large scale eHealth implementation at a country level.

– Finalized the establishment of a National Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) for Tanzania - http://www.tzcert.go.tz/.

– Initiated the implementation for the establishment of a National Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) for Lebanon.

– CIRT readiness assessment for 5 countries conducted (Ethiopia, Liberia, Liberia, Congo, Swaziland & Zimbabwe) 10-14th March 2014 - http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Cybersecurity/Pages/CIRTassessmentSwazilandLiberiaZimbabwe.aspx

– CIRT readiness assessment for Cyprus conducted 10-12 March 2014.

– INTERPOL-ITU-IMPACT Cybercrime Investigation Seminar, from 19-21 February 2014 at the premises of IMPACT, Cyberjaya, Malaysia - http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/Events/2014/Cyber-crime/index.asp

– ITU assisted the Ministry of IT, Government of Pakistan in reviewing and advising on the Cyber-crime Bill. A review report with recommendations was submitted to the Ministry of IT in January 2014.

– Successfully completed a competition on Arab Digital Content as three winners were awarded prizes in a Ceremony that took place during WTDC in Dubai 2014.

– A report on Arab Digital Content is currently being finalized and will be launched in a joint workshop with UNESCWA that will take place on the 12th of June during WSIS +10.

– A forum on Arab Digital Content is confirmed to take place in Muscat, Oman from 2-3 November 2014.

– Commenced establishment of an advisory expert group to formulate a project on Smart Water Management. Project is planned to be finalized before the end of 2014 with the aim of starting implementation in 2015.

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– Started procedures for establishing a website for a FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Network for the Arab region. The Website is expected to be finalized and launched before the end of the year.

– Currently negotiating with regional stakeholders in the Arab region to establish a regional innovation center for e-Education.

– Regional Workshop for CIS “Recommendations on Transition from IPV4 to IPv6 in CIS Region” held by the ITU Area Office for CIS in cooperation with Communication Administration of Uzbekistan and with support of JSC Uzbektelecom with participation of 55 representatives from 8 CIS countries. Enhanced knowledge of participants in the IPv6 transition through provision of practical information and exchange of experience in the field.

– ITU Area Office for CIS fostered the development of ICT–related strategies of the Republic of Moldova through, the Strategy and Policy Advisor of Department (SPM) by representing the ITU at the Moldova ICT Summit 2014 and introducing the ITU and its role in the development of the Internet, in particular through delivering the information on NETmundial.

– Ongoing coordination to deliver a Cyber Drill training in Peru, “Cyberdrill for Applied Learning for Emergency Response Team (ALERT)” which will be held from 23 to 25 June 2014 in Lima, at the kind invitation of INICTEL UNI and with the support of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Peru.

– In the framework of technical cooperation projects ITU has assisted:

• Argentina with the implementation of project “Digital inclusion strategy of ICT” and• Jamaica with project “Establishment of national CIRT”.• Ongoing coordination with Trinidad and Tobago to sign an ITU Project to assist the

Government to establish its national CIRT (Computer Incident Response Team) to serve as a trusted, central coordination point of contact for cybersecurity, aimed at identifying, defending, responding and managing cyber threats. Project document signed in April 2014.

• “Child online Protection (COP) Strategy Framework for Zambia” workshop held in Livingstone from 26-28th March 2014 to assist stakeholders to plan and deploy a practical Child Online Protection Program strategy framework.

• Finalized CI- CIRT implementation for Cote d’Ivoire, 6-17th January 2014. • Continuing coordination for the ongoing Global Cybersecurity Index project within Africa

region.

Objective 4

“To assist the membership in creating and maintaining an enabling policy and regulatory environment, including the establishment and implementation of sustainable national policies, strategies and plans, through sharing best practices and collecting and disseminating statistical information on telecommunication/ICT developments”

This objective has the following priority areas: National strategies, policies, plans, regulations and economic and financial mechanisms, and measuring the information society.

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– Enhanced dialogue and knowledge exchange between national regulators, policy-makers and other telecommunication/ICT stakeholders by providing training, forums and seminars, such as the Regional Economic and Financial Forums of Telecommunications/ICTS organized in coordination with the meetings of the ITU-T Study Group 3 Regional Groups for Africa (SG3RG-AFR) (Republic of Congo, 18-21 February) and Latin America and the Caribbean (SG3RG-LAC) (Costa Rica, 11-14 March); The Forum counted with the participation of 73 delegates from 15 countries, including Ministries, National Regulatory Authorities, Operators, Industry, Regional Associations and invited experts. Participant’s satisfaction and feedback expressed in the final report of the event, available on the website : www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regulatory-Market/Pages/Events.aspx.

– Enhanced availability of accurate regulatory and financial information of the telecommunication/ICT sector through the collection of the 2014 Regulatory and Tariff Policies data. Data dissemination has been made more user-friendly, through the enhancement of the Public ICT Eye portal interface (http://www.itu.int/net4/itu-d/icteye/).

– Increased capacity, knowledge and skills of Membership in designing ICT policies, legislations and regulations through the wide dissemination of publications and development of guidelines such as Trends in Telecommunication Reform Special Edition Fourth-generation regulation: Driving digital communications ahead, available at www.itu.int/pub/D-REG-TTR.

– The 2014 edition of the ITU Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and individuals was released and disseminated to all member countries. The use of the Manual will result in increased capacity and skills of producers of ICT statistics to carry out data collections at the national level using internationally agreed methodologies and definitions.

– Enhanced capacity of countries from the Caribbean region on the collection of ICT data and statistics according to international standards was achieved through the organization of a regional workshop entitled “ITU Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Indicators”, which took place in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, from 24 to 27 February 2014. The workshop covered key topics such as statistics on telecommunication infrastructure, revenue and investment, ICT prices, household ICT access and individual ICT use, measuring international ICT development targets (MDGs ‘’Millenium Development Goals’’, Broadband Commission and WSIS targets), ITU’s data collection mechanisms, and a roundtable discussion on the topic of national coordination of ICT statistics. A specific session was devoted to the presentation of the Measuring the Information Society report, and the explanation of the IDI and the ICT Price Basket. The Workshop strengthened the Caribbean countries’ capacity to produce national statistics and indicators on ICT to be submitted to the ITU for further fuller presence of the region in the Measuring Information Society yearly report. The Workshop was attended by 40 participants from 12 countries, representatives from ECTEL (Eastern Caribbean Telecommunication Authority), the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

– Increased awareness of the international statistical community about ICT statistics through the presentation of the report of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development at the 2014 Meeting of the United Nations Statistical Commission, which took place in New York City from 4-7 March 2014. Delegates expressed strong support for the international work on ICT

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statistics, and endorsed the revised core list of ICT indicators presented in the report. They also supported the recommendations proposed to improve the availability of ICT statistics. Many delegates emphasized the increasing importance of ICT statistics, the importance of tracking ICT developments, and the need to revise indicators that track a rapidly changing environment. The Partnership was congratulated for its work and highlighted as an excellent example for international cooperation.

– Direct country actions/assistances to Lao PDR (Draft Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Telecommunication Law of Lao PDR, completed in Feb 2014) and Cambodia (Licensing Rules and Regulation Part I in March 2014).

– The ITU and in collaboration with SUDATEL Telecom. Group-Sudan organized a workshop on Submarine Cables under the theme “ Access and Regulation” to build capacity of Arab Least Developing Countries with the knowledge of the importance of Submarine Cables, including the best practices to be used for regulation of submarine cables and its landing points. The workshop was attended by more than 60 participants representing 13 countries including all Arab LDCs.

– Started collaboration with Comoros to organize a capacity building workshop on data collection for ITU indicators for francophone countries in the region. This workshop is organized based on their request along with Djibouti.

– Negotiation has started with stakeholders in the region, to formulate a capacity building project for the Arab region on measuring and collecting data for the impact of ICT on other sectors such as Health and Education. The project is planned to be finalized before the end 2014 with the aim of starting implementation in 2015.

– Ongoing Assessment Study on economic regulation – guidelines for regulators to be delivered to countries Central American Countries in June 2014.

– In the framework of Centre of Excellence, an online course was delivered from 31 March to 16 May 2014 on Regulation in the Telecommunication Sector in coordination with Universidad Externado de Colombia (UEC), in the framework of ITU Academy. Coordination is ongoing with UEC in order to deliver a second edition due the demand in the Region for this activity. In addition, on-line course on Project Administration, Formulation and Evaluation was also delivered from 3 March to 11 April 2014.

– Ongoing coordination with Argentina authorities for preparation of a new project to support the Secretary of communications (SECOM) of the Government of the Republic of Argentina on its initiative to generate human abilities with high level of expertise in information and communication technology (ICT) through promoting the participation of the academic sector, universities, and research institutions associated in the work of the three sectors of the ITU.

– In the framework of technical cooperation projects ITU has assisted the Administrations in the implementation of the following projects:

• Brazilian Regulatory Body ANATEL, Brazil:After a successful execution of a USD 10 million dollar Contract to develop Cost Modeling for Telecommunications Services for the Brazilian Regulatory Body, Anatel, ITU and Anatel have approved final deliveries to Consulting company ADVISIA. Closure of Contract and issuance of Final Acceptance is under preparation.

• Organization and Development of CONATEL’s Capacity as Regulatory Organ, Paraguay Activity is ongoing since January 2014 to provide to Paraguayan authorities an analysis of

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the Paraguayan telecom market and to draft regulations on regulatory accounting and a draft on tariffs regulation.

• International Best Practices on Supervision and Audit of the Telecommunication Services for the Audit and Supervision Management Department of OSIPTEL, Peru.The Project’s overall objective is to analyze and prepare a diagnostic of the current practices of OSIPTEL on audit and supervision and compare them with the international best practices to identify opportunities for improving Osiptel’s related Department towards a better management and to improve the quality of Telecommunication Services in the country. Work to be developed by a Multidisciplinary Group (MG) integrated by 5 (five) consultants recruited by ITU to work with OSIPTEL as from April 2014.

– Assisted the Republic of South Sudan in the establishment of the Regulatory Authority and the recruitment of the Director General.

– A draft National broadband framework for the Kingdom of Lesotho was completed in January 2014.

Objective 5

“To build human and institutional capacity in order to improve skills in the development and use of telecommunication/ICT networks and applications, and to foster digital inclusion for people with special needs, such as persons with disabilities, through awareness-raising, training activities, sharing information and know-how and the production and distribution of relevant publications”

This objective has the following priority areas: provision and delivery of high quality ICT information sharing, education and training, and assistance in the development of national strategies, policies, plans, practices and awareness-raising on the importance of digital inclusion for people with special needs.


– The Centres of Excellence (CoEs) strategy and processes and procedures document for the implementation of this strategy have been translated in all ITU official languages. At the same time, within the framework of the implementation of the Centres of Excellence project, a number of face-to-face and online CoEs training activities took place within the regions (see details below for each region).

– During the WTDC-2014 a Cooperation agreement for Building Skills on Telecommunication/ICT Technologies was signed between ITU and Intel.

– During the first quarter, the active preparation for the ITU Academy Event on Fostering Innovation and Partnerships in Human Capacity Building: Enhanced Engagement of Academia in the International Telecommunication Union, 28-29 April 2014, Prague, Czech Republic took place.

– The development of the Advanced Level of Spectrum Management Training Programme started with the preparation of four out of six training modules. The framework for the second ITU Academy training programme on Quality of Service is being prepared by a subject-matter expert in collaboration with TSB.

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– Work also started on the publication on Mobiles for Lifelong Learning and Skills Development. Each thematic chapter of the publication will address skills development, lifelong learning and community learning with mobiles from a specific perspective, each with policy option challenges built in.

– The Guidelines for Quality Assurance Assessment of the ITU Academy programmes is being developed in order to harmonize all ITU Academy training products and ensure their quality.

– The ITU Academy platform upgrade also started during this period, in three main directions: upgrading of the core business applications, upgrade of the templates and implementation of the new functionalities. This upgrade should be completed by December 2014.

– Preparation for the biannual Global ICT Forum on Human Capacity Development also started. A host is being sought in the Americas region, and to date two countries have expressed an interest to host. The topic for the Forum approved is “Opportunities for Capacity Building in an era of Mobile Technologies.”

– Work started on preparations for the WSIS14, for the Action Line C4 on Capacity building. The topic chosen is “Digital competences towards an inclusive Information Society”. Panelists have been identified, and necessary arrangements made for the June event.

– Workshop on transition to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting within the framework of the European Regional Initiative was held in Budapest, 29-31 January 2014. Presentations on the transition status of the countries and on the planned utilization of the digital dividend empowered 87 participants from 15 countries.

– Over one million women at the bottom of the development pyramid in 79 countries around the world are now benefiting from newly-acquired information and communication technology (ICT) skills thanks to a partnership between ITU, the UN specialized agency for ICTs, and Philippines-based NGO Telecentre.org Foundation. The Women’s Digital Literacy Campaign, launched in 2011 with a target of training one million women around the world, leveraged the combined reach of Telecentre.org Foundation’s global network of 100,000 telecentres worldwide and ITU’s 193 Member States and 700 private sector members. The campaign reached its goal in early March 2014 with a total of 1,014,096 women trained in basic computer skills, through the efforts of 153 participating organizations and 20,000 telecentres around the world.

– The 2014 International Girls in ICT Day campaign was launched in the first quarter of 2014, with outreach and awareness raising activities, including through the ITU Girls in ICT Portal, ITU Girls in ICT Facebook events page, Twitter, letters to ITU Members and presentations in high level events, including the “Woman Is . . .” conference organized in Rome by Italian broadcaster RAI (where the Girls in ICT Day slide advertising the 24 April 2014 date was tweeted and retweeted with an estimated reach of 25,600 views) and Commission on the Status of Women side events in New York City. Results for Girls in ICT Day, celebrated on 24 April 2014 will be reported in the second quarterly report.

– The Girls in ICT Portal includes 569 programmes, including almost 200 scholarship opportunities, to support young women and girls in ICT careers and studies. The Portal posts videos, pictures

http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Women-and-Girls/Pages/Digital-Literacy.aspx

http://girlsinict.org/

https://www.facebook.com/events/261028464066900/

https://www.facebook.com/events/261028464066900/

http://www.girlsinict.org

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and other information about the 2014, 2013 and 2012 Girls in ICT Day events organized by stakeholders around the world.

– ITU identifies the role of digital solutions in national strategies to overcome youth unemployment in an ITU report released on 31 March 2014, entitled Digital Opportunities: Innovative ICT Solutions for Youth Employment. These solutions include ensuring that youth around the world obtain digital literacy skills to qualify for the growing number of jobs that demand ICT skills, and that governments promote youth entrepreneurs by supporting innovation hubs, mobile app competitions, co-working spaces for digital entrepreneurs, online mentoring networks and a host of other innovative ICT-enabled resources. The report aims at raising awareness about new trends, entrepreneurship strategies as well as sharing resources to address the needs of youth and supporting governments in implementing youth employment.

– ITU has collected a range of ICT-enabled resources in a database available for young job seekers and entrepreneurs, including links to training opportunities, crowd funding for start-up capital, mentoring networks and job-matching services.

– ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence Training on Digital Broadcasting Technologies and Implementation, held from 5-7 Feb 2014, enhanced the capacity of 78 participants including speakers in the area of digital broadcasting technologies. The training workshop was organized by the ITU and the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) in partnership with ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union), AIBD (Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development), MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) Japan, MSIP (Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning) Republic of Korea and FICCI (Telecom Committee, India).

– ITU Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence Online Training on “Broadband policy for universal access” for the Asia-Pacific Region was successfully held from 27 January to 23 February 2014. This course was designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to policy and regulatory options for promoting universal access to broadband. The training enhanced the skills of 51 participants in the area of broadband policies for universal access.

– ITU Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellences Online Training on “Wireless Security Practices for Policy makers and Regulators” was held from 31st March to 25th April, 2014 to build the capacity of participants in the area of wireless security.

– Started collaboration with Egypt for the engagement of an expert for the development of a National Policy on e- Accessibility. The work should be finished by the second half of 2014, in order to establish a regional centre for e-accessibility.

– Regional Seminar for CIS «Strategic and Political Aspects of Humane Use of Telecommunications/ICT held by the ITU Area Office for CIS in cooperation with Odessa National Academy of Telecommunication (ONAT) n.a. A. Popov in Odessa, Ukraine, 19-21 March 2014, raised awareness of the 80 on-site and remote participants (including persons involved in the education process) representing 7 CIS and 3 non-CIS countries of ICT-related health issues and of secure use of the technologies, as well as of the opportunities provided by ICT for education, including trainings for persons with disabilities.

http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Youth-and-Children/Documents/YouthReport_2014.pdf

http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Youth-and-Children/Documents/YouthReport_2014.pdf

http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/Youth/Resources/

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– ITU Area Office for CIS in cooperation with Moscow State Technical University (MTUCI) organized a videoconference seminar dedicated to Girls in ICT Day on 24 April 2014, which promoted ICT as a very attractive industry for female students for potential professional career. The 98 on-site and remote participants of the seminars from 5 CIS countries used the opportunity of speaking and asking career-related questions from the women who had made a career in ICT.

– Coordination to delivery of the first of a three-Module on-line training Programme through the use of ICTs on Project Management to benefit Indigenous People of the Americas. Module 1 focuses on Planning and Formulation to develop the necessary skills and knowledge for the formulation, planning and development of projects. ITU collaborated with the Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de Latino America y el Caribe (Fondo Indígena) for content development. Delivery of the first Module will be concluded in June 2014.

– In the framework of technical cooperation Project ITU has assisted the Administration with the implementation of the following project:

• Desarrollo del conocimiento en tecnologías, para especialistas del ICE, (knowledge development in technologies for ICE experts), Costa Rica:The project’s objective is to improve the knowledge and skills of ICE human capital involved in the development of systems (platforms, infrastructure, equipment, etc.).

– In the framework of the implementation of the Centers of Excellence project for English and French speaking countries in Africa region the following four workshops were been conducted during Quarter 1:

• “Revenus, assurance et gestion de la fraude dans les telecommunications” (revenue, insurance and fraud management in the telecommunications sector) workshop held from 24 to 28 February in ESMT school in Dakar, Senegal with 14 participants from RDC Congo, Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast and Senegal.

• “IPv6 Migration, Challenges and Applications held from 17 to 21 March 2014 in AFRALTI in Nairobi, Kenya sponsored by BOCRA, the regulator of Botswana.

• “Atelier de formation du staff management au Leadership, coaching et développement stratégique des ressources humaines”, (Worshop on staff management training on leadership, coaching and strategic development of human resources) held from 25 to 26 March, 2014, in ESMT school in Dakar, with 30 participants from the areas of communications, telecommunications, education and audiovisual in Senegal and regional and sub-regional institutions based in Senegal that rated a satisfaction level of 100 %.

• “Formation des formateurs sur l’enseignement à distance pour les pays d’Afrique“, (Training of trainers on e-learning for African countries) held in ESMT school in Dakar from 24 to 27 March ,2014, with 55 participants from Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Comoros, Guinea Gabon, Niger, Togo and Senegal.

– Undertook the Connect a school connect a Community project in Niger, following completion of the same in Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Tanzania.

Objective 6

“To provide concentrated and special assistance to least developed countries (LDCs) and countries in special need, and to assist ITU Member States in responding to climate change and integrating telecommunications/ICTs in disaster management“

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This objective has the following priority areas: Assistance to LDCs and countries in special need, Universal access, Emergency Telecommunications, and Climate-change and adaptation.The results achieved during the first quarter of 2014 (January – March) are as follows:

– Ongoing Project implementation of an Early Warning System in Uganda, approaching final phases of project implementation.

– Preparations for the Pre-event at 3rd Conference on SIDS and study on ICT Development, Samoa September 2014.

– Preparations for Assistance to Albania in field of emergency communication and climate change – a draft questionnaire has been prepared, in the process of review.

– Disaster Response and Assistance for Tonga, 10 Satellite Phones have been sent; request for additional 3 months extension has been received and currently is in process.

– Preparations for ICTs in SIDS and LLDCs – a draft questionnaire has been prepared, currently under review.

– Supported the regional team for the preparations for a workshop held in Caribbean January 2014.

– Preparations for the WTDC-14, summary reports on the contributions submitted.

– Inter-Agency, Inter-Sectoral and other contributions:

• Ongoing participation and contribution to the work of Emergency Telecommunication Cluster and WGET meetings.

• Ongoing participation and contribution to the work of HLCP - Senior Managers Group on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience, for the UN preparations for the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in 2015.

• Ongoing preparations for WSIS 2014, AL C7 eEnvironment and coordination activities for the workshops that will be held during WSIS 14 by UNOSAT, WMO, UNEP and ITU.

• Division represented ITU at a workshop in Belgrade, Serbia. – Direct country assistance on Submarine Cable Connectivity Framework for Timor Leste (Feb

2014, Report under editorial review).

– As part of the ITU Concentrated assistance to Yemen, assistance in transition to IPv6 based networks is ongoing and planned to be completed by mid of August, 2014.

– In the framework of ITU Concentrated assistance to Yemen, a dedicated training on SMS4DC is ongoing in cooperation with NTC-Sudan, the trainings aims to train a 3 staffs of the MCIT of Yemen.

– Caribbean Telecommunications Union’s Workshop on Emergency Telecommunications and Harmonized Caribbean Spectrum Planning and Management carried out in Barbados from 19-21 February 2014 in close collaboration with Radiocommunication Bureau.

– Ongoing coordination to assist the Governments of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Dominican Republic in National Emergency Telecommunications Plan (NETP) development. The final report will be delivered to countries on September 2014.

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Implementation level by Objectives (RBM perspective)

Chart 1 provides a distribution of the actual use of the resources among the six objectives of the sector for Q1.

Chart 1Breakdown of the implementation level by objective

(RBB perspective)

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Highlights of the operational plan implementation1st Quarterly Report January-March 2014

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“

The operational

plan framework

provides a

thorough view of

the implementation

level of the different

objectives, outputs

and actions

This report highlights the results achieved as regards the implementation of the Operational Plan for the period January 1st to March 31st 2014 for the Telecommunication Development Bureau. It also provides information by objectives and regions.

Overall implementation level

As at March 31st 2014, out of a total of 233 actions planned for 2014, 16 have been completed, 74 are under implementation and the remaining 143 have not yet started.

Implementation level by objective

Chart 1 below highlights, in terms of number, the status of actions (completed, under implementation and not yet started) by objective for the 1st quarter.

Chart 1

Actions Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

Objective 4

Objective 5

Objective 6

Completed 7 2 5 1 1Under implementation 1 14 12 23 16 8

Not yet started 3 40 21 42 21 16

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Budget implementation level by regions (in Swiss francs)Chart 2 below highlights the expenditure level by regions for Q1.

Chart 2

Action Plan Extra-budgetary (Global projects)

Budgeted 3’733’500 2’819’638Activated 1’356’458 756’806

% of activation

36.3% 26.8%

World or Multi-Regional

Action Plan Extra-budgetary

Budgeted 598’000 929’268Activated 239’239 487’624

% of activation

40.0% 52.5%

ARAB STATES


Budgeted 617’000 2’937’695Activated 64’749 1’031’711

% of activation

10.5% 35.1%

ASIA & PACIFIC



% of activation

31.7% 74.1%

EUROPEAction Plan Extra-budgetary


% of activation

19.9% 76.0%

CIS Countries



% of activation

18.0% 37.0%

THE AMERICAS



% of activation

12.9% 38.5%

AFRICA

Implementation level by objectives and regions (number of actions)Chart 3 below shows, in terms of number, the implementation level of actions by objectives and regions for Q1.

Chart 3

Completed Under implemen-

tation

Total planned

Obj. 1

Obj. 2 2 8Obj. 3 1 1 4Obj. 4 1 4 10Obj. 5 2 4Obj. 6 2 4

THE AMERICAS


tation

Total planned

Obj. 1

Obj. 2 1 2 5Obj. 3 1 1 5Obj. 4 1 1 3Obj. 5 2Obj. 6 1

EUROPE


tation

Total planned

Obj. 1

Obj. 2 2 7Obj. 3 2 4Obj. 4 2Obj. 5 1 2 3Obj. 6 1

CIS Countries


tation

Total planned

Obj. 1

Obj. 2 1 1 9Obj. 3 2 7Obj. 4 2 14Obj. 5 1 7Obj. 6 1 6

ASIA & PACIFICCompleted Under

implemen-tation

Total planned

Obj. 1

Obj. 2 3 4Obj. 3 3Obj. 4 1 1Obj. 5 3Obj. 6 1 3

ARAB STATES


tation

Total planned

Obj. 1

Obj. 2 10Obj. 3 2 6Obj. 4 1 2 9Obj. 5 2 7Obj. 6 3 5

AFRICA

Completed Under imple-mentation

Total planned

Obj. 1 1 4Obj. 2 5 8Obj. 3 3 5Obj. 4 1 11 25Obj. 5 8 13Obj. 6 1 5

World or Multi-Regional

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Budget implementation level by objectives

Chart 4 shows the global budget implementation level and charts 5 to 10 highlight the budget activated1 for each objective for Q1.

1 Budget activated: Amount of the budget of the action (under implementation and completed) which has been committed and/or spent.

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This report highlights the expenditure level as at March 31st 2014 (Q1) for the sector and the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). It also provides information by objectives and outputs.

Result-based budget statement by objectives

Table 1 below provides the expenditure level by objectives in a Result Based Budget perspective as at March 31st, 2014.

Table 1 (in thousands of Swiss francs)

Strategic objectives Budget Expenditures BalanceLevel of

implementation Q1 2014

Level of implementation

Q1 2013Objectives of ITU-D

D-1 To foster international cooperation on telecommunication/ICT issues

8,142 1,920 6,222 23.6% 20.2%

D-2 To assist in the development on telecommunication/ICT infrastructure

4,222 740 3,482 17.5% 21.1%

D-3 To enhance the deployment and the safe use of ICT applications and services

3,491 635 2,856 18.2% 20.9%

D-4 To create a policy and regulatory environment conducive to telecommunication/ICT development

6,746 1,444 5,302 21.4% 22.5%

D-5 To build human and institutional capacity and foster digital inclusion

4,151 737 3,414 17.8% 17.2%

D-6 To provide concentrated assistance to LDCs, SIDs, LLDCs, and assist in disaster management

3,143 550 2,593 17.5% 17.8%

Costs of ITU-D Strategic Goal 29,895 6,026 23,869 20.2% 20.1%

Financial statement for the Telecommunication Development SectorTable 2 below, shows by section, the ITU-D expenditures as at March 31st 2014 and the 2014 year end expenditure projections. As at Q1, expenditures amounted to CHF 6.0 million or 20.2% of the ITU-D budget for 2014. At this time, it is projected that the total ITU-D budget of CHF 29.9 million will be fully spent.

Table 2(in thousands of Swiss francs)

Financial plan implementation1st Quarterly Report January-March 2014

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“

The financial

framework within

which ITU-D

operates requires

rigorous forecast

and management

of the resources

available

Budget Expenditures Balance Level of implementation

Projection to 31/12/2014

Section 3 World Telecommunication development conferences

1,367 497 870 36.4% 1,367

Section 5 Telecommunication Development Advisory Group

132 0 132 0% 132

Section 6 Study Group 412 12 400 2.9% 412

Section 7 Activities and programmes 5,718 420 5,298 7.3% 5,145

Section 9 Bureau 22,266 5,097 17,169 22.9% 22,839

TOTAL 29,895 6,026 23,869 20.2% 29,895

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Financial statement by objectives and outputsTable 3 below shows the expenditures by ITU-D objectives and outputs as at March 31st, 2014. As at Q1, expenditures amounted to CHF 0.93 million or 12.2% of the budget.


Budget Expenditures BalanceLevel of

implementation Q1 2014


Q1 2013

Objective 1 WTDC 1,367 497 870 36.4% 7.6%RTDCTDAG 132 0 132 0% 0%STG 412 12 400 2.9% 0.2%Total 1 1,911 509 1,402 26.6% 4.6%

Objective 2 ICT Infrastr. Dev. 1,558 114 1,444 7.3% 9.1%

Objective 3 Cybersec. & ICT appl. 947 61 886 6.4% 17.6%

Objective 4 Enabling env. & ITU-D publ. 1,338 178 1,160 13.3% 11.9%

Objective 5 Human Capacity & digital inclusion 988 41 947 4.1% 3.0%

Objective 6 Special ass., emergency tel. & climate change 887 26 861 2.9% 15.1%

Activities and prog. (obj. 2 to 6) Total 2 5,718 420 5,298 7.3% 10.5%

Total ITU-D activities Total 1+2 7,629 929 6,700 12.2% 9.4%

Financial statement for the Telecommunication Development BureauTable 4 below highlights, by category of expenditure, the expenditures for the Telecommunications Development Bureau as at March 31st 2014. As at Q1, expenditures amounted to CHF 5.1 million or 22.9% of the Bureau budget.


Budget Expenditures BalanceLevel of

implementationQ1 2014


Q1 2013Categories

1 Staff costs 16,497 3,830 12,667 23.2% 24.3%2 Other-staff costs 3,877 1,054 2,823 27.2% 25.6%3 Travel expenses 785 69 716 8.8% 9.8%4 Contractual serv. 265 34 231 12.8% 27.0%5 Rental & mainten. 130 12 118 9.2% 7.4%6 Purchase of equipmnt 80 24 56 30.0% 22.5%7 Acquisition, furnit. 300 13 287 4.3% 12.8%8 Utilities & services 215 44 171 20.5% 13.6%

9 Auditing, inter-agenc. 117 17 100 14.5% 6.7%TOTAL 22,266 5,097 17,169 22.9% 23.6%

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Level of implementation by objectives

The chart below shows the budget and expenditures by objectives for Q1.

(in thousands of Swiss francs)

Telecommunication Development Sector1st Quarterly Performance Report

January – March 2014

Strategic plan Operational plan

Financial plan

From Strategy to ExecutionThe progressive improvements of the Union’s budgetary and financial structure reached a significant turning point with the introduction of the result-based budgeting and result based management.

In addition, the introduction of the re-structured operational plan of the Telecommunication Development Sector enhanced the integration between strategic planning, operational planning and financial planning.

The primary purpose of this performance report is to provide a quarterly assessment of the implementation of the BDT strategic, financial and operational plans using several facets and dimensions.

This report provides an assessment of the implementation of the strategic, operational and financial plan.

Strategic

The quarterly assessment of the strategic plan implementation provides a means for monitoring the implementation of the mission, objectives, outputs and priorities of the Telecommunication Development Sector.

Operational

The quarterly review of the operational plan puts emphasis on the outputs of the Sector as well as on the actions and activities undertaken by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in connection with the implementation of these outputs.

It provides information regarding the implementation level of the outputs and actions as well as other pertinent operational data.

Financial

The financial quarterly reports highlight the financial elements of both the strategic and the operational plan.

It provides an overview of the budgetary performance for the period as well as the annual year end expenditure forecast which in turn may allow management to adjust its plans in order to achieve optimal budget performance and implementation of activities.

Implementation of the: