Regional Preparatory Meeting

11-13 October 2005 (Moscow, Russian Federation)

AGENDA

1. Opening comments by the Director of BDT

2. Election of Chairman

3. Election of Vice-Chairman

4. Approval of agenda

5. Implementation of the Action Plans

   a) Implementation of the Istanbul Action Plan adopted by the WTDC-02

   b) Contributions of the ITU to achieving the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

   c) The role and position of the ITU in the UN System and in the implementation mechanism of the Action Plan of the WSIS

6. ICT development prospects: Constraints and opportunities

7. Work topics and other matters for BDT programmes and activities

8. Regional initiatives and BDT action lines

9. Study Groups matters

10. Development strategic issues

11. Other businesses