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Time and place: Tuesday 14 July 2020, 12:00 – 13:40 UTC (14h00 – 15h40 Geneva time) (Webinar)
ITU-D Study Groups were pleased to invite you to join us for a public webinar focusing on The Enabling Policy Environment for Effective Disaster Management including for COVID-19 Response.
Background Information:
ITU Members recognize the vital role that ICTs play in all phases of disasters as well as the importance of preparing national emergency telecommunications plans (NETPs). In many cases, the success of the deployment and use of ICTs, as well as the development and implementation of NETPs, depends upon having a sufficient enabling policy environment.
Goals:
- Discuss the elements that create an enabling policy environment for increasing emergency telecommunication preparedness, network resilience, disaster risk reduction and disaster management
- Provide examples of policies that enable flexibility when deploying emergency communications equipment and also enable successful disaster preparedness and response with respect to telecommunications and ICTs
- Share ITU Member experiences and lessons learned in developing and implementing enabling policies and NETPs
- Enhance the Final Report for Question Q5/2 chapter on Enabling Policies
[14:00 - 14:05] OPENING AND WELCOME
- Mr Ahmad Reza Sharafat, Chairman of ITU-D Study Group 2, Iran (Islamic Republic of) [Biography]
[14:05 – 14:45] SESSION 1: THE ENABLING POLICY ENVIRONMENT FOR EFFECTIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Session discussion topics – Enabling Policies: from preparedness to response:
- What policies, authorities, or regulations are needed to enable or implement a National Emergency Telecommunication Plan (NETP)?
- Common barriers to the deployment of emergency telecommunications and policies to overcome them
- Policies that enable network resilience, disaster risk management reduction and disaster management
- Policies and procedures for reporting and analyzing communications outages
- Policies and procedures that enable coordination, response, and information sharing
- Translating policy and procedure updates into national planning, including NETPs; and exercises
Moderator:
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Mr Joseph Burton, Co-Rapporteur for Question 5/2, International Communications and Information Policy (CIP), United States of America [Biography]
Speakers:
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Mr Juan Roldan, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU [Biography]
Policies that enable implementation of an NETP [Presentation] -
Mr Chris Anderson, CenturyLink, United States of America
[Biography]
The Enabling Policy Environment for Effective Disaster Management [Presentation]
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Mr Paul Margie, Télécoms Sans Frontières, France [Biography]
The First Emergency Telecommunications NGO [Presentation]
[14:45 – 15:35] SESSION 2 - A FOCUS ON POLICIES THAT ENABLE COMMUNICATIONS DURING COVIDSession discussion topic – Government policies and network responses that enable communications during COVID-19Moderator:
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Mr Abdulkarim Oloyede, Vice-Rapporteur for Question 5/2, Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, Nigeria (Federal Republic of) [Biography]
Speakers:
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Ms Maritza Delgado, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU [Biography]
ICT and Regulatory Key Initiatives in Response to COVID-19 [Presentation] -
Ms Kathyrn O'Brien, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), United States of America [Biography]
Policies that protect consumers and enable communications during COVID [Presentation] -
Mr Ryosuke Shibasaki, University of Tokyo, Japan [Biography]
Open Analysis Software of Mobile Big Data to Support COVID-19 Responses [Presentation] -
Ms Funke Opeke, MainOne, Nigeria (Federal Republic of) [Biography]
A "Nigerian" Service Provider's response to COVID-19 [Presentation] -
Mr Rahul Vatts, Chief Regulatory Office (CRO) India & South-Asia, Bharti Airtel limited New Delhi, India [Biography]
COVID response: The Operators' perspective [Presentation]
[15:35 – 15:40] DEBRIEF, TAKEAWAYS AND CONCLUSIONS
