Coffee Break and Group Photo

​Session 2: Role of Standards in EMF

This session will focus on issues related to EMF and the potential role of standards in EMF management and the work being done in ITU-T Study Group 5, ICTs and the Environment, in this respect.

Moderator: Dr. Seungwoo Lee, Professor of Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea

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​Session 4: Brainstorming Session on Conformity and Interoperability

This session will be an interactive panel discussion focusing on the requirements for conformity assessment in the region and the activities ITU is organizing in the field to meet those needs.

Moderator:  Heru Sutadi, Indonesia ICT Institute (IdICTi)

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Session 6: Training on setting up a National Standardization Secretariat for ITU-T

Participation by national governments, industry members, technical experts and policy leaders in the work of ITU on global telecommunication standardization requires appropriate resources and a practical organizational and management structure within their country to effectively use those resources.  This course describes the functions, benefits and means to establish such national-level processes and organizations, referred to as a National Standardization Secretariat (NSS).  Benefits of having an NSS include increased effectiveness in shaping global telecommunication standards, coordinated advocacy of national interests and avoidance of conflicting positions across multiple groups inside and outside the ITU, improved dissemination of information exchanged with the ITU-T and increased efficiency in the use of limited human and financial resources.

This course shows how a developing country can establish a National Standardization Secretariat to achieve these benefits while starting at a very basic level requiring few new resources.  The course then shows how developing countries can follow a smooth, evolutionary path to enhance that basic structure as each country’s level of interest, involvement and resources increases.  Estimates of resource requirements for people and travel are provided, and the course concludes with a step-by-step roadmap to establish an NSS.

Learning objectives:

By the end of the workshop on Establishment of a National Standardization Secretariat for ITU-T (NSS), the Member State representatives will understand the basic elements of an NSS, enabled through new or existing legislation, and how it can be established, managed and supported for international and related national preparatory activities.  The representatives of each Member State will be able to identify a number of concrete steps that can be implemented in the short-term, upon return to their countries, to initiate establishment of their own NSS.

• NSS Benefits, Function and Structure [ Presentation ]
• Korea Example of an NSS [ Presentation ]
• USA Example of an NSS [ Presentation ]
• Open Discussion on Existing Coordination Mechanisms [ Presentation ]
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 Trainer: Gary Fishman, Former ITU-T TSAG Chairman

​Session 6 (Continued)