Jakarta, Indonesia, 27-28 October 2015
Introduction
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a Regional Standardization Forum for the Asia-Pacific Region in association with the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) at the Millennium Hotel Sirih, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 27 to 28 October 2015. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Indonesia kindly hosted this forum.
Objectives
The main objectives of the event were to provide examples of best practices to developing countries on global standards development, build national standards readiness so that standardization competence of developing countries can be enhanced and facilitate the establishment of a national standardization secretariat to coordinate participation in ITU-T study groups. The Foruml also discussed the standardization activities ongoing in ITU-T study groups which are of interest to the region. A half day capacity building session was conducted on how to fast track the establishment of a national standardization secretariat to coordinate participation in ITU-T study groups.
Target Audience
ITU Member States, national standards bodies, ICT regulators, ICT companies, ICT research organizations, service providers and academia.
