Introduction

The APT Conference Preparatory Group for World Radiocommunication Conference (APG) has been developed into one of the most important activities of APT. APG was started in 1996 with the objective of harmonizing views and developing common proposals from the Asia-Pacific region for the World Radio Conference (WRC). The APG process has met exemplary success in presenting the views of the region at WRCs. As a result, APG becomes the one with highest attendance from the members in the region. It has substantially helped establishing the prominence given to APT amongst other regional and international organizations.

Objectives

The main objective of APG is to organize coordinated regional activities for WRCs and RAs in order to ensure that the interests of APT Members on Radiocommunication issues are properly represented. The activities include but are not limited to:

• develop APT Common Proposals (herein after referred to as “ACPs”) for WRCs and on matters related to ITU Radiocommunication Assemblies (RAs);
• develop APT contributions to ITU-R Conference Preparatory Meetings (CPMs); and
• assist APT Member countries, especially developing countries, in their preparations for WRCs, RAs and CPMs. 

Terms of Reference:

The Terms of References of the APG cover the following areas:

a. WRC Activities:

• to identify, study and review issues associated with each WRC Agenda Item, taking into account ,where appropriate, the results of the studies undertaken in the relevant ITU-R Study Groups and Working Parties associated with these Agenda Items;
• to develop preliminary views;
• to review the text of the Draft CPM Report and to develop APT contributions, if thought appropriate, to the CPM;
• to develop Preliminary APT Common Proposals (herein after referred to as “PACPs’) for each WRC Agenda Item;
• to provide input if necessary to the APT Preparatory Group for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference on issues related to ITU-R and APG activities;
• to coordinate activities at the CPM, including the identification of coordinators for each WRC Agenda Item; 
• to coordinate activities at the WRC, including the identification of coordinators for each Agenda Item;
• to prepare, as far as possible and with the assistance of the secretariat, information on the views of other regional groups to the extent available relating to the WRC Agenda items for distribution to APT Members.
   

b. RA Activities:

• to identify and review issues associated with RA activities; 
• to review contributions from the ITU-R Study Groups and ITU Member administrations to RA and to develop preliminary views on these issues, as appropriate; 
• to develop APT common proposals to RA on these issues, if required; 
• to coordinate any other issues relating to RA activities, including the coordination of activities at RAs and the identification of coordinators, as appropriate.

c. Other Tasks:

• throughout the above process, to cooperate with other regional telecommunication organisations;
• to inform APG participants of the activities of these regional telecommunication organisations as well as the activities of the global and regional broadcasting and other organisations having spectrum management inteests, by reports from the representatives of these organisations attending APG meetings, or by reports of representatives nominated to represent APT at the meetings of these organisations, or by reports of APT member administrations attending these meetings;
• to inform APG participants of the activities of the ITU-R informal group meetings on WRC and RA preparations;
• to develop and submit, where appropriate, inputs to Study Groups, Working Parties, Joint Task Groups or Task Groups related to WRC Agenda Items that are approved by the Plenary in accordance with the APG Document 'Output document types and approval procedure of the output documents of APG'.

Structure

The APG structure for WRC-27 was formed at the 1st APT Conference Preparatory Group Meeting for WRC-27 held from 3 to 6 June 2024 in Shanghai, People's Republic of China . The structure is based on the CPM-27 Report Chapters. The following table shows the APG-27 structure with the respective office bearers. The table also shows the WRC-27 agenda items that have been assigned to the respective Working Parties.

Chair: Mr. Nobuyuki Kawai (Japan)
Vice-Chairs:  To be elected at APG27-2
Chair of Editorial Committee: To be elected at APG27-2

E-mail Reflectors

The email reflectors are only accessible by members and registered participants. To join as a participant of the email reflectors, please contact the APT Secretariat [email protected] by providing your complete contacts and informing in which WP you wish to join.

Meetings/ Seminars/ Workshops

• The 1st Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-27, 3-6 June 2024, People's Republic of China
• APT Coordination Meetings during RA-23 and WRC-23
• The 6th Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG23-6), 14-19 August 2023, Brisbane, Australia
  
• APT Coordination Meetings during CPM23-2 (27 March - 6 April 2023, Geneva, Switzerland)
• The 5th Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG23-5), 20-25 February 2023, Busan, Republic of Korea
• The 4th Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG23-4), 15-20 August 2022, Bangkok, Thailand
  
• Intersessional Meeting of the Ad Hoc Group on Working Methods of APG (APG23-IMAHWM), 2 - 3 March 2022
• The 3rd Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG23-3), 8-13 November 2021, Virtual/Online Meeting
• The 2nd Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG23-2), 19-23 April 2021, Virtual/Online Meeting
• The 1st Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG23-1), 24-25 September 2020, Virtual Meeting
• APT Coordinationg Meetings during RA-19 and WRC-19
• The 5th Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG19-5), 31 July - 6 August 2019, Tokyo, Japan
• APT Coordination Meetings during CPM19-2 (18-28 February 2019, Geneva Switzerland)
• The 4th Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Grop for WRC-19 (APG19-4), 7-12 January 2019, Busan, Republic of Korea
• The 3rd Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG19-3), 12-16 March 2018, Perth, Australia
• The 2nd Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG19-2), 17-21 July 2017, Bali, Indonesia
• The 1st Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG19-1), 26-28 July 2016, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
• For other APG Meetings please click here

Documents

• APT Common Proposals for WRC-23 (zip file)
• APT Common Proposals for RA-23 (zip file)
• Outcomes of the circulation of the PACPs for WRC-23 and RA-23 (Updated)
• APT Views and Preliminary APT Common Proposals on WRC-23 Agenda Items and RA-23 (Zip file)
• APT Preliminary Views on WRC-23 Agenda Items adopted at APG23-5 (Zip file)
• Revised Workign Methods of the APG (approved by MC-46)
• List of the Chairs of the Drafting Groups on WRC-23 Agenda Items (3 March 2023)
• APT Preliminary Views on WRC-23 Agenda Items adopted at APG23-4
• APT Preliminary Views on WRC-23 Agenda Items adopted at APG23-3
• APT Preliminary Views on WRC-23 Agenda Items adopted at APG23-2
• Outcomes of the endorsement process for the PACPs (2 October 2019)
• Preliminary APT Common Proposals on WRC-19 Agenda Items (As approved at APG19-5)
• List and contact details of the APG Office Bearers and Agenda Item Coordinators (Update August 2019)
• Summary Record of APG19-4
• Updated Preliminary Views of APT on WRC-19 Agenda Items (Outcomes of APG19-4 in zip file, January 2019)
• Summary Record of APG19-3
• Preparation of APT for WRC-19 (based on the outcomes of APG19-3)
• Summary Record of APG19-2
• Preliminary Views of APT on WRC-19 Agenda Items (Outcomes of APG19-3 in zip file)
• Preliminary Views of APT on WRC-19 Agenda Items (Outcomes of APG19-2 in zip file)
• Output Document Types and Approval Procedures of the Output Documents of the APG
• Updated Yearly Work Plan of APG for WRC-19 (updated at APG19-2)
• Summary Record of APG19-1 (5 October 2016)

APG Circulars:

• Nomination for the Chair, Vice-Chairs and other office bearers of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-27 (11 March 2024)
• Circulation of the Preliminary APT Common Proposals (PACPs) for WRC-23 and RA-23 for the endorsement of APT Members (1 September 2023)
  • Circular Letter
  • Attachment 1: PACPs in zip file
  • Attachment 2: Reference table for the PACPs
  • Attchment 3: Endorsement table for the PACPs
• Application for the Mentoring Program of the APT Network of Women for WRC-23 (APT NOW4WRC23) (26 November 2021)
• Nomination of candidates for the postion of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and other office bearers of APG-23 (10 August 2020)
• Consultation on the structure of the Working Parties of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (22 June 2020)
• Circulation of the Preliminary APT Common Proposals for WRC-19 for the endorsement of APT Members (21 August 2019)
  • Circular Letter
  • Attachment 1: PAPCs (in .zip file)
  • Attachment 2: Endorsement Table for PACPs
  • Attachment 3: Cross Reference Table for PACPs
• Circular Letter on Nomination of candidates for Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of ITU-R Study Groups, the Coordination Committee for Vocabulary, the Conference Preparatory Meeting and the Radiocommunication Advisory Group (21 Jun 2019)
  • Circular Letter
  • Attachment
• Other Circular Letters

Related Documents from other Organizations:

• Preparation for WRC-23 and overviews of WRC-23 Agenda Items (A presentation by ITU-BR) 

Related Links

• Regional preparation for WRC-23
• ITU-R Preparatory Studies for WRC-23
• Outcomes of the CPM23-1: CA/251, Addendum 1 and Corrigendum 1
• World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), 28 Oct to 22 Nov 2019 
• ITU Radiocommunication Bureau (ITU-R)
• CEPT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC (CPG)
• CITEL Preparatory Group for WRC
• Arab Sectrum Management Group (ASMG)
• Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communication (RCC)
• African Telecommunication Union (ATU)

Contacts

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Bangkok 10210, Thailand
Tel. +662 573 0044
Fax +662 573 7479
E-Mail : [email protected]