Objectives:

• Identify high-level and strategic ITU-T issues of interest to APT members, especially in the issues related to ASTAP , where regional cooperation and collaboration is likely to be of benefit to the Asia-Pacific region;
• Exchange information between ASTAP members on high-level and strategic ITU-T issues on interest to APT members;
• Develop and promote coordinated and harmonized regional inputs on ITU-T issues to TSAG, RevCom and initiate the discussion for specific APT preparatory programs for high-level ITU meetings including WTSA and Plenipotentiary Conferences;
• Promote outcomes at TSAG, RevCom, WTSA and Plenipotentiary Conferences that benefit APT members, APT administrations and the Asia-Pacific region as a whole
• Prepare and circulate appropriate information to APT members in a timely manner

Output/Deliverables:

• Regional opinions/proposals to international groups such as ITU
• Develop and maintain relationship with international organizations
• Organize C&I (Conformance and interoperability) event including workshop, showcasing and testing etc.
• Develop an APT report on C&I relating to ITU C&I program in four pillars
  • Pillar1: conformity assessment
  • Pillar2: interoperability event
  • Pillar3: capacity building
  • Pillar4: assistance in the establishment of test centers and C&I programs in developing countries
   

Chair:
Mr. Kazunori Tanikawa
Managing Expert, Innovation Promotion Department
National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan

Vice-Chair:
Mr. Quoc Binh Tran
Officer
Ministry of Information and Communications, Viet Nam