Fifteenth Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group (IWG) on ICT
2 December, 2011 – Bangkok

The Fifteenth Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT was held on 2 December, 2011 at United Nations Conference Centre in UNESCAP, Bangkok.

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

1. Opening Remarks by Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, IDD, ESCAP, Ms. Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), Mr. Toshiyuki Yamada, Secretary-General, APT.
2. Brief Presentation on ICT activities (including both ICT for development and ICT for disaster risk reduction) and planning for 2012 (by all participating UN agencies/regional/subregional organizations including ESCAP, ITU and APT)
3. Presentations on collaborative regional disaster communications capacity in Asia and the Pacific (RDCCAP) including current status and way forward (by ESCAP, ITU, APT and other interested agencies)
4. Follow-up to the outcome of the Asia-Pacific Regional Multi-stakeholder Forum on Emergency Telecommunications held in Mongolia from 8-11 July 2011 (by ITU, ESCAP)
   
5. Potential areas of collaboration in 2012 (including the collaborative RDCCAP)
6. Other matters
7. Closing Remarks by Director, IDD, ESCAP; Head, ITU/ROAP; Secretary-General, APT
8. End of Meeting

ITU Presentation

Meeting Report