Action Item Action Milestone Periodic goals met Completed TSAG to review conditions governing participation of Associates Ongoing Director to continue to provide necessary logistics for participation of Associates Ongoing Action Item 31-01: TSAG Action Item 31-02: TSB All necessary logistics is being provided. The participation of Associates continues to grow steadily: 31 December 2010: 125 Associates 31 December 2011: 136 Associates 31 December 2012: 139 Associates 30 2013: 144 Associates New Associates have joined all ITU-T Study Groups, but with Study Group 15 profiting the most. The current list of Associates may be at . Resolution 32 - Strengthening electronic working methods for the work of the ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Sector Resolution 32 resolves 1 that the principal EWM objectives of ITUT are: • that collaboration between members on development of Recommendations should be by electronic • that TSB, in close collaboration with the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), should provide facilities and capabilities for EWM at ITU-T meetings, workshops and training courses, particularly to assist developing countries that have bandwidth limitations and other constraints; • to encourage electronic participation of developing countries in ITU-T meetings, by providing simplified facilities and guidelines, and by waiving any expenses for those participants, other than the local call or Internet connectivity charges; • that TSB, in close collaboration with BDT, should provide facilities and capabilities for EWM at ITU-T meetings, workshops and training courses, and encourage participation of developing countries, by waiving, within the credits that the Council is empowered to authorize, any expenses for those participants, other than the local call or Internet connectivity charges; • that TSB should provide all members of ITUT with appropriate and ready access to electronic documentation for their work, including a global, unified and consolidated view of document traceability; • that TSB should provide appropriate systems and facilities to support the conduct of ITUT's work by electronic means; and
Regular meetings of the management of the Bureaux will discuss coordination and cooperation improvements at the Secretariat level and Director of TSB to report results to TSAG Ongoing TSB to discuss with other Bureaux joint meeting of SG Chairmen of ITU-T, ITU-R and ITU-D Ongoing Action Item 57-01: TSAG Action Item 57-02: TSB Action Item 57-03: TSB Resolution 58 - Encourage the creation of national computer incident response teams, particularly for developing countries Resolution 58 resolves to support the creation of national CIRTs in Member States where CIRTs are needed and are currently absent, instructs the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, in collaboration with the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau 1 to identify best practices to establish 2 to identify CIRTs are needed; 3 to collaborate with international experts and bodies to establish national CIRTs; 4 to provide support, as appropriate, within existing budgetary resources; 5 to facilitate collaboration between national CIRTs, such as capacity building and exchange of information, within an appropriate framework, invites the Member States 1 to consider the creation of a national CIRT as a high priority; 2 to collaborate with other Member States and with Sector Members, invites Member States and Sector Members to cooperate closely with ITU-T and ITUD in this regard. Action Item Action Milestone Periodic goals met Completed Director, in collaboration with BDT Director and SG17, to identify best practices to establish CIRTs and identify where CIRTs are needed Ongoing
8 to continue the accessibility coordination and advisory function within ITUT in order to assist the Director of TSB in reporting the findings of the review of ITUT services and facilities; 9 to consider using accessibility resources in the meetings organized by ITU-T in order to encourage the participation of persons with disabilities in the standardization process, instructs the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group 1 to revise the for ITU study groups – "Considering End-User Needs in developing Recommendations", 2 to request study groups to facilitate, in their respective work, the implementation of new software, services and proposals enabling all persons with disabilities, including persons with age-related disabilities, to effectively use telecommunication/ICT services, and relevant guidelines for enduser needs, in order specifically to include the needs of persons with disabilities, and to update this guide on a regular basis, based on contributions from Member States and Sector Members as well as the ITUT study groups, as appropriate. Action Item Action Milestone Periodic met Completed SG2, SG16 and JCA-AHF (Human factors and accessibility) to continue work on accessibility with high priority Ongoing TSB to hold an ITU workshop on progress and achievement of ITU-T SGs on ICT accessibility before WTSA-16 30/09/2016 TSB Dir to report to Council Council 2016 TSB to identify, document and disseminate best practices for telecommunication/ICT accessibility among ITU membership. Ongoing Director to review and consider making changes to the accessibility of ITU-T services and facilities Ongoing Director to work collaboratively with other Dirs on accessibility activities on ITU wide awareness and mainstreaming of telecommunication/ICT Accessibility Standards, reporting findings to Council as appropriate Ongoing Director, in collaboration with BDT Director, in developing programmes to enable developing countries to introduce services to enable persons with disabilities to use ICT services effectively Ongoing TSB to work collaboratively and cooperatively with other SDOs to avoid duplication, and with disability orgs to ensure accessibility needs are taken into account in standardization Ongoing Director to contribute to the development of an ITU-wide internship programme to involve persons with disabilities and ICT expertise. Ongoing Director to continue the disability coordination and advisory function within ITU-T. Ongoing Director to consider using accessibility resource to encourage participation of persons with disabilities Ongoing TSAG to revise the guide for ITU study groups – ‘considering end-user needs in developing Recommendations’, and request SGs to implement this guide TSAG 2014