SAMENA Telecommunications Council, represented by Bocar A. Ba, emphasized on the importance of private sector engagement in the work of ITU-D during ITU-D’s Telecommunication Development Advisory Group. TDAG reviews priorities, strategies, operations and financial matters of the ITU and advises the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) on the implementation of the WTDC Action Plan, including issues relating to the budget and the operational plan of the Sector.
In his intervention, Bocar Ba in the capacity of Chair of the Private Sector Chief Regulatory Officers’ (“CRO”) meeting thanked the Secretariat for its good work in relation to Membership engagement. Further, M. Ba informed the meeting that in an attempt to fully implement WTDC-17 resolution 71, SAMENA Council took the initiative to draft Terms of Reference to guide the work to enhance ITU-D membership in particular, as regards the private sector, industry, associates and academia. Bocar Ba outlined the process involved in drafting the ToRs, which were presented to a consultative meeting for ITU-D membership organized by the Director of the BDT last year. Bocar closed his intervention by re-stating the need for strengthening the role of the private sector and industry in the work of ITU, to which the ToRs can be used to fulfil this objective.
Source: Press Release