Working Groups

Schedule of Council Working Group and Experts Group meetings

The cluster of Council Working Groups initially scheduled in September 2023 has been postponed further to a decision from Council-23, and will take place from 9 to 20 October 2023 (physical meeting, remote participation will be possible).

See letter CL-23/23 for more details on the schedule of the meetings.
See under Participation webpage to find information on registration, as well as the invitation letters.

In line with Council Resolution 1333 (C11, last amended C16), as well as with Decision 11 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and following intensive consultations and coordination with the regions prior and during the 2023 ordinary session of the ITU Council, the full list of chairs and vice-chairs of the groups shown below, who have been confirmed for the next cycle until the 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference, can be found here.

CWG-INTERNET
(INTERNATIONAL INTERNET-RELATED PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES)

​Chair: Mr Wojciech Berezowski (Poland)
Open to Member States of ITU

CWG-COP
(CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION)

Chair: Mr Abdelaziz Al Zarooni (United Arab Emirates) 
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU​​​​, and nominated experts

CWG-WSIS&SDG

​Chair: Ms Cynthia Lesufi (South Africa)
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU

CWG-FHR
(FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES)

Chair: Ms Vernita Harr​is (United States)​​
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU

CWG-LANG
(USE OF THE SIX OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE UNION)

Chair: Ms Sharon Bosire (Kenya)
Open to Member States of ITU

EG-DEC.482
(COUNCIL EXPERT GROUP ON DECISION 482)

Chair: Ms Fenhong Cheng (China)
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU

EG-ITRS
(EXPERT GROUP ON ITRs)

Chair: Ms Shahira Selim (Egypt)
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU

CWG-SFP
(COUNCIL WORKING GROUP ON STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLAN)

Chair: Mr Mansour Al-Qurashi (Saudi Arabia)
Group to established between now and the next Plenipotentiary Conference 2026

IEG-WTPF
(INFORMAL EXPERT GROUP ON ​THE ​WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION / ICT POLICY FORUM)

Chair: Mr David Bedard (Canada)
Group to established between now and the next Plenipotentiary Conference 2026

FORMER COUNCIL WORKING GROUPS AND COMMITTEES

(concluded)