{"id":21397,"date":"2023-06-07T08:38:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T08:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/council.itu.int\/?page_id=21397"},"modified":"2023-10-12T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T14:21:51","slug":"working-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.itu.int\/2023-additional\/en\/about\/working-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Council Working Group\u00a0and Experts Group meetings<\/strong> <\/h3>\n

\n The\u00a0cluster of Council Working Groups<\/strong>\u00a0initially scheduled in September 2023 has been postponed further to a decision from Council-23, and will take place\u00a0from 9 to 20 October 2023<\/strong>\u00a0(physical meeting, remote participation will be possible) (See invitation letter CL-23\/23<\/a>).

Go to the Participation webpage<\/a> <\/strong>so to find information on registration<\/strong>, as well as the invitation letters.

In line with\u00a0<\/strong>Council Resolution 1333<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(C11, last amended C16), as well as with\u00a0Decision 11<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(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,\u00a0the full list of chairs and vice-chairs<\/a> <\/strong>of the groups shown below, who have been confirmed for the next cycle until the 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference, can be found here<\/a><\/strong>. The additional session of Council-23 will be invited to consider and nominate changes of\/new candidatures received since July 2023. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Daily schedule for the cluster of CWGs and EGs in October 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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MONDAY
(9 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\u200bno meeting in the morning
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CWG-LANG<\/strong><\/a>
English only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(afternoon)<\/em>
MS only<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Deadline
to submit contributions:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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27 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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TUESDAY
(10 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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CWG-COP<\/strong><\/a>
English only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day)<\/em>
MS+SM+COP experts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Special info session:
staring at 13:30 pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Deadline
to submit contributions:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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28 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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WEDNESDAY
(11 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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CWG-FHR<\/a><\/strong>
with interpretation*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day)<\/em>
MS+SM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Deadline
to submit contributions:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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27 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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THURSDAY
(12 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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CWG-FHR<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/a>
with interpretation*<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day, continued)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Info session<\/strong>:
Financial dashboard-budget – 17:30 pm, Room Popov
Ad hoc group on transformation<\/strong>: 17:30 pm, Room A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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FRIDAY
(13 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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CWG-FHR<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
with interpretation*<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day, continued)<\/em>
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MONDAY
(16 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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EG-ITRs<\/a><\/strong>
with interpretation*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day)<\/em>
MS+SM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Deadline
to submit contributions:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2<\/strong> October<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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TUESDAY
(17 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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CWG-WSIS&SDGs<\/a><\/strong>
English only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day)<\/em>
MS+SM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Deadline
to submit contributions:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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5 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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WEDNESDAY
(18 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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CWG-Internet<\/a><\/strong>
English only<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day)<\/em>
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Deadline
to submit contributions:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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6 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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THURSDAY
(19 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A<\/b>dditional session <\/strong><\/strong>
of Council-23<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day<\/em>)
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FRIDAY
(20 Oct 2023)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A<\/b>dditional session <\/strong><\/strong>
of Council-23<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Room Popov
(all day, continued)<\/em>
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* By the deadline of 4 <\/em>September 2023, the Coun\u200bcil secretariat received interpretation requests for Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages.<\/em>
<\/em> MS= Member States; SM= Sector Members<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Go to each group’s web page by clicking on the boxes below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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CWG-INTERNET
(INTERNATIONAL INTERNET-RELATED PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES)<\/p>\n

\u200bChair:\u00a0Mr\u00a0Wojciech Berezowski\u00a0<\/strong>(Poland)<\/strong>
Open to Member States of ITU<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n \n

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CWG-COP
(CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION)<\/p>\n

Chair:\u00a0Mr Abdelaziz Al Zarooni<\/strong>\u00a0(United Arab Emirates)\u00a0<\/strong>
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b, and nominated experts<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n \n

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CWG-WSIS&SDG<\/p>\n

\u200bChair: Ms Cynthia Lesufi\u00a0<\/strong>(South Africa)<\/strong>
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n \n

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CWG-FHR
(FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES)<\/p>\n

Chair: Ms Vernita Harr\u200bis<\/strong>\u00a0(United States)\u200b\u200b<\/strong>
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n \n

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CWG-LANG
(USE OF THE SIX OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE UNION)<\/p>\n

Chair:\u00a0Ms\u00a0Sharon Bosire\u00a0<\/strong>(Kenya)<\/strong>
Open to Member States of ITU<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n \n

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EG-DEC.482
(COUNCIL EXPERT GROUP ON DECISION 482)<\/p>\n

Chair: Ms Fenhong Cheng\u00a0<\/strong>(China)<\/strong>
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n \n

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EG-ITRS
(EXPERT GROUP ON ITRs)<\/p>\n

Chair: Ms\u00a0Shahira Selim<\/strong>\u00a0(Egypt)<\/strong>
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n

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CWG-SFP<\/strong>
(COUNCIL WORKING GROUP ON STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLAN)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Mr Mansour Al-Qurashi<\/strong>\u00a0(Saudi Arabia)<\/strong>
Group to established between now and the next Plenipotentiary Conference 2026<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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IEG-WTPF<\/strong>
(INFORMAL EXPERT GROUP ON\u00a0\u200bTHE\u00a0\u200bWORLD TELECOMMUNICATION \/ ICT POLICY FORUM<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Chair: Mr David Bedard<\/strong>\u00a0(Canada)<\/strong>
Group to established between now and the next Plenipotentiary Conference 2026<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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FORMER COUNCIL WORKING GROUPS AND COMMITTEES<\/p>\n

(concluded)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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