Working Groups

First Council Working Group and Experts Group meetings in 2025:

In 2025, the first cluster of Council Working Groups, Expert Groups and Informal Expert Group (CWGs & EGs) will take place from 10 to 21 February 2025, in Geneva (Switzerland). The detailed schedule can be found in ANNEX A of the invitation letter CL-24/67.
The agenda of each group will be made available under each working group’s webpage early December 2024.

Participation and registration modalities for all meetings are indicated under this webpage.

In line with Council Resolution 1333 (last amended C16), as well as with Decision 11 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022)
of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and following decisions taken at the 2024 session of the ITU Council
(4-14 June 2024), the full list of current chairs and vice-chairs, who have been confirmed for the next cycle of Council Working Groups, Expert Groups and Informal Expert Groups until the 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference, can be found here.

Webcast details for the CWGs & EGs in February 2025 (to be added in due course)


About the CWG-EG cluster in Autumn 2024:

The previous cluster of CWGs & EGs was held from 30 Sept. to 11 Oct. 2024 (see letters CL-24/43 and CL-24/44).

Information related to side events and information session can be found below:
– The Overview of the Global Digital Compact – Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 1400-1430 hours, Room Popov
– Demystifying Digital: Generative AI for Diplomats session – Friday, 4 October 2024, 1215-1345 hours, Room K
– ITU New Building World Café – Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 1230-1400 hours, Montbrillant lobby
– Virtual briefing about ITU160 – Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 1230-1300 hours, Room Popov – Webcast archives
– Update on Giga – Thursday, 10 October, 1230-1300 hours, Room C – Webcast archives

Webcast access for the CWGs and EGs in 2024

For the Open Consultation on the CWG-Internet:
– Webcast archives
For IEG-WTPF-26, CWG-FHR, CWG-SFP, and EG-DEC482 (TIES access needed):
– Webcast archives
For CWG-Lang and CWG-Internet (TIES access, restricted to Member States):
– Webcast archives



Go to each group’s webpage by clicking on the boxes below:

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)
Open to Member States and Sector Members of ITU

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

Chair: Mr Rodney Taylor (Barbados)
Open to nominated Experts

FORMER COUNCIL WORKING GROUPS AND COMMITTEES

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