Working Groups
Council Working Group and Experts Group meetings
NEW! Registration to the CWG-FHR meeting, to be held on Monday, 3 June 2024, is open!
NOTE: Registration to the three groups created after the CWG-FHR meeting held on
24-26 January 2024 (Group on Oversight Charter, Group on the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules,
Group on Resource Mobilization) remains open a few more days: see CL-24/5 to find more information and the registration link.
Information on the autumn cluster of CWGs and EGs (normally from 30 September to 11 October 2024) will be detailed in due course.
Each working group’s website is accessible by clicking on the boxes at the bottom of this page.
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 additional session of Council-23
(19-20 October 2023), the full list of chairs and vice-chairs who have been confirmed for the next cycle of Council Working Groups and Expert Groups until the 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference, can be found here.
The 2024 session of Council will be invited to consider proposals for new candidates for the vacant positions.
Webcast access for the CWGs and EGs in 2024:
For EG-DEC482, CWG-COP, CWG-FHR, EG-ITRs, CWG-WSIS&SDG (TIES access, for Administration Member States and Sector Members):
– Webcast archives
For CWG-Lang, CWG-Internet (TIES access restricted, for Administration Member States):
– Webcast archives
Go to each group’s web page 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 Harris (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 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)