Working Groups Side events: CWGs and EGs Webcast: CWGs and EGs First Council Working Group and Expert Group meetings in 2025 In 2025, the first cluster of Council Working Groups, Expert Groups and Informal Expert Group (CWGs & EGs) took place from 10 to 21 February 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. The detailed schedule can be found in Annex A to the invitation letter CL-24/67.Participation and registration modalities for all meetings are indicated under this webpage.The agenda of each meeting is available under each working group’s webpage, accessible from each box below or via Annex A. 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. 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 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)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 (concluded)
