mr. wisit atipayakoon itu regional office for asia and the pacific email: wisit.atipayakoon.itu.int...
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Mr. Wisit AtipayakoonITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Email: wisit.atipayakoon.itu.int
--- ASEAN-ITU Seminar on ICT Accessibility and Assistive Technologies for Equity in Society ---
25-26 August 2014, Bangkok, Thailand
ITU and Digital Inclusion
ITU-R ITU-T ITU-D
ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Sector that enable global communications by ensuring that countries’ ICT networks and devices are speaking the same language.
ITU’s Development Sector that fosters international cooperation and solidarity in the delivery of technical assistance and in the creation, development and improvement of telecommunication/ICT equipment and networks in developing countries.
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
Founded in 1865; Responsible for issues that concern Information and Communication Technologies.
193 Member States, 545 Sector Members, 161 Associates, and 33 Academia.
HQs in Switzerland, Geneva; and 4 Regional Offices & 7 Area Office.
ITU’s Radio-communication Sector that globally manages radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits that ensure safety of life on land, at sea and in the skies.
ITU: Reaching out to the World
Americas
Regional OfficeBrasilia, Brazil
Area Offices Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Santiago, Chile.Bridgetown, Barbados
Africa
Regional OfficeAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Area Offices Yaoundé, Cameroon Harare, Zimbabwe
Dakar, Senegal
CIS Area Office Moscow, Russia
Arab
Regional OfficeCairo, Egypt
ITU Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland
Europe Regional OfficeGeneva, Switzerland
Asia-Pacific
Regional OfficeBangkok, Thailand
Acting Regional Director Mr. Sameer Sharma
Area OfficeJakarta, Indonesia
Head: Ms. Aurora Rubio
Responsible for affordable and sustainable access to and use of telecom/ICT infrastructure and applications through assisting members with various development initiatives and projects based on multi-stakeholders' partnerships in the Asia-Pacific Region.
38 Member States and over 72 Sector Members.
ITU: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
Lao, PDR
Nepal
Myanmar
Timor Leste
KiribatiSamoa
Solomon Is.TuvaluVanuatu
FijiMaldives
Marshall IslandsMicronesiaNauru
Tonga
Least Developed Countries (13)
PNG
D.P.R. Korea
India
Indonesia
Mongolia
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Low-Income States (9)
Small Islands Developing States (12)
AustraliaBrunei China/Hong KongIran
Japan
MalaysiaNew Zealand
R.O. Korea
Singapore
Thailand
The Rest (10)
Promotion of ICT access and use for the social and economic development of:
Indigenous peoples Persons with disabilities Women and girls Youth and children
Digital Inclusion
General Secretariat: ITU Accessibility Task Force BDT (ITU-D): Study Group Question 7/1 “Access to
telecommunication/ICT services by persons with disabilities and with specific needs”
TSB (ITU-T): Study Group Question 26/16 “Accessibility to multimedia systems and services”
ITU Work on Accessibility
ITU-T• Standard making body
• Coordination among Standard Development Organizations
• Research & study
ITU-D• Policy and regulatory matters
• Guidelines, toolkits, and training• Promotion & awareness raising, Project
implementation
http://www.e-accessibilitytoolkit.org/
Making TV Accessible Report
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/PwDs/index.phtml
Identifies ways in which TV can be made more accessible
Timely given the transition from analogue to digital TV
Prepared by Peter Looms, Chairman of ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
Making Mobile Phones and Services Accessible Report
Explains, in concrete terms, what we mean by accessible mobile phones
Developments in accessible mobile apps
Business opportunities and case studies
Policy guidelines
Model ICT Accessibility Policy Report
Provides policy guidelines and legal and regulatory framework
Designed to help countries develop their own accessibility policies and regulations
Modular design includes stand-alone sections on: Model ICT legal, policy and regulatory framework Model ICT accessibility framework on public access Model mobile communications accessibility policy framework Model television/video programming accessibility framework Model web accessibility policy framework Model accessible ICT public procurement policy framework
WTDC-14 and Accessibility ITU-D Objective 4 as approved by WTDC-14 is to: “Build human and institutional
capacity, provide data and statistics, promote digital inclusion and provide concentrated assistance to countries in special need” Output 4.3 is “Digital inclusion of people with specific needs”
WTDC-14 agreed that instead of referring to “people with special needs” the term “people with specific needs” would be used;
As per Output 4.3, digital inclusion of people with specific needs, there will be three Regional Initiatives on persons with disabilities: in the ARB, EUR and CIS regions
Question 7/1 will address policies and strategies for promoting and implementing services and solutions which provide access to telecommunications/ICTs by persons with disabilities and with special needs, and for people with difficulties mastering reading and writing. This recognizes that people with difficulties mastering reading and writing can often benefit from ICT solutions for persons with disabilities.
WTDC-14 also approved WTDC-14 Res. 58 on persons with disabilities, combining contributions from RCC and CITEL
Planned ITU-D activities in Accessibility
Regional Initiatives on ICT accessibility : Development of training on audio description
Asia-Pacific and ASEAN -- ?
Emergency Telecommunications
Harnessing The Benefits Of New Technologies(includes Digital Broadcasting)
Development Of Broadband Access And Adoption Of Broadband
Policy And Regulation
Special Consideration For LDCs*, SIDSs**, Including Pacific Island Countries, And Landlocked Developing Countries
* LDC: Least Developed Countries** SIDS: Small Island Developing States
Initiative #1
Initiative #2
Initiative #3
Initiative #4
Initiative #5
ITU: Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives (2015-2018)
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ITU : http://www.itu.intITU Asia Pacific : http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/index.asp
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