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ITU-T Review Committee (RevCom)
Report from first meeting
CEPT preparation of future meetings
Reiner Liebler, Germany, RevCom Vice-Chair
CEPT, ComITU Bucharest, October 1 2013
Background to RevCom
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WTSA-12 established the Review Committee (RevCom)
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Terms of reference are described in Annex A of Resolution 82
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The management team of this RevCom consists of a chairman and six
vice-chairmen taking into account equitable geographical distribution [In
addition the chair of TSG (Mr. Gracie, Canada) is co-opted on the RevCom
Mgt. Team and Mr. Maeda is co-opted on the TSAG Mgt. Team]
Review Committee
Mr Yoichi MAEDA
Japan
Chairman
Mr Reiner LIEBLER
Germany
Vice-Chairman
Mr Jim MACFIE
Canada
Vice-Chairman
Mr Fabien MBENG EKOGHA
Gabon
Vice-Chairman
Mr Albert NALBANDIAN
Armenia
Vice-Chairman
Mr Musab ABDULLAH
Bahrain
Vice-Chairman
Mr Ki-Shik PARK
Korea
Vice-Chairman
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ToR– Resolution 82
1. Examine the adequacy of the current structure of ITU-T to
facilitate the Sector’s continued evolution and to deal with the
increasing demands for timely and appropriate results to meet
market demand, taking account of the current and future
standardization environment.
2. Review the current coordination and collaborations
mechanisms with other standards bodies and propose
improvements.
3. Review existing models for collaboration between ITU-T and
other standards bodies, given the accelerated rate of change
in the worldwide standardization landscape, and the rapidly
evolving needs of consumers/users of global standards.
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ToR– Resolution 82
4. Identify and propose new modalities for cooperation and
collaboration based on mutual respect and recognition of
evolving roles and responsibilities in the standards sphere.
5. Identify ways and means to enhance cooperation with other
standards bodies, with a view to minimizing conflict of
their standards with ITU-T standards.
6. Develop and propose recommendations for a set of principles
for standards development within ITU-T that facilitate
interoperability and promote further innovation.
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ToR– Resolution 82
7. Develop a work plan by which to conduct the review, and
establish the structure of the report.
8. Conduct its initial review in a timely manner so as to provide
input to TSAG for preparation of the ITU-T strategic plan
in accordance with Article 14A of the Convention.
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First RevCom Meeting June 3 2013
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75 participants from ITU Member States (MS), Recognized
Operating Agencies (ROA) and Scientific or Industrial
Organizations
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CEPT Countries: 5 MS (D, FIN, G , I, RUS,), 2 ROA (France
Telecom, MTT)
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Results of first meeting June 3 2013
Relationship with TSAG
(pragmatic):
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RevCom will carry out its work focusing on high level
strategic aspects of ITU-T standardization activities while
TSAG will continue its work focusing on operational aspects of
these activities.
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The Review Committee will look at the strategic direction,
proposing new strategies and propose ways to trial them. It’s
more of a think tank or an incubator for new ideas, in
contrast to TSAG which manages the crucial job of
examining the operational aspects of today’s work. The
relation should be complementary.
[From minutes of first meeting]
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Results of first meeting June 3 2013
Relationship with TSAG (formally):
9. The Review Committee is established by this assembly and shall
present its report to WTSA-16 without changes through
TSAG. In addition, the Review Committee shall report its
progress to TSAG on a regular basis and take into account the
comments made by TSAG on the progress report.
10. Taking into account the role and functions of TSAG, as outlined
in Article 14A of the Convention, the Review Committee shall
provide reports to TSAG, with a view to, inter alia,
identifying any specific actions which could be
undertaken or implemented in the near term, and/or those
which could be conveyed by means of a report from the Director
of TSB for decision by the Plenipotentiary Conference.
[From ToR Resolution 82]
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Review Committee and TSAG
WTSA-12
World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly
Complement
TSAG:
Review Committee
Telecommunication Standardization
Advisory Group
WTSA-16
World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly
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Agreements at first meeting June 3 2013
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RevCom agreed with the proposal made by Germany (on behalf
CEPT) on evaluating the pros and cons of organizational
tools (JCAs, GSIs, TSRs and FGs) and alternative models
of ITU-T study group structure.
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RevCom agreed to form a correspondence group to develop a
questionnaire for the internal ITU membership and groups, as
well as external organizations (Chair: Ms Michiko Fukahori, MIC,
Japan).
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RevCom agreed to form a correspondence group on the action
plan (Mr Reiner Liebler, RevCom Vice-Chairman).
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Agreements at first meeting June 3 2013
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RevCom encouraged the six RevCom Vice Chairmen to take
advantage of the relevant regional organizations (APT, Arab
Group, ATU, CEPT, CITel, and RCC ) to provide input to RevCom.
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RevCom agreed to establish a Technology Watch Steering
Committee including academia, SG Chairmen, and the RevCom
Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
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RevCom Schedule
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RevCom shall meet immediately prior to TSAG.
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RevCom agreed to the need for more than one meeting per
year for RevCom to complete its work and agreed to minimize
costs by conducting meetings not held prior to TSAG in English
only, and with remote participation.
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The duration of each RevCom meeting shall not exceed three
days.
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The final report of the RevCom shall be translated and made
available to the final TSAG meeting before WTSA-16. The
RevCom shall end in 2016 unless WTSA-16 decides to renew it.
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Action Plan 2013/2014
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Standards Activity Evaluation: i.e. study the criteria to
measure the activities in each SG
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Cooperation and collaboration : i.e. encourage each
chairman of SG to provide the progress reports on the lead
study group activities
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Examining the Annex to the Strategic plan for the Union for
2012-2015 (agreed in Guadalajara)
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Address the issue of inter-Sector coordination and
collaboration
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Arrange promotional activities: CTO Group, joint event on
M2M standards coordination
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Next Steps in RevCom
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Initial reports of correspondence groups to RevCom general
mailing list and management team by the end of October for
comments, final reports to RevCom for agreement at the
next RevCom meeting
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Next meeting Rev Com: Geneva, 16/17 January 2014
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ComITU process regarding RevCom
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It is proposed to establish an Project Team under ComITU to
allow efficient and effective CEPT co-ordination before, during
and after the RevCom meetings. The Ad Hoc Group should
develop, discuss and evaluate options for the strategic review of
ITU-T. The group should work by E-Mail and may meet
physically during ComITU meetings or RevCom meetings.
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Submissions to the to the ITU-T RevCom being developed in
the Ad Hoc Group should be marked as “ developed and agreed
within the framework of CEPT Com_ITU”, if confirmed by
ComITU (either at a ComITU meeting or by correspondence
through the ComITU E-Mail list).
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