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ACTION ITEM
(WHAT)
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PARTY RESPONSIBLE
(WHO)
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TIME FRAME
(BY WHEN)
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| 1.
Mission Statement |
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1.1.
Drafting of a short Mission Statement
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1.1. WGET
Sec. |
1.1. Mid
August. 1998 |
| 2.
Promotion for Ratification |
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|
2.1.
Monthly one-page advertisement (F/E/S) in ITU News highlighting
Convention & Where & How to sign
|
2.1. ITU (WGET
Sec. advisory) |
2.1. Six
monthly issues from Sept. 1998 |
2.2. A5
brochures containing Convention, signatories, benefits &
obligations, examples of usage, where & how to sign
|
2.2. ITU/WGET
Sec. |
2.2. End
of 1998 |
2.3.
Articles/editorial on Convention in books & journals
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2.3. WGET
Sec./ITU SA |
2.3.
Periodically |
2.4.
Promotion of Convention in & solicitation of support from
relevant international conferences
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2.4.1. UN
53rd GA Resolution & signing ceremony (GA agenda item 20)
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2.4.1. US
Government |
2.4.1.
End of 1998 |
2.4.2.
1998 IIC Annual Conference, Rome, Oct 98 (report)
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2.4.2.
WGET Sec. |
2.4.2.
Oct. 1998 |
2.4.3.
WorldAid 98, Geneva, Oct. 1998 (presentation)
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2.4.3. ITU/WGET
Sec. |
2.4.3.
Oct. 1998 |
2.4.4. ITU
PP-98, Minneapolis, Oct. Nov. 1998
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2.4.4.1.
Report on PP-94 Resolution 36
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2.4.4.1.
ITU SA |
2.4.4.1.
Completed |
2.4.4.2.
PP-94 Resolution 36 to be modified
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2.4.4.2.
ITU/WGET Sec. |
2.4.4.2.
During PP-98 |
2.4.5.
ITAC/WGET Meetings, Geneva, 30 Nov.- 4 Dec. 1998
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2.4.5.
WGET Sec./ITAC/ITU |
2.4.5.
Nov. 1998 |
2.4.6.
PTC, Honolulu, Jan. 1998 (presentation)
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2.4.6. ITU
SA/WGET Sec. & Partners |
2.4.6.
Jan. 1999 |
2.4.7.
World Telecom 99, Oct. 1999 (special session on emergency telecoms)
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2.4.7. ITU
SA/WGET Sec. & Partners |
2.4.7.
Oct. 1999 |
2.4.8.
Regional Telecoms (Africa 2000, America, 1999, Asia, 1999)
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2.4.8. ITU
SA/WGET Sec. & Partners |
2.4.8. TBA |
2.5.
Website promoting Convention (benefits, where & how to sign)
|
2.5. WGET
Sec./ITU |
2.5. End
of 1998 |
2.6.
ITU Press Releases in F/E/S on emergency telecom events
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2.6. ITU |
2.6.
Periodically |
| 3.
Fundraising |
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|
3.1.
Requests for & follow-ups on contribution from governments
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3.1. WGET
Sec./OCHA |
3.1.
Annually & as necessary |
3.2.
Requests for & follow-ups on contribution from private industry
|
3.2. WGET
Sec./ITU SA |
3.2.
Periodically & ASAP |
| 4.
Booklets, Guidelines, Bibliographies
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4.1.
A6-style booklets in F/E/S for field use containing Convention, list
of signatories & relevant information
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4.1. WGET
Sec./ITU |
4.1. Early
1999 & as necessary |
4.2.
Guidelines for national implementation of Convention, targeting
national regulators & technical experts. Also posting on
Web
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4.2. WGET
Sec. & Partners (ITU advisory) |
4.2. Mid
to end 1999 & updates as necessary |
4.3.
Annotated bibliography & list of legal documents dealing with
emergency telecommunications. Also posting on Web
|
4.3. WGET
Sec. |
4.3.
Periodically |
| 5.
Inventories & Registries |
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|
5.1.
Telecommunication Assistance Information Inventory (Art.8),
including collection, updating, dissemination, Web posting
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5.1. OCHA
(within "Register of Stockpiles"): ITU, if requested by
OCHA |
5.1. ASAP |
5.2.
Listing of emergency telecom regulation (Art.9), including
collection, updating, dissemination, Web posting
|
5.2. ITU, if
requested by OCHA |
5.2. ASAP |
5.3.
Registry of Tampere Convention Applications, including
when/who/what/how, effectiveness, & lessons learned. Also
posting on Web.
|
5.3. OCHA/ITU
(associated with 5.1 & 5.2) |
5.3. ASAP |
| 6.
Emergency Telecoms Workshops |
|
|
6.1.
Workshops for emergency managers (also used for ratification
promotion)
|
6.1. WGET
Sec. & Partners/ITU (Harbi) |
6.1. Early
1999 (So. Pacific) |
6.2. Study
of possibility of a Marin Headlands Projects
|
6.2. WGET
Sec. |
6.2. End
1999 |
| 7.
Pilot Projects |
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|
7.1.
Support for pilot projects studying applications of Convention
different technical & regulatory environments (see also 9.1)
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7.1. WGET
Sec. & Partners/ITU |
7.1.
Periodically |
| 8.
Development of Model Agreements/Best Practices |
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|
8.1.
Experts' group for drafting model agreements for telecommunication
assistance, with inputs from states & NGO, within WGET Subgroup
A
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8.1. US
Government/WGET Sec.
|
8.1. First
half 1999 |
8.2. WGET
Subgroup B discussions for consolidating best practices in
telecommunication assistance, with inputs form states & NGO
|
8.2. WGET
Sec. & Partners |
8.2. ASAP
& periodically |
| 9.
Telecom Assistance to Disaster-Prone LDC |
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|
9.1. Study
of opportunities in telecom assistance to disaster-prone LDC
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9.1.
ITU-BDT/WTDC |
9.1.
Ongoing |
| 10.
Interaction with Field Security |
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|
10.1. Task
Force on Emergency Telecommunication for Field Security
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10.1. WGET
Sec./ITAC/UNSECORD |
10.1. Dec.
1998 & afterwards |
| 11.
SWOT Analysis |
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|
11.1.
Analysis into Strength, Weakness, Opportunities & Threats of
execution of plan of action to be conducted annually &
recommendations presented
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11.1. WGET
Sec./OCHA/ITU with inputs from Partners |
11.1. End
of each fiscal year |
| 12.
Biennial Informal Consultations |
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| 12.1.
Biennial Informal consultations among signatories & NGO to act
on conclusions reached in 7,8,9,10 & 11, & if necessary to
propose amendments to Convention. |
12.1. WGET
Sec./OCHA/ITU |
12.1.
Biennially & as necessary |