Regional Actions in Europe An update as from April 2017 Jaroslaw Ponder Coordinator for Europe July 2017 1

Girls in ICTs 2017 Events in Europe Girls in ICT Events were organized in at least 37 countries EXAMPLES Girls in ICT Stockholm 2017 (Inicio & EIT Digital), hands-on workshops on electronics and smart cities, role models and a mini- fair for 100 girls Girl Tech Fest Brussels 2017, (Digital Leadership Institute): over 100 activities reaching 250 participants, encouraging girls toward study and career paths in ESTEAM: STEM plus Entrepreneurship and Arts Girls in ICT Serbia (Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications), award ceremony for blogging competition, Minecraft workshop STEM in the City Milan (Municipality of Milan), 84 activities throughout April - public events, training activities, role models, hackathons reaching over 3000 participants ICT Go Girls (CESGA, Spain): Virtual conference, demonstrations of 3D printing, robotics, Virtual Reality, coding classes, Pixel art, guided tour at the Centre Gender Centre: Girls in ICT (Bosnia and Herzegovina), jointly with Lanaco and Innovation Centre Banja Luka, award show for competition on developing ICT solutions for the challenges in the local communities, workshops, conference with motivational speakers Microsoft’s DigiGirlz events in 11 European countries & Cisco’s GirlsPowerTech in 13 countries Girls’ Day celebrations: Germany (over 100.000 girls), the Netherlands (11.000 girls), Slovakia (over 1.000 girls) 2 International Girls in ICT Day 2018 will be observed on 26 April 2018.

Digital Youth Forum The Digital Youth Forum held in Warsaw, Poland on 25 May 2017 500+ youth (14–17 years old) More than 30 schools connected remotely Exposition focusing on digital skills and digital opportunities Operation Uncool Launched 200+ respondents to the query supporting open consultation for the purposes of the ITU Council Working Group on Child Online Protection 3

Innovation Dialogues to Accelerate Digital Transformation 12-16 June 2017 / ITU Headquarters, Geneva 200+ stakeholders during all sessions 4

Spectrum & Broadcasting Regional Seminar for EUR&CIS 29-31 May 2017 / Rome, Italy 70+ participants / 17 Member States EUR&CIS Results Report with topics for further investigation Capacity built in the filed of Future of Digital terrestrial television broadcasting Effective use of the digital dividend National Regulatory and Policy Measures on Spectrum Management Economics Aspects of Spectrum Management Spectrum monitoring IMT 2020 (5G) and beyond Spectrum needs and management of IoT Preparation to WTDC 2017 and WRC 2019 5

Recent Publications & Reports Regional review of national activities on child online protection in Europe [April] Twinning Project Albania – Slovenia [April] Broadband infrastructure mapping [April] Mobile identification: Implementation, challenges, and opportunities [April] Training opportunities 2017 offered by the ITU Centres of Excellence in the Europe region [April] Twinning between Poland and Albania: Technical specifications for a tool to measure quality of service [May] Report on Girls in ICT 2017 Celebrations in Europe [June] Upcoming Child Online Protection: Operation Uncool Results of First Query [July] ICT for Energy [July] Spectrum management & Broadcasting workshop outcome [July] 6

Trainings – European Centre of Excellence Network COMPLETED UPCOMING Software conformance testing and Audit scheduled initially for 01-02 June 2017 now rescheduled for 4-5 December 2017 Information security management and compliance in telecommunications scheduled for 28-30 June 2017 [no decision taken yet] http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/Europe/Documents/Publications/EuropeanCOE_Flyer.pdf 7

Ongoing Projects 2017 mhealth Hub for Europe National CIRT Establishment for Cyprus Project signed in December 2016 Design mission conducted in May Design document submission in July Implementation in progress Implementation mission with training in September 2017 Project to close in March 2018 mhealth Hub for Europe ITU Europe team attended the e- health week held in Malta in May 2017 where meetings were held with WHO and other stakeholders. Expression of Interest document being finalized with WHO and EU in July Roadshows planned for Brussels, Copenhagen, and Estonia between June and October. RFP in late 2017

Project Prospects 2017-2018 Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 in Montenegro National CIRT Establishment for Bosnia and Herzegovina National assessment (September 2017) Project signature (2017) Implementation 2018/2019 Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 in Montenegro Kick-off workshop on 27 Sept Elaboration of the draft master plan Presentation and adoption by the government

What’s Next until January 2017 CYBERSECURITY 5th Central European Cybersecurity Public-Private Dialogue Platform Sibiu, Romania, 14-15 September 2017 International Conference "Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online" Warsaw, Poland, 19-20 September 2017 Regional Cyberdrill for EUR and CIS Moldova, 18-22 November [TBC] 1st Western European Cybersecurity Public-Private Dialogue Platform Porrentruy, Switzerland, 7-8 December 2017 ENABLING ENVIR. / INFRASTRUCTURE Regulatory Conference for Europe on "Next Generation Regulation” Budva, Montenegro, 25-26 September 2017 Workshop on Transition from IPv4 IPv6 Budva, Montenegro, 27 September 2017 EMF Limits for 5G Roll Outs Experts Group Meeting November [date and place TBC] Future of Cable TV ITU Headquarters, Geneva, 25-26 January 2018 9

What’s Next until January 2017 ACCESSIBILITY Online course: Procurment of Accessible ICTs Online: ITU Academy, Nov-Dec, 2017 Training on Model ICT Accessibility Policy Bosnia and Herzegovina (November) TFYR of Macedonia (October) INNOVATION Executive Training of Trainers on Innovation Toolkit Slovenia, September 2017 [date TBC] ICT Centric Innovation Review Montenegro, September – December ACADEMIA / CAPACITY BUILDING ITU-Academia Partnership Meeting: Developing Skills for the Digital Era Budapest, Hungary, 19-21 September 2017 4th Meeting of Steering Committee Meeting of European Centres of Excellence Copenhagen, December, 2017 DIGITAL INCLUSION ITU-Academia Partnership Meeting: Developing Skills for the Digital Era Budapest, Hungary, 19-21 September 2017 Measuring the Information Society Report 2017: Europe Region Perspective Brussels, November [date TBC] 9

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