Mr. Cleveland Thomas Vice Chairman Working Party 2/3 Study Group 3 ITU-T

The ITU-T Process from World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly to Recommendation

Plenipotentiary Conference Radio- communication Sector Telecommunication Standardization Sector Development Sector Council World/Regional Conferences Radio- Communication Assembly World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) World/Regional Conferences World Conferences on International Telecommunications Radio Regulations Board Study Groups Study Groups Study Groups Coordination Committee Secretary-General Deputy General Secretariat Director ________ Bureau Advisory Group Director ________ Bureau Advisory Group Director _________ Bureau Advisory Group

International Telecommunications ITU-D ITU-R World Radio Conference Plenipotentiary Conference Council ITU-T World Conference International Telecommunications ITU-D ITU-R World Radio Conference World Development Conference Radio Assembly World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly Telecommunication Standardisation Advisory Group Radio Advisory Group Telecommunications Development Advisory Group Study Groups Action Plans Study Groups Study Groups

World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly Structure of the ITU - T Study Group 2 World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly WTSA Telecommunications Standardisation Advisory Group. TSAG Study Group 3 Working Party 1/3 Working Party 2/3 Study Groups Study Group 16 SSG

How is a Recommendation Developed? WTSA Approves Questions or Study Group Approves Questions Questions Allocated to Study Groups Member States Study Groups S. G. allocates to Working Parties Recommendations Published Rapporteur Groups Established Approval Process –TAP/AAP Draft Recommendations to Working Parties Draft Recommendations to Study Group

Study Group Process Study Group meeting establishes Working Parties and Rapporteur Groups. Study Group members submit contributions addressing a question. On the basis of contributions and debate a new Recommendation is drafted or amendments to an existing recommendation drafted. If agreed the Study Group starts the approval process.

Approval Process Traditional Approval Process, TAP, for policy regulatory and tariff type recommendations. Alternative Approval Process, AAP, for technical type recommendations (standards).

Sector Member Role For a technical Recommendation Sector Members are involved in each step of the process from the development and approval of the question in a Study group through to the approval of the Recommendation in the Study Group.