The Following Is the List of Agreed Follow up Actions for the TSB Director's Ad Hoc Group

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/ INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION / SE–011
TELECOMMUNICATION
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
TSB DIRECTOR'S AD HOC GROUP / April 2013
English only
Original: English
Subject: / Kyoto, Japan, 25 April 2013
Standards Education AHG – Document 011
Source: / TSB
Title: / Standards Education AHG action plan (position of 2013-04-18)

The following is the list of agreed follow up actions for the TSB Director's Ad hoc Group on Standards Education, as of 2013-04-18.

Reference / Actions / Lead person(s) / Status /
1210-01 / Promote the AHG-SE among ITU contacts, including academia members. / Alessia Magliarditi (TSB) / ITU Sec Gen invited all academic members to participate in the work of the AHG-SE in October 2012.
1210-02 / Organize workshops, in close cooperation with standards bodies (e.g. ITU, ISO, and IEC), governments, industry and academia, to be held in parallel with AHG-SE meetings to attract the right public that can contribute to this activity. / Alessia Magliarditi (TSB)
Ramjee Prasad (Aalborg University, Denmark) / Past meeting:
- ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF Standards Education Workshop, 8-9 October 2012, Aalborg University, Denmark
Planned meetings:
- During TSAG in Geneva, 4–7 June 2013
- During GWS 2013 Conference; Atlantic City, NJ, USA, 24-27 June 2013 (workshop plus AHG-SE)
- Workshop plus AHG-SE in India, 16-19 December 2013 (city and other details TBD)
1210-03 / Promote the AHG-SE through papers published in magazines and other publications, as well as through the new Journal of ICT Standardisation (published by River Publishers). / Anand R. Prasad (NEC, Japan, Editor-in-chief of Journal of ICT Standardisation)
1210-04 / Promote the AHG-SE activities and results through ITU social media, regular press releases and news logs / Alessia Magliarditi (TSB)
1210-05 / Develop pilot courses using remote participation (ITU electronic facilities). / Dina Šimunić (University of Zagreb)
1210-06 / Develop a strategy towards the development of materials for education about standardization, as well as identification of common requirements.
1210-07 / Identify leading academic institutions interested in education about standardization and invite them to join the AHG-SE. / TBD
1210-08 / Identify potential sources of funding for the development of materials for education about standardization. For example, many countries are not members of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), which has programmes that could be used to fund related activities.

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