[kictanet] Fwd: Kenya elected as the new Chair of the CTO for 2012-13

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*Kenya elected as the new Chair of the CTO for 2012-13*



	

*Port Louis, Mauritius -26 October 2012* - At the 52nd Council meeting 
held on 25th October in Mauritius, Kenya was elected as the new 
Chairperson of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation 
<https://www.regonline.co.uk/manager/email/WWW.CTO.INT> for 2012-13. 
Also elected were Nigeria as the First Vice Chairperson and Trinidad and 
Tobago as the Second Vice Chairperson. Telkom South Africa and the 
Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Cameroon were elected to the 
CTO’s Executive Committee representing the Industry Partners and the 
Development Partners of the CTO respectively.

This meeting also marked an important occasion when the Council adopted 
the proposed amendments to the CTO Constitution and Rules of Procedure. 
Based on the outcomes of a wide ranging consultation, the amendments 
modify the governance structure of the CTO to facilitate the delivery of 
its mandate. The new Constitution and the Rules of Procedure improve the 
stakeholders’ participation in governance, takes into account commercial 
exigencies and provides for greater degree of transparency.

The Council meeting was preceded by the 10th Annual CTO Forum, which was 
opened by H.E. Mr. Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK, GOSK, President of the 
Republic of Mauritius. The Forum brought together policy makers, 
regulators and industry representatives from both Commonwealth and 
non-Commonwealth countries, to explore how mobile broadband can be 
utilized more effectively, efficiently and securely for development.

In the margins of the Forum, on 24th October, the joint project by the 
International Telecommunications Union and the CTO to implement Child 
Online Protection in six African countries was launched at a meeting 
attended by senior policy makers and regulatory heads, led by Hon. 
Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, Minister of Information and Communication 
Technology of Mauritius, where the delegates finalized the 
implementation plan.

A workshop on “IPv6 for Managers”, conducted by AFRINIC together with 
the ICT Authority on 24th October, informed high level decision makers 
of the challenges and opportunities of the migration from IPv4 to IPv6.

The CTO Council meeting and the Forum were hosted by the Ministry of 
Information and Communication Technologies and the ICT Authority of 
Mauritius, with generous sponsorship from Diamond Sponsor Mauritius 
Telecom/Orange, as well as many other local and international sponsors.

About CTO

The CTO is the oldest and largest Commonwealth organisation engaged in 
multilateral collaboration in the field of Information and Communication 
Technologies (ICTs). It uses its experience and expertise to support 
members in integrating ICTs to deliver effective development 
interventions that enrich, empower, equalise and emancipate people 
within the Commonwealth and beyond.

For more information, please contact:

Srini Srinivasan
Senior Communications Officer
s.srinivasan at cto.int <mailto:s.srinivasan at cto.int>
+44 20 8600 3812




	

	



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