The APT-InfoDev project on Trade and Telecommunications is already underway and its main focus is to prepare the Asia-Pacific for the Telecom Negotiations in the Doha Development Round.  One of the important objectives of the project is to conduct the four Sub Regional seminars that will be held within the Asia Pacific region to assist the member countries. 

The Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunicaions, Indonesia had  kindly consented to host the Sub-Regional Seminars on Trade and Telecommunications for South East Asia.  This Sub-Regional Seminar was held from 1 to 2 March 2004 at Kuta Paradiso Hotel, Kuta-Bali, Indonesia. 

The resentatives who are engaged in the work related to telecom trade negotiations, telecom sector liberalization, licensing etc participated at this seminar.  The representatives from the Ministries, national telecom regulators, service providers and other related institution of the member countries also attended the seminar. 

The objectives of the sub-regional seminar were:

    To enable countries in Asia-Pacific region to obtain authoritative information and documentation on the implementation of Uruguay Round commitments in Telecommunications.

    To asses impact of extending WTO commitments to cover IP services and other ICT applications in addition to basic services.

    To design a negotiation strategy and collaborative initiatives by sharing experiences of developed and developing countries.

Seminar Documents