Introduction

At 15th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-15) held from 9 to 11 March, 2009, an Ad-hoc group was established to study how to harmonize and integrate the works of ASTAP and APT Study Groups (SG). The group submitted their report, including a proposed new structure, to the 16th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-16) held from 25 to 27 August 2009 in Macao, China. The proposed new structure was adopted by ASTAP-16 Plenary and subsequently submitted to the 33rd Session of the APT Management Committee (MC-33) held in December 2009 at Tehran, Iran. MC-33 approved the new structure of APT Standardization Program (ASTAP) and its Terms of Reference

Objectives

The Objectives of the APT Standardization Program (ASTAP) is:

• To establish regional cooperation on standardization and to contribute to global standardization activities;
• To harmonize standardization activities in the region through cooperative standardization activities such as exchange of views and information;
• To share knowledge and experience among APT members through studies, research and analysis on telecommunications/ICT areas;
• To assist APT members, especially developing country members, to develop the skills in telecommunications/ICT areas by providing research and analysis-based study results and surveys on key telecommunications/ICT areas;
• To enhance the level of expertise on standardization for telecommunications/ICT areas among APT members;
• To foster appropriate institutional arrangements for promotion of telecommunications/ ICT standardization in the Asia-Pacific region.

Structure

ASTAP consists of Plenary, Working Groups, Expert Groups, Advisory Board and other related groups.   ASTAP has a Chairman and Vice-Chairmen. Working Groups and Expert Groups have Chairmen and if necessary Vice-Chairmen.

Expert Groups/ Working Parties

Currently there are 10 Working Groups and 8 Expert Groups. 

Working Group on Organization and Working Methods (OWM)

Working Group on Industry Relations (IR)

Working Group on Strategic Plan (SP)

Working Group on ITU-T Issues (ITU-T)

Working Group on Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG)

Working Group on Policies, Regulatory and Strategies (PRS)

Working Group on ICT & Climate Change (ICTCC)

Working Group on Infrastructure & Network (I&N)

          Expert Group on Next Generation Networks (NGN)

          Expert Group on Internet Related Topics (IRT)

Working Group on Service & System Operation (SSO)

          Expert Group on Disaster Management Communication System (DMCS)

          Expert Group on Millimeter-Wave Communication Systems (MMCS)

Working Group on IT Application & User related Issues (ITAU)

          Expert Group on Security (IS)

          Expert Group on Next Generation Web (NGW)

          Expert Group on Speech and Natural Language Processing (SNLP)

          Expert Group on Accessibility and Usability (AU)

Office Bearers

Chairman: Dr. Seyed Mostafa Safavi
Vice Chairman: Mr. Kenji Tanaka
Vice Chairman: Dr. Ho-kun Moon

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E-mail Reflectors

Download Registration Form for ASTAP WGs/ EGs Reflectors

Meetings/ Seminars/ Workshops

The Seventeenth ASTAP Forum (5-9 July 2010)
The Sixteenth ASTAP Forum  (25-27 August 2009)
The Fifteenth ASTAP Forum (9-11 March 2009)
The Fourteenth ASTAP Forum (9-11 June 2008)
The Thirteenth ASTAP Forum (1-4 October 2007)
The Twelfth ASTAP Forum (12- 15 March 2007)
The Eleventh ASTAP Forum (13 - 16 June 2006)
The Tenth ASTAP Forum (25 - 28 October 2005)
The Ninth ASTAP Forum (29 March - 1 April 2005)

Documents

ASTAP KEY DOCUMENTS

ASTAP Working Methods (adopted at 17th ASTAP Forum)
Annex 1 - Terms of Reference of ASTAP Advisory Board
Annex 2 - Approval Procedures for ASTAP Output Documents

ASTAP Strategic Plan (2009-2011)

ASTAP OUTPUT DOCUMENT
Radiocommunication Systems for Early Warning and Disaster Relief Operations
(Provisonally approved by ASTAP-12 Forum and final approved by 31st MC)

Contacts

If you could not locate any document, require information or have any suggestion on ASTAP Activities, please contact:

APT Secretariat
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
12/49 Soi 5, Chaengwattana Road,
Bangkok 10210, Thailand
Tel. +662 573 0044
Fax +662 573 7479
E-Mail : aptastap@apt.int