 ... ... ... ... ...izada ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ normal  Ora ən solar  sought ᶜ� I see, the ministers, drifting generals of both national🏀 statistically offices and telecommunication regulatory authorities and I Kuris a many experts and very senior government officials and theatcher in the room, of course Georgia is a very attractive loan toward certain nation that is the chewy of the Wonder we see many participants here I heard from our prime minister last year Georgia attracted more than 5 million tourists. Not everybody has a chance to visit Georgia, but anyhow we see many delegates come to join us. This diversity is crucial as we need political will and expertise to drive the important process of data collection, processing and reporting. Excellencies ladies and gentlemen, as the ITU Secretary-General elect, I want to assure you here and now that I continue to provide unflishing support for the work related to measuring the information society. This is all the more important as the international community has now set the sustainable development goals that recognize that ITU plays a pivotal role for future attainment. Thank you for your attention and look forward to engaging with you personally and to listen to the many interesting sessions over the next two days. I would like to thank Mr. Zhao for his remarks and next I would like to call his excellency, Mr. George Guerekashvili, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Vice Prime Minister of Georgia to deliver his welcome speech. First, Mr. Zhao, I would like to call on all of you to take part as the leader of the telecommunications infrastructure and the symposium of the Maasmenzlova. Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Prime Minister of Georgia and others to refer to the telecommunications infrastructure ʋsajrtashe oriso ka� насколько ʋʋʋါʋ ʋxʃါʋ ʋmʒʋʄါʋ ʋposter jze기가 ʋar qeʃ eʷvastan dakaʋʒirebit. Davu suru mat dʋdi ʋitat zarmatae bebi ʋsapa su kizbe geblo nisholovan saqmijan obaʃ. ʋmʀial ganʋuganu ʋetarebuli saʋ information da, saqmunikatio technologically bi ʋtʋarmu wajdghen saʋ information � aire ᗐ� Screen Medical ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։   ancestry ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։ Abashidze, chairman of the Georgian Communication Commission, Mr. Ulinzao, Deputy Secretary General and Secretary-General-Elect of the ITU, Honorable Ministers, Director-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my real honor to welcome you to the 2014 edition of the world telecommunication ICT Indicator Symposium WTIS here in Tbilisi with its unique and ancient cultural heritage. I would like to thank the government of this mixing. Let me come back. Sorry for that. This is technology also. Still have a lot to do. Yes. I would like to thank the government of Georgia for hosting this event and for the kind and warm hospitality extended to all of us. This year, the WTIS is bringing some very positive changes. For the first time, we are launching the measuring the information society report. This is what the flagship report of ITU that we launch every year. I can tell you that we are happy to launch it here in the country that I make very good improvement in terms of ICT development index. The availability of high quality, timely and reliable data and robots. International measurement framework is of paramount importance. For this reason, I recently commissioned a study aimed at evaluating our current data collection and processing. The expert will present to us here his final report. Further, one of the key topics of this year is big data. ICT is the debate on the data revolution because data revolution or data capital, as some call it, is mainly driven and dependent on ICTs. This is why I also commissioned a report on big data that will be presented this afternoon to trigger discussion on this very important issue. As you know, ITU's mandate and work in data statistics and measuring the information society have been reinforced by resolution 8 of the 6 world telecommunication development conference in the resolution 131 of the just completed ITU planning potential conference. We count on your support in order for us to continue providing reliable data and statistics to all the stakeholders of the ICT ecosystem. Let me take this opportunity to thank all the member states, international organizations, industry and experts that support us in our work. Our two statistical expert groups. The expert group on telecommunication and ICT indicators with around 500 members and the expert group on ICT household indicators with around 300 members. We work continuously to improve methodologies, define new indicators and review existing ones. I would like to thank the expert group for their hard work in contributing in those two groups. Your Excellency, Prime Minister of Georgia. The environmental sustainability department are very involved, particularly in data issues and the data is there. I will be very brief because our Prime Minister and our Vice Prime Minister share with you the plans which we have in Georgia about one more time. I want to say that we have a plan and this plan is synchronized with the Europe and we want to achieve the significant improvement in the ICT department. They are very professional and chair woman of the statistic department here and I think that she can make some remarks afterwards. But we all know that the correct database is very important. Today I have some statistics and by the way this is one of the things that this methodology was changed during the past three months as I know. For our methodology, the internet, they all follow. Thank you. Good morning once again, your Excellencies. It was given occasion of achieve and also in meeting the set. Looking now at resources. It also had a working group on technology and it is changing how. Excellent, the deputy minister. So let's see here. The shallot here not just from. Thank you very much. Push us along. It needs to be bigger ICT infrastructure so that poor people can ICT be applied in this case to check the emission or. We should consider including this is also we should consider indicator regarding the internet users for groups at risk. They are older people. I think in some of the country aging countries are facing great problem regarding. Because it's our belated to know how can we put a human face to that. Can we talk about impact when we collect data? How can we put a human face to it? And how can we mainstream this into matters that relate to people with disabilities. Disadvantaged people. And we are part of it productivity and efficient data production in the data revolution. But we capture that in the data how ICTs is actually much larger than would appear from the list on the number of users of ICTs. Final. This year. Going to be finance in October in Morocco Marrakesh. And it was looking at how the post agenda in the context of Africa will be finance looking at mechanisms for financing. Domestic resource mobilization. The whole issue of illicit financial flows and such like development for foreign aid is becoming lesser priority for the continent. And it's becoming another case study of major importance. And of course lots of other people have raised the inclusion to take this debate further. But I learned or policy that take better that.