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The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has announced its yearly WSIS stocktaking initiative

The call to include new initiatives for 2016 to 2017 has launched.  The MTITC invites its socio-economic partners to send their initiatives in the field of Information Society by 1 March 2017. They will be reflected in the WSIS Stocktaking report 2017 and presented during the WSIS Forum 2017.

For more information:  www.wsis.org/stocktaking

 

A Bulgarian project received recognition for significant contributions made to the development of the Information Society

A project by the Southwestern University "Neophyte Rilski" - Blagoevgrad was awarded a prestigious prize in the "Cultural diversity, identity and linguistic diversity" at the WSIS Project Prizes awards 2015. Eighteen winners were announced by the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Mr. Houlin Zhao.- on May 26, 2015 at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva.

WSIS Prizes 2017

WSIS Prizes is an international contest developed in response to requests from WSIS stakeholders to create an effective mechanism to evaluate and recognize individuals, governments, civil society, local, regional and international agencies, research institutions and private sector companies for outstanding success in implementing development-oriented strategies that leverage the power of ICTs. The WSIS Prizes contest is an integral part of the WSIS stocktaking process.

Digital Connectivity Directorate

Digital Connectivity Directorate

Functions:

  1. Develop, coordinate, update and monitor the implementation of strategic, planning and programming documents for the development of digital connectivity;
  2. Participates in the development of regulations in the field of digital connectivity and broadband;
  3. Organize, coordinate and analyze the statistical information necessary for the formation of the national policy in the field of digital connectivity;
  4. Assists the Minister in carrying out the state policy in the field of digital connectivity;
  5. Prepares positions, analyses, state

Communications Directorate

Communications Directorate
  1. establishes and maintains the policy in the field of electronic communications;
  2. prepares strategies, programs and plans in the field of electronic communications;
  3. assists the Council of the national radiofrequency spectrum in coining state policy on planning and allocation of radiofrequency spectrum, participates in its implementation and takes measure for the adoption by the Council of Ministers;
  4. participates in the preparation and the updating of the National Plan for radiofrequency spectrum allocatio

Concessions and Control of the Activity of the Trade Associations and Government Enterprises Directorate

Concessions and Control of the Activity of the Trade Associations and Government Enterprises Directorate:

1. Organizes and conducts the procedures for granting concession of railway infrastructure sights – state property, including the lands allocated for their construction, whole or technologically separate parts of ports for public transport of national significance and civil airports for public use;

2. Performs regulatory, coordinating, controlling and information functions related to concessioning;