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Eastern Partnership Regulators Network: Enhancing Cooperation and Best Practices

The Eastern Partnership Regulators Network aims to strengthen relations among NRAs, align regulatory frameworks with EU standards, and facilitate knowledge exchange between EaP and EU NRAs. Established in 2012, it promotes continuous cooperation among NRAs from 6 Eastern Partnership countries. Membership is open to BEREC members, and funding is supported by an EU technical assistance project. The network's activities include benchmarking, plenary meetings, technical workshops, and training sessions on various telecommunications topics. The organizational structure involves a rotating Chairmanship, with Moldova and Lithuania holding leadership roles in 2013. Future workshops will cover areas such as accounting separation, broadband, and digital switchover challenges.

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Eastern Partnership Regulators Network: Enhancing Cooperation and Best Practices

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  1. Eastern Partnership (EaP) Regulators Network 2013-08-30 Feliksas Dobrovolskis Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT)

  2. Eastern Partnership – one of the top priorities during the Lithuanian presidency in the 2nd half of 2013

  3. EaP Regulators Network is… …a network of NRAs for electronic communications networks and services from 6 Eastern Partnership countries: • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Georgia • the Republic of Moldova • Ukraine

  4. Objectives? • Improve relations and cooperationamongst EaPNRAs • ApproximateEaP regulatory framework to EU • Exchangeexpertise, experience and best practices among EaP and EU NRAs • Promote continuous cooperation among EaP NRAs

  5. When established? In September 2012, Chisinau (Moldova) by signing MoU: • signed by Armenia, Georgia, Moldova,andUkraine. • Azerbaijan and Belarus may join MoU anytime, but have the right to participate in all EaP Network activities. • EaP cooperation on ICT launched in 2010 in Viena (AT) • Followed by meetings in 2011 in Trakai (LT) and Barcelona (ES) *Prior to that…

  6. Membership? • free of charge • 6 EaP NRAs • + open to any BEREC members (active participants: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Romainia)

  7. Funding of EaP Network activities? EU Technical assistance project for 2013-2014: • fulfilled by a contracting company (Price Waterhouse Coopers, Slovakia) • EU covers travelling expenses only for 6 EaP NRAs • EU covers organizational expenses (plenary meetings, technical workshops, study visits, etc.) * no covering of expenses for EU NRAs

  8. Organizational structure? • No permanent secretariat • Contact Network: representatives from EaP and EU • Chairman and Vice-chairman: • for 1 year term • elected in Plenary Meetings by Network members from EaPwhich signed MoU • Chairman - from EaPand Vice-chairman – from EU, and vice versa

  9. Chairmanship in 2013? Chairing– Moldova, ANRCETI *Chairman: Mr. GrigoreVaranita newly appointed Director of National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) Vice-chairing – Lithuania, RRT *Vice-chairman: Mr. Feliksas Dobrovolskis Director of RRT

  10. Network activities? • Needs assessment: visits by PwC to EaP countries • Benchmarking questionnaires,benchmarking reports • Plenary meetings: organized twice a year March 2013 – in Kiev (Ukraine), October 2013 – Jerevan (Armenia) • Training plan: foreseen for 2013 • 10 technical workshops in 2013-2014: • for experts of EaPNRAs • organized by PwC

  11. 10 technical workshops in 2013-2014. Topics? In 2013: • Market analysis: April 2013, Tbilisi (GE) • Costing methodologies and accounting separation: May 2013, Vilnius (LT) • Mobile and fixed termination rates: Sept 2013, Baku (AZ) • Universal service obligation: Oct 2013, venue TBC • Quality of service and customer protection: Nov 2013, venue TBC

  12. 10 technical workshops in 2013-2014. Topics? In 2014: • Accounting separation and regulatory audit • Wholesale and retail benchmarking • Broadband, NGA/NGN • International and national roaming • Frequency assignment, digital dividend, challenges of digital switchover

  13. Thank you for your attention!

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