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PP Preparatory Process

Council 2024 and 2025 agreed on strengthening the inter-regional preparatory process and on holding inter-regional preparatory meetings. The schedule for these meetings will be as follows:

  • 1st meeting: 14 January 2026, 12.30-14.00 (during the CWG cluster), Geneva + hybrid
  • 2nd meeting: during Council-26 (28 April – 8 May 2026), Geneva + hybrid
  • 3rd meeting: during WTPF-26 (8-11 June 2026), Nassau + hybrid
  • 4th meeting: after the deadline for submission of candidatures (12 October 2026 at 23.59 Geneva time), Saudi Arabia + hybrid

Regional preparatory meetings

RegionMeetingsWebsite
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) preparatory meetings
  • 18 July 2025, 1st Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-1), Pattaya, Thailand

  • Late Jan./early Feb. exact date TBD, 2nd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-2), virtual

  • 30 March-2 April 2026, 3rd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-3), Thailand

  • 15-19 June 2026 TBC, 4th Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-4), Malaysia

  • 24-28 August 2026, 5th Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-5), Australia
APT website
Arab States preparatory meetings
African Telecommunications Union (ATU) preparatory meetings
  • 12-13 March 2026, 1st African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-26 in Ghana (TBC)

  • 18-21 May 2026 (TBC), 2nd African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-26 in Zimbabwe

  • 7-11 September 2026 (TBC), 3rd and final African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-26 (Venue TBC)
ATU website
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) preparatory meetings
  • 1 October 2025, 1st meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees, Athens, Greece (hybrid)

  • 9-11 December 2025, 2nd meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees, Paris, France (hybrid)

  • 23 March 2026, 3rd meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees, Czech Republic (hybrid)

  • 1 June 2026 (TBC), 4th meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees, Lithuania (hybrid)

  • 14 or 21 September 2026 (TBC), 5th meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees, Germany (hybrid)
CEPT website
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) preparatory meetings
  • 5-7 November 2025, 43rd Permanent Executive Committee of CITEL (COM/CITEL), Washington, D.C., USA

  • 17-19 March 2026, 9th Ordinary Assembly of CITEL, San José, Costa Rica

  • 20-24 April 2026, 48th Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Telecommunications/Information and Communication Technologies (PCC.I), Panama City, Panama

  • 7-11 September 2026, 49th Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Telecommunications/Information and Communication Technologies (PCC.I), Asunción, Paraguay
CITEL website
Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC) preparatory meetings
  • early June 2026, RCC Board of “Digital” Ministers – the RCC’s supreme governing body, Russian Federation

  • August 2026, Final joint meeting of the RCC Commission for the Coordination of International Cooperation and the RCC Working Group on Cooperation with the ITU, Kyrgyz Republic
RCC website