The Regional Preparatory Meeting is July 05 - 07, 2005. The Draft Agenda for this meeting is:

1. Opening comments by the Director of BDT

2. Election of Chairman

3. Election of Vice-Chairman

4. Approval of agenda

5. Consideration of time management plan

6. Implementation of the Istanbul Action Plan (WTDC-02) and the Action Plan of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS, Geneva phase)

7. ICT development prospects: Constraints and opportunities

8. Work topics and other matters for BDT programmes and activities

9. Regional initiatives and BDT action lines

10. Other business