Document WRC-19-IRWSP-18/17-E21 November 2018

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2nd ITU INTER-REGIONAL WORKSHOPON WRC-19 PREPARATION

(Geneva, 20-22 November 2018)

NTRA, Egypt

WRC-19 and RA-19Preparation in

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

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WRC–19

WRCs used to be held in Geneva, Switzerland due to its massive participation and long duration as well as number of participants.

Egypt is currently looking for becoming a global hub for conferences, we hosted the Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-16) with a great success, which encourage us to host one of the International Telecommunication Union’s big events.

WRC-19 will be hosted in Sharm el Sheikh since it is the most suitable for accommodating this conference due to:

₋ Large conference hall, and meeting rooms - Availability variable hotels ₋ Easiness of security issues - Suitable places for

holding social events

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For accommodating this conference many rooms arerequired due to the existence of many parallel meetings.

For these requirements an extension tothe venue have been constructed andready to accommodate WRC-19

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Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centers

The newly renovated International Convention Center in Sharm El Sheikhmarks itself as one of the largest convention centers in the region.

The Center offers over 30 meeting rooms and designated areas withdifferent participant capacities.

It boasts state-of-the art IT infrastructure complemented with top notchequipment aspiring to lead hosted events into success with professionalismand ease.

In addition to “The Capital” and “The Summit” rooms with a huge capacityof more than 3500 and 900 participants respectively, the Center comprisesa variety of differently-capacitated meeting rooms ranging from 100-500participants.

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This will avoid time wasted in customizing oversized andundersized meeting rooms to fit small and large meetingsrequirements.

Such features stipulate the new Sharm El Sheikh ConventionCenter as one of the most advanced conferencing facilitiesaround the world, thus it will be the most suitable to hostmajor ITU events such as the World Radio Conference.

7Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centers

Existing convention center (The Maritim Jolie Ville) The new extension of the convention center

The new extension layout

The Maritim meeting rooms

The new extension meeting rooms

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Host country services & facilities

Venue facilities

Entry visa

AccommodationTransportation

IT services

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Venue

Sharm El-Sheikh convention Centers can accommodate all ITU meetingrooms’ requirements without any split of any meeting room,

All meeting rooms could work parallel during the event duration.

The new extension of the convention center is re-designed based onWRC-19 and RA-19 requirements.

20Entry visa

All Egyptian embassies and councilors around the world will facilitate the entry visas for

participants.

Participants must apply for their visa at an early stage in order to guarantee obtaining it.

A visa form will be sent to all participants to facilitate obtaining their entry visa.

E-visa services and upon arrival is available for some countries listed in the below link

https://www.egyptvisa.com/

Any inquiries related to visa issues WRCvisa@tra.gov.eg

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Accommodation

The city of Sharm El-Sheikh ischaracterized by a massivenumber of variable hotelswith different range of priceswith excellent WIFI internetconnectivity, and all are veryclose to the conventioncenter

22WRC-19 Official hotels’ list

# Hotel Rate per SGL(USD) Rate per DBL (USD) Meal plan

1 Grand Rotana 160 180 Bed & Breakfast

2 Maritime Jolie Ville Golf 110 125 Bed & Breakfast

3 Maritime Jolie Ville Casino Sport 110 125 Bed & Breakfast

4 Maritime Jolie Ville Casino Palm 95 105 Bed & Breakfast

5 Concorde Elsalam Front 110 125 Bed & Breakfast

6 Concorde Elsalam sport 95 105 Bed & Breakfast

7 Hayatt Regency 160 180 Bed & Breakfast

8 Maritime Peninsula 145 160 Bed & Breakfast

9 Novotel Beach 110 125 Bed & Breakfast

10 Novotel Palm 95 105 Bed & Breakfast

11 Cleopatra 115 125 Bed & Breakfast

12 Baron 115 125 Bed & Breakfast

# Hotel Rate per SGL (USD) Rate per DBL (USD) Meal Plan

13 Continental Plaza Aqua Beach

105 120 A.I.

14 Sheraton 110 125 Bed & Breakfast

15 SteingenbergerAlcazar

160 180 Bed & Breakfast

16 Jaz Mirabel 125 145 Bed & Breakfast

17 Jaz Belveder 120 155 Bed & Breakfast

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For reservation please send a direct email to: WRChotel@tra.gov.eg

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Transportation

A free of charge transportation will be provided to all participants from the airport to the

official hotels

Shuttle buses will be provided at the door of each official hotel to the venue and vice-

versa, every 10 minutes

Registered participants must fill the transportation form to guarantee their pick up from

the airport

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IT services

All IT requirements has been taken into consideration and Egypt is currently working on providing all IT

services

27WRC-19 will not be a success without your participation

Waiting for you in Sharm El-SheikhWRC-2019