The 2024 meeting of the GCBI was held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15-17 April 2024.

The eleventh meeting of the GCBI was held virtually on November 29, 2023.

The tenth meeting of the GCBI will be held virtually on December 6, 2022.

The ninth meeting of the GCBI will be held virtually, from 20-21 May, 2021.

The eighth meeting of the GCBI was held virtually, from 1-2 June, 2020.

The seventh meeting of the GCBI was held at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19-20 March, 2019.

The sixth meeting of the GCBI was held at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from 27-28 February 2018. 

The fifth meeting of the Group on Capacity Building Initiatives (GCBI) was held in ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, from 8 to 9 February 2017. 

The fourth meeting of the Group on Capacity Building Initiatives (GCBI) was held in Lisbon,Portugal, from 11 to 12 November 2015. The meeting was kindly hosted by ANACOM, Portugal and held at Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações - Museu das Comunicações, rua do Instituto Industrial, Lisboa.

The main purpose of this meeting was to validate and endorse the list of recommended Centres of Excellence for the new 2015-2018 Cycle. The GCBI took into consideration all factors related to the selection and provided their recommendations regarding the final list of CoEs to be submitted to the Director, BDT.