The second meeting of the GCBI was held in Missenden Abbey, United Kingdom, from 21-22 October 2013. The meeting was at the kind invitation of the Chairman of the GCBI, also Chairman of the United Kingdom Telecommunications Academy (UKTA), Professor David Mellor.
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.
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 fifth meeting of the Group on Capacity Building Initiatives (GCBI) was held in ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, from 8 to 9 February 2017.
The sixth meeting of the GCBI was held at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from 27-28 February 2018.