World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

  The WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT POLICY FORUM (WTPF) is a high-level international forum to exchange views on the key policy issues arising from today’s fast changing telecommunication / ICT environment . At the last meeting, held in Dec2021, the Forum approved a set of five non-binding policy guidance documents, known as ‘Opinions’, such as on emerging telecommunication / ICT services and technologies , affordable and security connectivity , Digital literacy and skills , and more, helping shape future technology policy . ITU, together with UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, in collaboration with all WSIS Action Lines (co-) facilitators and partners, is also convening the annual WSIS Forum as a global multistakeholder platform facilitating the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines. With the theme of WSIS Action Lines for ‘ Building Back Better and Accelerating the achievement of the SDGs ’, the WSIS Forum 2023 was held from 13 – 17 March at the ITU HQs in Geneva, followed by virtua...

  CONVENING GLOBAL PLATFORMS FOR CONNECTIVITY : Led by H.E. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Carlos Slim Helù of Mexico, the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development is co-chaired by ITU ’s Secretary-General and UNESCO Director-General and comprises over 50 Commissioners who represent a cross-cutting group of top CEO and industry and policy leaders, with academia and organizations concerned with development. The Commission serves as a foundation for bringing the United Nations Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation to life with its advocacy and thought leadership work and contributing and shaping the Global Digital Compat process (in particular in the pillar of " Connect all people to the internet, including all schools ") and outcomes as the high-level advisory multistakeholder group.