| | | SDG Digital DayThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) along with partners from the United Nations system and beyond will convene on 17 September 2023 for SDG Digital Day in New York.
SDG Digital Day aims to put data and digital technologies front and centre to catalyse greater action on all 17 goals – from eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities to ensuring access to clean water and sanitation and providing affordable and clean energy for everyone worldwide. | |
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| Recent Reports | | Broadband in the News | | Connectivity for Small BusinessesThe Working Group on MSMEs hosted a webinar through the WSIS& SDG TalkX platform titled "The Power of Connectivity and Digital Tools for Small Businesses," bringing together experts and entrepreneurs from various sectors to discuss the importance of connectivity and digital tools for empowering MSMEs.
Learn more about the webinar in our latest article. Additionally, don't miss the Broadband Commission's MSMEs Day Campaign, featuring inspiring impact stories from MSMEs worldwide.
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| | Digital Transformation Collaborative UNESCO and ITU are working to advance the Digital Transformation Collaborative (DTC), a collaboration the brings experts from diverse organizations to support governments with their education transformation plans. Together, the group of over thirty tech-focused partners will steer digital transformation in education towards equity, quality and sustainability. The DTC aims to mobilize resources at national scale in collaboration with governments to move the needle along these 5 Cs to advance comprehensive digital transformation in education and achieve SDG 4. |
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| | COP28The International Telecommunication Union, together with partners across the UN, governments, business, and civil society, will convene the Green Digital Action track at COP28 to galvanize partnerships, launch bold initiatives and constructive solutions, to collectively scale up and speed up tangible digital-technology-driven action for climate change monitoring, mitigation and adaptation.
Stay up to date and learn how you can get involved. |
| | SDG GameChangersThe ITU, UNDP and partners invite you to participate in the SDG Digital GameChangers Award, a global recognition of projects, innovative applications, and policies that are leveraging digital technologies to rescue the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
This competition is an exceptional opportunity to celebrate outstanding digital initiatives that are making a real difference in achieving the SDGs. Submissions must be sent by no later than 17 July 2023. |
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| | HLPF 2023The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs at the global level. The theme this year is "Accelerating the recovery from the COVID-19 and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels”.
Commissioners and leaders of the Broadband Commission will be present to contribute to discussions on broadband as a fundamental element for achieving the SDGs, including H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima, Mr. Filippo Grandi, Barbados and more. |
| | ITU CouncilThe Council, composed of 48 ITU Member States, acts as the Union’s governing body in the interval between plenipotentiary conferences. It considers broad telecommunication policy issues and ensures that the Union’s strategy responds to changes in the telecommunication environment.
Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the ITU, and Broadband Commission Co-Chair, is leading the Council, while several Commissioners are In attendance, including H.E. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, H.E. Mohammed Al-Tamimi, representatives from Rwanda, UAE and more. |
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| | UNESCO ConferenceUNESCO will organize an International Conference on the Ethics of Neurotechnology on the theme "Building a framework to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, on 13 July 2023. Engaging all relevant stakeholders, including policymakers, lawmakers, scientists, ethicists, practitioners, and private sector companies, is crucial to gather various views and prepare the ground for shaping the ethical governance of neurotechnology. |
| | AI for Good SummitThe AI for Good Summit convened experts, UN organizations, and cutting-edge innovations - featuring 51 innovative robots, including nine humanoid robots, equipped to help tackle global challenges with functions in line with the 17 SDG goals.
Broadband Commissioners and Commissioner-led organizations spearheaded multiple sessions and roundtables on a range of topics and applications including AI for Health, Women in AI, and 5G. |
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| | UNESCO Digital Learning WeekThe Digital Learning Week is the rebranding of the decade-long UNESCO Mobile Learning Week and will serve as the new UNESCO annual flagship event on digital learning to steer the human-centred digital transformation of education. It aims to convene in-person events to reassemble the global community of policy-makers, practitioners, educators, private sector partners, researchers and development agencies to jointly respond to the new dynamic around digital learning. The event will take place from 4 to 7 Sept 2023 at UNESCO HQ in Paris. |
| | Global Supply Chain ForumUNCTAD and the Government of Barbados will hold the first Global Supply Chain Forum in the country’s capital, Bridgetown, from 21 to 24 May 2024. Government officials, business leaders and experts will explore how to promote development through sustainable and resilient transport and logistics, improved connectivity and trade facilitation. They will address digitalization, food security, transport costs, climate change, developing countries’ financing needs and how to better manage the energy transition in international transport. |
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| | BBCOM WebinarIn May 2023, the Broadband Commission, UNESCO, and ITU conducted a webinar on “Leading in the Digital Era: How can Public Sector Leaders Use AI for the Good of All?” hosted on the AI for Good platform.
This interactive webinar introduced the AI and Digital Transformation Competency Framework, a practical guide to support digital and AI capacity development for civil servants, international organizations, and regional and national actors. This framework was developed by the Broadband Commission Working Group on AI Capacity Building, a collaboration involving multiple stakeholders and led by Nokia and UNESCO. |
| | Open data for AIHaving raw data is the first essential step in processing and transforming them into actionable information. But the required data need to have certain characteristics, such as being accurate, timely and reliable. Further critical aspects of data are that they are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) by anyone for any purpose.
The aim of these guidelines is to apprise Member States of the value of open data, and to outline how data are curated and opened. These guidelines specify concrete steps that Member States can take to open their data in three phases - Prepare, Open, Follow-up. |
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| | Upcoming EventsFor a full list of upcoming events and campaigns, see our website. | | | | |
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