ITU Development

Three things to know about #ITUWTDC-25: 🗺️It will chart a global roadmap for inclusive digital development 🎯It will speed up progress towards the #SDGs through digital 🤝It will bring together leaders for stronger digital cooperation Join us in Baku🇦🇿: itu.int/wtdc25

For landlocked developing countries, digital is a bridge to opportunity & growth. Our task is to make it strong & resilient. Pleased to launch the new Facts & Figures on LLDCs, designed to inform impactful solutions to shared yet diverse challenges: itu.int/go/lldcs #LLDC3

The ITU Innovation Centre in New Delhi is expanding its impact beyond India, advancing capacity-building & policy-shaping initiatives across Asia-Pacific. From Innovation Cafés to diverse training, it is driving tangible digital transformation: itu.int/go/O8EN #BDT4Impact

ICT regulatory frameworks are getting stronger around the world🌐 But not all regions and countries are moving at the same pace. The latest @ITU ICT Regulatory Tracker helps policymakers benchmark performance and craft evidence-based digital policies. 🔗app.gen5.digital/tracker

Half a million people have gained basic digital skills through 14 @ITU–@Cisco Digital Transformation Centres worldwide. In June, we brought all focal points together to exchange good practices, lessons & ideas to further scale up this impact: itu.int/go/AVEA #BDT4Impact

What is digital regulation of the future?🌐 🧭A compass built on collaboration and innovation to connect, protect, build trust, include and empower everyone through sustainable digital development. #ITUGSR-25 will help us navigate the way. 🔗Register: itu.int/gsr25

Digital development holds boundless potential to power our journey towards the #GlobalGoals🚀 But it takes leadership & cooperation to turn promise into progress. #ITUWTDC-25 in Baku 🇦🇿will chart a path to an inclusive & sustainable digital future. 🔗itu.int/wtdc25

How do we approach emerging tech safely and skillfully? #ITUAcademy sheds light on: 🔒Setting up and upgrading cybersecurity teams 🌪️Harnessing ICTs for disaster risk management 💻Exploring key issues around IoT, big data and AI Ready to skill up?👉academy.itu.int

📢The #ITUGSR-25 programme is live! As the digital landscape evolves, so do the challenges regulators must tackle. GSR in Riyadh🇸🇦 will bring fresh perspectives through interactive exchanges on the future of digital policy. Schedule & high-level line-up👉itu.int/gsr25

📢This November, #ITUWTDC comes to Azerbaijan!🇦🇿 As do global leaders in #DigitalDevelopment and ICT. Together, we will decide on priorities, a common vision, and concrete actions towards inclusive, sustainable connectivity. Registrations are now open 👉 itu.int/wtdc25

The power of social media🤳to influence youth is a reality that — if managed wisely — can offer a gateway to empowerment🔝 🔗At our second Industry Connect session, we explored ways to build safe, inclusive and resilient digital spaces, for every child. itu.int/go/P6NE

Regulation is the foundation🧱of sustainable digital development - the stronger it is, the more resilient our digital future will be. Join us from 31 Aug–3 Sep in Riyadh🇸🇦to build solid frameworks that help mitigate threats and seize opportunities. 🔗itu.int/gsr25

A very warm welcome to the Space Generation Advisory Council @SGAC as our new @ITUDevelopment Sector Member. Their vibrant global network of young professionals brings fresh energy to our shared mission to connect people and promote peaceful and sustainable digital progress.

📱ICTs continue to power economic transformation. 👇This report uses econometric analysis to show how digital progress boosts innovation, productivity, and inclusion and why strong policies are key to sustaining it. 🔗itu.int/go/8Z5D #ITUData

For decades, World Telecommunication Development Conferences have been steering global digital development to ensure it benefits all. This November, #ITUWTDC heads to Baku🇦🇿 to chart a new era of progress towards universal and meaningful connectivity. 🔗itu.int/wtdc-25

🔓Cross-sector partnerships unlock the innovation and resources needed for inclusive digital progress. 🎥Hear from Éva Kiss-Forgács, CEO of metALCOM, on how ITU-D membership helps align industry know-how with global development goals to co-create impactful digital solutions.

1,000+ girls and young women from underserved communities have become #WorkLifeReady, learning to apply AI to tackle real challenges in their communities through our AI Skills Accelerator for Girls project with @EYnews: itu.int/go/H6HG #YouthSkillsDay #BDT4Impact

Honoured to welcome the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization @ICESCO_En to the @ITUDevelopment community as a new Sector Member. I look forward to working together to advance inclusive, culturally sensitive and human-centric digital transformation.

Pleased to welcome the Cyber Institute as a new @ITUDevelopment Sector Member. Their expertise & commitment to bridging policy & innovation for a safer digital world will be a strong addition to our work on cybersecurity & efforts to foster more resilient digital development.

Every month we move closer, together, on our road towards universal and meaningful connectivity and sustainable digital transformation. In our June highlights, learn more about our #BDT4Impact journey, where every step is a life transformed.

This year, #ITUGSR - our go-to platform for digital regulators - turns 25!🎂 From market liberalization to AI governance - it has been at the forefront of regulatory evolution. 📄The full programme is now online. Register and join us in Riyadh🇸🇦: itu.int/gsr25