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WEBINAR 24 JUN 13:00 UTC – FGV – Cooperative Digital Sovereignty and Artificial Intelligence LIVESTREAM | REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, 24 June 2026, at…... https://isoc.live/21418/

WEBINAR 24 JUN 13:00 UTC – FGV – Cooperative Digital Sovereignty and Artificial Intelligence

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WEBCAST SEP 20- CITI Governance - Digital Economy Agreements and Digital Partnerships: Modular Paths to International Cooperation

On Wednesday September 20 2023 at 11:00-12:30 EDT (15:00-16:30 UTC) the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, as part of its Global Digital Governance series, presents a webinar ‘Digital Economy Agreements and Digital Partnerships: Modular Paths to International Cooperation‘. Digital Economy Agreements and Digital Partnerships are new approaches to international cooperation and policy…

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WEBCAST JUN 22- CITI Governance - Function Follows Form: The Proposed UN Digital Cooperation Forum

On Thursday June 22 2023 at 11:00-12:30 EDT (15:00-16:30 UTC) the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, as part of its Global Digital Governance series, presents a webinar ‘Function Follows Form: The Proposed UN Digital Cooperation Forum‘. On June 5, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presented a policy brief on his Global Digital Compact initiative to the General Assembly. Among the…

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Raising awareness of their right to access to telecommunications/ICTs.

The ITU works to increase access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) for persons with disabilities by:

raising awareness of their right to access to telecommunications/ICTs;

mainstreaming accessibility in the development of international telecommunications/ICT standards;

providing education and training on key accessibility issues.

The ITU Secretariat offers an advocacy platform with global reach ( ITU and Accessibility). In addition, the Secretariat oversees the accessibility work undertaken across ITU’s three Sectors, thereby ensuring the efficient coordination of activities carried out in the spheres of development (ITU-D and Accessibility), radiocommunication ( ITU-R and Accessibility), and standardization.

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Optimize the use of digital technologies.

How the international community could work together to and mitigate the risks: (a) Build an inclusive digital economy and society; (b) Develop human and institutional capacity; (c) Protect human rights and human agency; (d) Promote digital trust, security and stability; (e) Foster global digital cooperation

Road map for digital cooperation: implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

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Policy dialogue on the emerging technologies.

The United Nations is ready to serve as a platform for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on the emerging technologies outlined above.

To facilitate such a dialogue, I intend to appoint an Envoy on Technology in 2021, whose role will be to advise the senior leadership of the United Nations on key trends in technology, so as to guide the strategic approach taken by the Organization on such issues. The Envoy will also serve as an advocate and focal point for digital cooperation – so that Member States, the technology industry, civil society and other stakeholders will have a first port of call for the broader United Nations system.

The Organization will map the technology and digital parts and functions throughout the United Nations system, so as to encourage a more coherent and strategic approach and assess where there is room for consolidation and strengthening. The strategy on new technologies, which was issued in 2018, is also being updated with a view to supporting different parts of the United Nations system in better harnessing digital technologies to fulfil their mandates. The upcoming report of the Task Force on the Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals will provide further insight.

Digital technology has profound implications for the Organization’s work in other areas. For example, it can improve humanitarian action across the humanitarian programme cycle. Similarly, digital technologies can support United Nation peacekeeping efforts globally, including by ensuring the safety and security of peacekeepers.

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Road map for digital cooperation: implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation.

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Measuring both Digital inclusion and Literacy.

To ensure that the voices of those who are not fully benefiting from digital opportunities are heard, I will establish a multi-stakeholder digital inclusion coalition – an informal network of like-minded Member States, civil society groups, the private sector and other stakeholders on digital inclusion. The development of annual scorecards on digital inclusion and the establishment of metrics to measure both digital inclusion and literacy will accelerate the promotion of an inclusive digital ecosystem. In that regard, I call upon donors to consider funding such detailed data collection as part of larger investments in ICT and other infrastructure. Public-private cooperation will also be important in collecting disaggregated and anonymized data across demographic groups, within ethical, privacy protection frameworks and in accordance with data protection laws.

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Addressing Artificial intelligence Cooperation.

To address issues raised around inclusion, coordination, and capacity-building for Member States on artificial intelligence, I intend to establish a multi-stakeholder advisory body on global artificial intelligence cooperation to provide guidance to myself and the international community on artificial intelligence that is trustworthy, human-rights based, safe and sustainable and promotes peace. The advisory body will comprise Member States, relevant United Nations entities, interested companies, academic institutions and civil society groups.

Such a body could also serve as a diverse forum to share and promote best practices, as well as exchange views on artificial intelligence standardization and compliance efforts, while taking into account existing mandates and institutions. The body could also help to disseminate work being done by other United Nations entities.