TDAG-20/3 meeting
23 November 2020
Further to the conclusions of the two TDAG meetings held so far this year, on 2-5 and 16 June 2020, and to the discussions held during the meeting of the TDAG WG on WTDC Preparations on 16 July 2020, the next meeting of TDAG (TDAG-20-3) was held on 23 November 2020, from 1300h-1600h.
Reports of the previous meetings of TDAG (TDAG-20 and TDAG-20-2) can be accessed at TDAG-20/59 and
TDAG-20/2/5.
The TDAG meeting was being convened to receive reports and updates from the three Working Groups formed by TDAG at its June meetings related to preparations for WTDC-21 (TDAG-WG-Prep and TDAG-WG-RDTP), and the Strategic and Operational Plans (TDAG-WG-SOP). These groups had held meetings this autumn to progress their work in preparation for TDAG.
Web dialogue - Information Update on the ITU Center of Digital Innovation (I-CoDI), 30 November 2020, 1300h-1345h CET
Output of the session
Following the announcement on the launch of the ITU International Center of Digital Innovation at the Telecom Development Advisory Group meeting held on 2-5 June, and the special TDAG web dialogue on 29 June , the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA), United Arab Emirates, convened a special joint web dialogue to provide an update on the design of the ITU Center of Digital Innovation (I-CoDI), which is expected to launch in 2021.
I-CoDI had the following objectives:
- To help Member States integrate telecommunication/ICT innovation into their national development agendas, and specifically, to deliver on ITU Connect 2030 Goal 4 on innovation and help ITU re-invent the products and services it delivers to Member States as per the strategic objectives of the Union;
- To develop the capacity within ITU to integrate innovation in their day to day activities;
- To provide a service to key ITU constituents (e.g. Sector Members and Academia) to help integrate telecommunication/ICT innovation into their activities.
I-CoDI, whose model will support both physical and virtual interactions, will provide ITU with the foundation necessary to place innovation at the core of its activities.
The web dialogue also featured the outcomes from the I-CoDI Youth Challenge, where innovation based tools and processes were used in a special workshop style competition to identify innovative and implementable solutions that improve ITU’s communication with Youth.
Innovation is identified as a priority area within the ITU-D Regional Initiatives and as a core objective of the 2017 Buenos Aires Action Plan.
