Road-testing Governance models with the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Secretariat for the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Session 149

11:00–13:00, Thursday, 11 April 2019 Room G1, ITU Varembé Thematic Workshop

The High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation was convened by the Secretary General of the UN with a mandate to advance recommendations for strengthening cooperation in the digital age. Join the Panel in this workshop to road-test the draft proposals for cooperation mechanisms -- or governance models -- which can assist actors to amplify the benefits and reduce the risks of digitization.

Moderator

Ms. Isabel de Sola, Senior Advisor, Secretariat for the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation


Speakers/Panellists

Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, Co-lead of the Secretariat for the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Session's link to WSIS Action Lines

  • C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development logo C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • C11. International and regional cooperation logo C11. International and regional cooperation

This session considers HOW stakeholders can work more effectively together and organize themselves in order to amplify the benefits and reduce the risks of digitization.


Session's link to Sustainable Development Process

  • Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all logo Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
  • Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all logo Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
  • Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation logo Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
  • Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries logo Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Digital cooperation will be at the heart of how ICTs deliver on their promise for the SDGs. It is also urgent to consider how cooperation can reign in or reduce the risks of some of the unintended consequences of digitization.

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