UNGIS
UNITED NATIONS GROUP ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS
UNESCO
Chair
ITU
Vice – Chair
UNDP
Vice – Chair
UNCTAD
Vice – Chair
UNECLAC
Vice – Chair
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
ABOUT
In April 2006, UNGIS (United Nations Group on the Information Society) was endorsed by the UN-Chief Executives Board (CEB) as the new inter-agency mechanism with the main objective to coordinate substantive and policy issues facing the United Nations’ implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
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Nineteenth Meeting
Nineteenth UNGIS Meeting — 31 May & 3 June 2022
UNGIS side event at the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
WSIS cooperation for accelerating progress on the SDGs
This side event, co-organized by WSIS and UNGIS, will focus on how the ICTs and the WSIS cooperation can help accelerate the SDGs, learning from the COVID-19 experience to build an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable societies and economies. It is important to strengthen partnerships and digital cooperation towards achieving goals and targets across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
31 January 2023, 08:30-09:45 EST, New York time / 14:30-15:45 CET, Geneva time | Recording
UNGIS side event at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5)
ICTs for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – from potential to prosperity
ICTs are rapidly transforming societies and economies, with potential to address complex and interconnected development challenges and build a sustainable future for all as envisioned in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. More needs to be done to leverage the development potential of digital technologies.
This session will focus on the strategic ways governments and partners leverage ICTs, raising key challenges and gaps, identifying digital capacities to prioritize based on needs on the ground, and the synergies necessary to support those.
5 March 2023, 17:15 – 18:45 AST, Doha time (15:15 – 16:45 CET, Geneva time)
Auditorium 3, Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha, Qatar
UNGIS Open Forum @ IGF 2023
WSIS Action Lines for Advancing the Achievement of SDGs
This session will focus on the strategic ways governments and partners leverage ICTs, raising key challenges and gaps, identifying digital capacities to prioritize based on needs on the ground, and the synergies necessary to support those. The discussions will be addressing the two major challenges of advancing the world’s digital transformation: achieving universal connectivity and enabling meaningful connectivity.
Wednesday, 11 October, 13:30-15:00 (JST/UTC+9) / 06:30-08:00 (CEST/UTC+2)
IGF 2023, Workshop Room 9 (Room C-2), Kyoto International Conference Centre, Kyoto, Japan
Briefing by Co-Facilitators of the Global Digital Compact
Update on the Roadmap to GDC Negotiations
Update on the Roadmap to Global Digital Compact (GDC) Negotiations by Co-Facilitators of the GDC — H.E. Anna Karin Eneström, Permanent Representative of Sweden to UN; and H.E. Chola Milambo, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zambia to UN
7 December, 10:00–11:15 CET
Secretary-General’s Meeting Room, ITU Headquarters, Geneva