Download the AGENDA (in pdf format)
Moderator:
Dr. Cosmas Zavazava, Chief, Projects and Knowledge Management Department, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva
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14:00 – 14:10 |
Opening ceremony
- Mr Brahima Sanou, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva
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14:10 – 14:20 | Group picture |
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14:20 – 14:30 | Presentation of the ITU special report on
ICTs, LDCs and the SDGs. Achieving universal and affordable Internet in the Least Developed Countries
- Ms Vanessa Gray, Head, LDCs, SIDS & Emergency Telecommunications Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva
Document (PDF)
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14:30 – 16:00 | Ministerial Roundtable: ICT④SDGs in LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS
The Ministerial Roundtable will be a panel discussion by Ministers and Vice-Ministers from LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS, and two discussants. It will be followed by a Q&A session.
Panelists
- H.E. Mr Mohan Bahadur BASNET, Minister, Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), Nepal
- H.E. Mr Afamasaga Lepuia'i Rico Tupa'i, Minister, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Samoa
Discussants
- Ms Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Director, UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
- Ms Bernadette Lewis, Secretary General, Caribbean Telecommunications Union,
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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