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The ICT Regulatory Tracker

The ICT Regulatory Tracker facilitates benchmarking and the identification of trends in ICT legal and regulatory frameworks. More

GSR-19

The Global Symposium for Regulators took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 9-12 July. Theme: Inclusive connectivity: the future of regulation. More

International Girls in ICT Day

The International Girls in ICT Day was celebrated on 25 April 2019. More

Measuring the information Society Report Volume 2

The report provides a snapshot of the status of ICT markets in 192 economies. More

Working together

In the spotlight

Shaping the future

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Publications
BDT strategic documents (restricted to TIES)
Buenos Aires Action Plan & Declaration
Key Meetings and Conferences
Calendar of Events (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Online Tools & Databases

Areas of Action

SortOrder	Title	ISOLang	Description	URL	ShowHide
10	Capacity Building	en	Building digital skills through the ITU Academy and ITU Centres of Excellence.	/en/ITU-D/Capacity-Building	Show
30	Cybersecurity	en	Providing tools, assessment and technical assistance to promote online safety.	/en/ITU-D/Cybersecurity	Show
40	Digital inclusion	en	Empowering people with specific needs, including indigenous peoples, rural dwellers, persons with disabilities, women and girls, and youth and children.	/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion	Show
45	Climate change and E-waste	en	Helping countries mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, and to develop policies on e-waste.	/en/ITU-D/Climate-Change	Show
50	Emergency telecommunications	en	Tools for disaster risk reduction, national emergency telecommunication plans, early warning and monitoring systems and emergency telecommunications equipment.	/en/ITU-D/Emergency-Telecommunications	Show
60	ICT applications	en	Harnessing the power of mobiles and apps to deliver health, education, agriculture, digital identity and smart living.	/en/ITU-D/ICT-Applications	Show
70	Innovation	en	Accelerating digital transformation by integrating innovation into countries’ ICT policy.	/en/ITU-D/Innovation	Show
80	Least developed countries and small island developing States	en	Leaving no country behind: assisting LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS to address development challenges.	/en/ITU-D/LDCs	Show
90	Regulatory and market environments	en	Promoting an effective policy, legal and regulatory environment and convening global and regional forums around key regulatory trends.	/en/ITU-D/Regulatory-Market	Show
100	Spectrum management and digital broadcasting	en	Strengthening national regulatory bodies in frequency planning, assignment and management. Enabling developing countries to achieve smooth migration from analogue to digital broadcasting.	/en/ITU-D/Spectrum-Broadcasting	Show
110	Statistics and indicators	en	Data collection and analysis to measure the information society and promote informed-decision making.	/en/ITU-D/Statistics	Show
120	Technology and network development	en	New technologies for ICT infrastructure and services through partnerships, digital standardization, conformance and interoperability and spectrum management programmes.	/en/ITU-D/Technology	Show

Events

Digital Consumer Forum for Africa 2019 focusing on Data Protection, Consumer Privacy, Trust and Security and Workshop on collaborative approaches for Consumer Protection for Digital Financial Service
Monday, July 29, 2019 - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Swaziland [Mbabane]
Americas ICT Innovation Week: Smart Rural Communities – ICT Innovation and Sound and Sustainable Agriculture Production
Monday, August 5, 2019 - Friday, August 9, 2019 Uruguay [Montevideo]
Digital Forensics
Sunday, August 25, 2019 - Thursday, August 29, 2019 Saudi Arabia [Riyadh]
ITU Policy and Economics Colloquium (IPEC 2019)
Monday, August 26, 2019 - Friday, August 30, 2019 Dominican Rep. [Santo Domingo]
Big Data
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - Thursday, September 5, 2019 Sudan [Khartoum]

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