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ITU Europe Region Initiatives 2021

The ITU’s initiatives in Europe are centered around global activities and projects. These regional Initiatives are designed to address specific priority areas of particular importance to the Europe region.

Formulated and revised at successive 4-yearly World Telecommunication Development Conferences (WTDC), these regional initiatives mobilize creative partnerships to implement the range of small, medium and large scale projects outlined here. Regional initiatives guide ITU and countries themselves in developing and implementing specific projects to address priority needs in the area of telecommunications and information and communication technologies.

The regional initiatives for 2018-2021 and related activities for the year 2021 are listed below. For more information on our Direct Assistance programmes please visit our page here.

The ITU welcomes all stakeholders to engage with us in developing and delivering these vital actions. Contact us at eurregion(at)itu.int.

Please find latest Implementation Report of ITU Regional Initiatives for Europe (January - December 2021)

EUR1: Broadband infrastructure, broadcasting and spectrum management

EUR2: A citizen-centric approach to building services for national administrations

Digital Excellence in Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia
Development of the Guide for EU Accession Countries on the Digital Agriculture Development
m-Health Knowledge and Innovation Hub for Europe (ITU-WHO- Andalusian Public Health Service (SSPA/FPS) – Project funded by European Union
Digital Transformation and digitalization of government services for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals: Initiative by ITU, Estonia, Germany and DIAL
Scalable e-government solutions for developing countries, 5th July 2021 from 10:20 to 12:00 CEST

EUR3: Accessibility, affordability and skills development for all to ensure digital inclusion and sustainable development

Accessibility related activities (click here for all activities)

Gender related activities (click here for all activities)

Digital Skills related activities

ITU Regional Forum for Europe on Digital Skills Development, 16 March 2021
Regional Assessments of the National Approaches towards Digital Skills Development

Youth related activites

EUR4: Enhancing trust and confidence in the use of information and communication technologies

EUR5: Information and communication technology-centric innovation ecosystems.

Digital Innovation Profile Georgia
18-19 May 2021: Digital Innovation Co-creation workshop Georgia (closed)
3 June 2021: Digital Innovation Co-creation workshop Georgia (closed)
Regional Good Practices Report: Accelerating innovation, entrepreneurship and digital innovation
1 July 2021: Towards the ITU Regional Innovation Forum for Europe: “Accelerating innovation, entrepreneurship and digital transformation - Europe”
22-23 September 2021: ITU Regional Innovation Forum for Europe