Topic of Discussion
The ITU Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet) is holding an open consultation on the following topic and questions:
Ensuring meaningful connectivity to the Internet for landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 1. What strategies can be adopted to ensure meaningful connectivity to the Internet for LLDCs?
2. What unique challenges do LLDCs face in attaining meaningful connectivity to the Internet, and what specific policies and measures can be taken, in particular, regarding the following:
– affordability
– quality of bandwidth or communications
– investment
– infrastructure
– enabling environment
– security and resilience
3. What can ITU Membership, governments and other stakeholders, including those from transit countries, do to ensure meaningful connectivity to the Internet for LLDCs?
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Useful Information and Instructions:
Information on the Online Open Consultation
Online Open Consultations are launched by the CWG-Internet and are held throughout the period between two successive CWG-Internet meetings. This process gives an opportunity to all stakeholders from all nations to express their views with regard to the topic(s) under discussion.
How to submit: Submit your contributions through the online form available here, where you will also find more detailed guidelines on the submission process.
The deadline for responses is 8 August 2025.
This Online Open Consultation will be followed by a Physical Open Consultation meeting. More information on this meeting will be shared in due course.
Discussions during the Physical Open Consultation meeting will be based on the responses received during the Online Open Consultation process, which will be consolidated in a single document ("Compilation Document").
At the Physical Open Consultation meeting, respondents to the Online Open Consultation will have the opportunity to present their submitted views and to have a fruitful discussion with the other participants, including Members of the CWG-Internet.
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