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Name :	GURUMURTHY, Anita
Date :	January 19, 2020
Organization :	IT for Change
Country :	India
Job Title :	Executive Director
Contribution :	Progress towards every single one of the 17 goals and 169 targets of Agenda 2030 hinges on the effective deployment of digital technologies. As the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation has flagged in its 2019 report, this cannot be restricted to the idea of promoting access to connectivity technologies. In the age of digital interdependence, a transformative vision in relation to Agenda 2030 requires building digital ecosystems, including elements such as public data pools and public platforms. Only by overcoming crucial weaknesses in the current data economy will such ecosystems be able to catalyse and sustain progressive socio-economic change. A binding international treaty on data – enabling states to develop national policy frameworks for the governance of their data resources – is necessary for the realisation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Attachments :	CWG-Internet 2019 ITforChange.pdf