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ITU: forging strategic partnerships to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n ITU works to advance progress on\u00a0the UN\u00a0Sustainable Development Goals.\u00a0ICTs are enablers for all 17 SDGs, and play an important role on at least ten of them. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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\n Cooperation, resource-sharing and win-win arrangements that benefit governments, industry and users \u2013 coupled with a \u201cwhole-of-government\u201d approach \u2013 are helping drive towards technology as a basic enabling service that benefits all. As part of this effort, ITU puts emphasis on forging strategic partnerships that deliver better outcomes, tangible results and real impact on the pathway to achieving the SDGs through ICTs.

This section summarizes key partnerships over the period of this report.

Partner2Connect<\/strong>
The Partner2Connect Digital Coalition<\/a> (see Document C23\/INF\/8<\/a>) is a multistakeholder alliance launched by ITU in close cooperation with the Office of the Secretary-General\u2019s Envoy on Technology, the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), and in line with the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. The Partner2Connect Digital Coalition fosters meaningful connectivity and digital transformation globally, with a focus on but not limited to the hardest-to-connect communities in LDCs, LLDCs and small island developing states (SIDS).

Broadband Commission \u2013 putting broadband firmly on the international policy agenda<\/strong>
The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development was established in 2010 by ITU and UNESCO to boost the importance of broadband on the international policy agenda and expand broadband access in every country \u2013 key in accelerating progress towards national and international development targets. In 2022, the Broadband Commission community engaged over 50 Commissioners, including seven new members, over 150 external experts of the working groups, and 15 strategic partners.

Publications, open statements, working group reports, and SDG-related research across the reporting period include: <\/p>\n

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