{"id":7,"date":"2025-12-16T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/egtiegh\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:22:50","slug":"december2026meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/egtiegh\/home\/idi-methodology\/december2026meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"About the meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><strong>About the meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">ITU is organizing a joint virtual meeting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/Statistics\/Pages\/expertgroups.aspx#EGTI\">Expert Group on Telecommunication\/ICT Indicators<\/a> (EGTI) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/Statistics\/Pages\/expertgroups.aspx#EGH\">Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators<\/a> (EGH) on 14 and 15 December 2026 to discuss the revision of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/Statistics\/Pages\/IDI\/default.aspx\">ICT Development Index<\/a> (IDI) methodology.<br><br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/Statistics\/Documents\/IDI\/ITU_ProcessForRevisingIDIMethodology_2026.pdf\">revision process<\/a> is being conducted in accordance with ITU Plenipotentiary Conference Resolution 131 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022), as outlined in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/md\/D26-BDT-CIR-0004\/en\">Circular BDT\/DKH\/IDA\/004<\/a>. It includes the work of the joint EGTI\/EGH subgroup on the IDI, followed by a consultation with Member States.<br><br>Building on these contributions, the meeting will seek to resolve outstanding issues and reach consensus on the revised methodology, as appropriate. Following the meeting, the final methodology will be submitted to Member States for approval in early 2027.<br><br>Sessions will take place from 13:00 to 16:00 CEST each day. The meeting will be conducted in English only with the AI interpretation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                        \n        <a class=\"ituCard anim\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net4\/ITU-D\/CDS\/meetings\/registration\/index.asp\" target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>\n                    <div class=\"content center\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/egtiegh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/02\/icon-badges.png\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n                                            <p class=\"title\">Register<\/p>\n                                                            <p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                                                        \n        <a class=\"ituCard anim\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/md\/D26-BDT-CIR-0031\/en\" target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>\n                    <div class=\"content center\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/egtiegh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/02\/icon-captioning.png\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n                                            <p class=\"title\">Invitation letter<\/p>\n                                                            <p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                                                        \n        <a class=\"ituCard anim\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/devweb19.itu.int\/net4\/ITU-D\/CDS\/egti-egh\/index_2026.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                    <div class=\"content center\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/egh2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/04\/BackgroundersF.jpg\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"icon\" \/>\n                                            <p class=\"title\">Meeting documents<\/p>\n                                                            <p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the meeting ITU is organizing a joint virtual meeting of the Expert Group on Telecommunication\/ICT Indicators (EGTI) and the Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH) on 14 and 15 December 2026 to discuss the revision of the ICT Development Index (IDI) methodology. 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