{"id":358,"date":"2026-05-13T06:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/gsr-26\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:00:13","slug":"spotlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/gsr-26\/highlights\/spotlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ituCard.hor .content {padding:1rem !important;}.alignleft{float:left;margin-right:25px}<\/style><div class=\"ituContainer grid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/gsr-26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/2601354_GSR-26_Chairman-Report.pdf\" data-span=\"6\" ><div class=\"ituCard anim bg hor\" data-span=\"6\"  style=\"overflow:auto !important;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"square\" style=\"object-position: top;object-fit: contain;;max-width:200px;min-height:150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/gsr-26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Cover-GSR26chairmanReport.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"content\" style=\"overflow:auto !important;;\"><div class=\"main\"  style=\"height:100%; 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!important;overflow:auto !important;\"><p class=\"title\">GSR-26 Best Practice Guidelines : &#8220;Regulatory Governance Essentials: The new core kit regulators need to make digital markets deliver&#8221;<\/p><p><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/epub\/BDT\/2026-GSR-26-Best-Practice-Guidelines\/index.html\">English<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/epub\/BDT\/2026-GSR-26-Best-Practice-Guidelines-A\/index.html\">\u0639\u0631\u200b\u0628\u200b\u064a<\/a>, \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/epub\/BDT\/2026-GSR-26-Best-Practice-Guidelines-C\/index.html\">\u4e2d\u200b\u200b\u6587<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/epub\/BDT\/2026-GSR-26-Best-Practice-Guidelines-S\/index.html\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/epub\/BDT\/2026-GSR-26-Best-Practice-Guidelines-F\/index.html\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/epub\/BDT\/2026-GSR-26-Best-Practice-Guidelines-R\/index.html\">\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u200b\u043a\u200b\u0438\u0439<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ituCard anim bg hor\" data-span=\"6\"  style=\"overflow:auto !important;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"square\" style=\"object-position: top;object-fit: contain;;max-width:200px;min-height:150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/gsr-26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/05\/IAGDI-CRO-thumb.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"content\" style=\"overflow:auto !important;;\"><div class=\"main\"  style=\"height:100%; 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