{"id":31,"date":"2024-07-05T07:28:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:45:11","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Development Forums"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ITU Regional Development Forums (RDFs) 2026<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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The ITU Regional Development Forums promote multi-stakeholder partnerships among Member States, industry, academia, civil society, the UN system as well as regional and international development agencies and organizations, on specific regional telecommunication and ICT matters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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RDFs provide an opportunity for high-level dialogue between the Telecommunication Development Bureau, Member States and ITU-D Sector Members , primarily on the implementation of the Regional Initiatives, and the Baku Action Plan as adopted by the 2025 World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Date:<\/strong> 24 March 2026
Venue:<\/strong> Prague, Czech Republic
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Date:<\/strong> 25\u201426 May 2026
Venue:<\/strong> Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Date:<\/strong> 16\u201417 June 2026
Venue:<\/strong> Cartagena de Indias, Colombia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Date:<\/strong> 1\u20142 July 2026
Venue:<\/strong> TBD
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Date:<\/strong> 16\u201417 July 2026
Venue:<\/strong> Bangkok, Thailand<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Date:<\/strong> 29\u201430 September 2026
Venue:<\/strong> Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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Past RDFs<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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