Promoting and Measuring Universal and Meaningful Connectivity
To accelerate progress toward universal and meaningful connectivity (UMC), the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau and the European Commission launched the project Promoting and Measuring Universal and Meaningful Connectivity, funded by the European Union.
The project seeks to promote UMC as a policy objective, enhance the quality and availability of related statistics, and identify effective policies. As part of this initiative, regional workshops for policymakers and statisticians are organized to support the integration of UMC into digital strategies, build national capacity to produce and disseminate UMC data, and facilitate the exchange of good practices.
Events
UMC Data Hackathon: Bridging the Digital Divide by Uncovering Digital Deserts
October 2025 – September 2026
Online phase: January 2026 – March 2026
Main event (in person): April 2026, New Delhi, India
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ITU Subregional workshop for Portuguese-speaking African Countries on promoting and measuring Universal and Meaningful Connectivity (UMC)
5-7 November 2024, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
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ITU Subregional workshop for the Pacific on promoting and measuring Universal and Meaningful Connectivity (UMC)
24-26 June 2025, Koror, Palau
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ITU Subregional workshop for Europe on promoting and measuring Universal and Meaningful Connectivity (UMC)
11-13 June 2025, Istanbul, Türkiye
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News
The impact of the UMC Project recognized by the 2024 Internet Governance Forum
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Blog: Measuring the progress towards universal and meaningful connectivity through innovative data source
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ITU and World Bank announce new partnership to leverage Mobile Phone Data for policy and statistics
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ITU launches new UMC Dashboard to track country and global progress towards UMC
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