In the context of the Brazilian Presidency of the G20, the ITU has contributed as knowledge partner to the G20 Digital Economy Working Group to prepare the report “Universal and meaningful connectivity (UMC): A framework for indicators and metrics”.

These guidelines propose a statistical framework to monitor the progress towards UMC, assess the challenges for compiling ICT indicators, present innovative statistical methodologies to fill in the gaps, and offer recommendations to increase the statistical capacity of G20 countries in that area.

The indicators proposed are compatible with the list of core ICT indicators adopted by the UN Statistical Commission, as well as with the indicators proposed by ITU in its manuals.