{"id":808,"date":"2025-04-21T21:27:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/projectumc\/?p=808"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:09:50","slug":"umc_ws_europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/projectumc\/2025\/04\/21\/umc_ws_europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional workshop for Europe on promoting and measuring UMC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Subregional workshop for Europe on promoting and measuring universal and meaningful connectivity (UMC)<\/h1>\n \"Event\n
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11-13 June 2025, Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye
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Working language: English<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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The Subregional workshop for Europe was held from 11 to 13 June 2025 in Istanbul (T\u00fcrkiye) and provided an occasion to examine the concept of universal and meaningful connectivity (UMC) and how to streamline it in national digital policies, how to improve the statistical capacity of countries in the region to produce and disseminate relevant statistical data, and how to use the data to identify good practices and policy recommendations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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It was organized in collaboration with the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) of T\u00fcrkiye, with the financial support from the European Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Target audience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This workshop brought together policymakers in charge of national policies and strategies for digital connectivity, and statisticians responsible for the measurement of telecom\/ICT development from ministries, national statistics offices (NSOs), regulators, telecom operators, research institutions, and other relevant organizations from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, T\u00fcrkiye and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Participants from national statistical offices and other institutions that collect data on ICT were requested to complete the two following free, self-paced courses available through the ITU Academy, prior to the workshop:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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