- South Malekula, one of the most remote areas of Vanuatu, piloted the innovative Smart Islands Initiative to bring meaningful connectivity and sustainable digital services to unconnected island communities.
- The Smart Villages Initiative was rolled out in Pakistan.
- Over 2 000 girls and young women received digital skills training as part of the International Girls in ICT Day celebration in Asia and the Pacific, which was organized by ITU and the Governments of Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Philippines, and Pakistan.
- For the first time an event to celebrate International Girls in ICT Day was organized in Timor-Leste.
- The report E-learning in Thailand: Mapping the digital divide offers an overview of Thailand’s transition from traditional to online education to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
- The report Spectrum management training in the Asia-Pacific region: A bespoke framework provides an analysis of the views of Member States and other members from Asia and the Pacific on a wide range of matters relating to spectrum management technical requirements.
- The ITU-Bhutan Joint CyberDrill was held to bring together the cybersecurity community, particularly Bhutan’s Critical National Infrastructures and operators and discuss the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
