{"id":2,"date":"2025-12-11T08:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2025\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:45:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"BDT Year in Review 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <section class=\"ituBanner bg countdown\">\n        <div class=\"bgContainer\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/12\/Digital-impact-unlocked-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"main\">\n                        <script src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/@lottiefiles\/lottie-player@latest\/dist\/lottie-player.js\"><\/script>\n                        <lottie-player src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/12\/BDT4Impact-in-2025.json\" background=\"transparent\" autoplay=\"\"><\/lottie-player>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns main_quote is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>Dear friends,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>I am pleased to share our 2025 BDT year-in-review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>This was a milestone year for BDT. At our World Telecommunication Development Conference, WTDC-25, in Baku, Azerbaijan, we celebrated four years of achievements under the Kigali Action Plan and embraced our new roadmap, the Baku Action Plan. The Conference reaffirmed our Members\u2019 commitment to bridging the digital divide and set a direction for the period 2026\u20132029 that includes prioritizing the most vulnerable areas of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p><strong>Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava<\/strong><br>Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2025\/home\/index\/directors-message\/\" class=\"ituBtn\" >\n            Read the full message        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div 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1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/12\/BAP-Cover2-1-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1112px) 100vw, 1112px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Baku Action Plan<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>World Telecommunication Development Conference 2025 (WTDC-25) Provisional Final Report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/wtdc25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/090-E.pdf\" class=\"ituBtn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n            Explore the Report        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns storyheader 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