Document :

ITU-D TDAG  Contribution  19

Title :

Update on the preparations for the Partner2Connect

Date :

2021-05-13

Source :

Director, BDT

Meeting :

2021-05-24

Access :

Public Document

Abstract :

The ITU Partner2Connect Segment will offer participants from government, business, international organizations, civil society, and academia, attending WTDC, as well as those who have not traditionally attended WTDC, an opportunity to engage in high level discussions around the challenges and opportunities related to digital development, make concrete commitments, and forge new partnerships. Their commitments will help advance access and use of digital technologies to transform lives particularly in LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS. Participants will be engaged through a dynamic preparatory process, which will be coordinated by the co-chairs of the four focus areas that make up the Partner2Connect Segment agenda. The four focus areas each addressing a different dimension critical to digital development, also relate to the Regional Priorities identified during the WTDC-21 Regional Preparatory Process.