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Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) 2025
GSR-25 Best Practice Guidelines
“Empowering regulators as digital ecosystem builders”
Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava
Director, Telecommunication
Development Bureau (BDT),
International Telecommunication Union
(ITU)
H.E. Eng. Haitham Alohaly
Governor and GSR-25 Chair,
Communications, Space and
Technology Commission (CST),
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
As digital new and emerging technologies transform
economies and redraw the boundaries of markets, sectors
and societies, regulators are stepping into a new role:
not just managing change in telecom/ICT and digital
markets but helping to shape it. This year’s GSR Best
Practice Guidelines provide timely and practical direction
for regulators ready to lead in building inclusive, resilient
and innovation-driven digital ecosystems. Grounded
in real-world experience and developed through a
global consultation with the regulatory community, the
Guidelines continue to be an indispensable tool for
future-facing regulatory leadership.
For more than two decades, the GSR Best Practice
Guidelines have served as a compass for regulators
navigating complex digital transformations. This year,
they offer a clear call to action: regulators must evolve
into ecosystem builders, capable of anchoring innovation
in their work while upholding the public good amid
accelerating technological and market shifts. I invite my
fellow regulators to take these Guidelines forward to
reinforce agile and anticipatory governance, deepen
collaboration and ensure that digital regulation delivers
for all.