Giga and Smart Village and Emergency Telecommunications and Rebuilding Communications in Affected States

Signed on 23/05/2022 between ITU and

• Global Satellite Operators’ Association

To collaborate and increase the impact and efficiency of their program and contribute towards the ITU’s mission to close the digital divide and catalyze actions to achieve universal meaningful connectivity.

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Establishment of the global Secretariat of the Giga Initiative in Geneva

Signed on 10/05/2022 between ITU and

• Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland

To support the establishment of the Giga Headquarters in Geneva with the overall objective to firmly establish Giga as one of the key global programs on universal digital connectivity, with its focus on schools and learners.

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Facilitating participation of youth from south and south-east Asian countries in global dialogue on digital development

Signed on 10/05/2022 between ITU and

• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

To facilitate participation of youth from South and South-east Asian countries in the global dialogue on digital development at the Generation Connect Global Youth summit, Kigali, Rwanda.

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2021 ITU Digital Innovation Challenges - SAVVY - Reducing Global Unemployment Through Impact-Driven Entrepreneurship

Signed on 04/05/2022 between ITU and

• Savvy Business Incubation and Acceleration Limited

To help unemployed professionals into entrepreneurship by equipping them with the relevant tools to build sustainable, innovative, and profitable impact-driven businesses, to reduce global unemployment, which has been broadened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Data Science for Social Good (DSSGx) Summer Program

Signed on 29/04/2022 between ITU and

• University of Warwick

To provide estimates of the number of offline people in local areas to help inform decision making in Giga and at the community level more broadly, and to improve understanding of national-level connectivity statistics.

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Asistencia Técnica Especializada para la valoración de bandas de frecuencias para Sistemas Móviles Avanzados en el Ecuador

Signed on 14/04/2022 between ITU and

• Agencia de Regulación y Control de las Telecomunicaciones (ARCOTEL) Direccion de Regulacion del Espectro Radioelectrico, Ecuador

To conduct a technical assessment of the use of the spectrum bands to support ARCOTEL for a possible process of assigning or renewing concessions to current or new operators.

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