Moderated High-Level Policy Session 6

Bridging digital divides/ Digital economy and trade/ Financing for development and role of ICT

Session 176

16:00–16:45, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 Room 2, CICG Captioning EN/FR/AR/ZH/ES/RU High-Level Policy Session

Moderator

Ms. Valrie Grant CEO GeoTech Vision GeoTech Vision, Jamaica


Speakers/Panellists

Chairman: H.E. Mr. Mustafa Jabbar, Minister, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh

  • WSIS Action Line Facilitator ITU –  Dr. Cosmas Zavazava, Chief of Department, Projects & Knowledge Management, Telecommunication Development Bureau
  • Armenia - H.E Mr. Hakob Arshakyan, Minister, Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies
  • Benin- H.E. Mrs. Aurélie Adam Soule Zoumarou, Ministre de l'Economie numérique et de la Communication
  • United Kingdom - H.E. Mr. Julian Braithwaite,  Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to UNOG
  • Rwanda – Ms. Claudette Irere, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT and Innovation
  • Estonia - Mr Jüri Seilenthal, Director General of the Foreign Economic Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Greece - Prof. Konstantinos Masselos,  President, Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT)
  • Poland - Mr. Marcin Cichy, President, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE)
  • Subah Infosolutions Ghana Limited - Dr. Kwaku Ofosu Adarkwa, Chairman of the Board
  • Qatar - Mr Ali Alwaleed Al-Thani, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Amiri Diwan - Office of the Prime Minister

Session's link to WSIS Action Lines

  • C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development logo C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • C3. Access to information and knowledge logo C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • C4. Capacity building logo C4. Capacity building
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-government logo C7. ICT Applications: E-government
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-business logo C7. ICT Applications: E-business
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-learning logo C7. ICT Applications: E-learning
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-health logo C7. ICT Applications: E-health
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-employment logo C7. ICT Applications: E-employment
  • C11. International and regional cooperation logo C11. International and regional cooperation

Session's link to Sustainable Development Process

  • Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation logo Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Links

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