IGF 2025: Digital Cooperation for Development: UNGIS in Action
UNGIS
Session 505
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This session will highlight the collaborative preparations underway for the WSIS+20 Overall Review by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2025. Representatives from key UN entities—ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, CSTD/UNCTAD, UN DESA—will outline their respective roadmaps and the agreed modalities guiding the review process.
The discussion will underscore the continued relevance and impact of the WSIS Process, with particular attention to core components such as the WSIS Forum, WSIS Stocktaking and Prizes, UNGIS, and other initiatives.
Gitanjali Sah is an experienced International Civil Servant and has worked with several United Nations Organizations like ITU, UNESCO and UNDP in the field of ICT on Development related policy and implementation issues at an international, regional and national level. At present she is working with the International Telecommunication Union and is focussed on the coordination of global digital UN Processes like World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and others to achieve the internationally agreed development goals.
She has an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK and a Masters from the Jawarhar Lal Nehru University, India.
Since 2007, Ryszard works in the United Nations Specialized Agency - the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He is currently working as a Counsellor in the External Relations Division under the Global Challenges and Partnerships Sector. The Division is responsible for managing WIPO’s interactions and partnerships with external stakeholders, including Intergovernmental Organizations, Non-governmental Organizations and Industry.
Previously, he was the focal point for cooperation with a number of Central European and Balkan countries, where he coordinated WIPO support for the implementation of national and regional projects, such as the development/implementation of national IP strategies, updating national IP legislation, IP training, as well as building national and international private/public and public/public partnerships.
Before joining WIPO he gained experience in law companies and public institutions. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Law in Poland, specializing in IP and new technologies. He also studied international management and economics in Germany.