Agenda—Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meetings | WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025

Agenda and Programme

The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by ITU and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD. The Agenda and Programme for the Event are built based on official submissions received during the Open Consultation Process (OCP) and will be available shortly after the conclusion of the OCP. The OCP is an open and inclusive consultation with WSIS stakeholders to prepare for the event, including developing the event programme, identifying gaps in the implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action and the WSIS Action Lines, and contributing to the WSIS+20 review process.

Monday 7 July

Upcoming Sessions

256

WSIS Action Line C7: E-health

ITU/WHO

ITU/WHO

14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Room G

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

254

WSIS Action Line: C7 E-government: WSIS+20 and Two Decades of E-Government: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

UN DESA

UN DESA

14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Room E

As the secretariat responsible for the WSIS+20 review process for the UN General Assembly, High-Level Meeting in December 2025, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) will moderate this session on WSIS Action Line C7,…

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

382

WSIS Action Line C7 E-learning

UNESCO

UNESCO

15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Room E

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Tuesday 8 July

Upcoming Sessions

386

WSIS Action Line C9 Media: Towards a Resilient Information Ecosystem: Balancing Platform Governance and Technology

UNESCO

UNESCO

09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Room E

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

372

WSIS Action Line C8: Promoting Digital Access for Multilingualism and Digital Heritage

UNESCO

UNESCO

10:15 – 11:15 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Room K

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

380

WSIS Action Line C7 E-business: Building an inclusive digital economy

International Trade Centre, Universal Postal Union, UN Trade and Development, in collaboration with UN Industrial Development Organization

ITC, UPU, UNCTAD, in collaboration with…

11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Room E

For 20 years, the WSIS action line on e-business has been creating digital opportunities for businesses and development in areas that have also been covered by the Global Digital Compact (GDC) objectives: Objective 2 focuses on expanding inclusion in…

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

392

WSIS Action Line C7 E-environment

ITU, WMO, UNEP

ITU, WMO, UNEP

11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Room G

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

390

WSIS Action Line C2 Information and communication infrastructure

International Telecommunication Union

ITU

11:30 – 12:30 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 20 days Plenary Room C

Background This session will explore how Emerging Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools will engage on discussions with stakeholders from public and private sectors the development of reliable, inclusive, and sustainable ICT…

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

316

WSIS Action Line C6: Digital Ecosystem Builders in action: Redefining the role of ICT regulators

ITU

ITU

14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 21 days Room E

This session will contribute to the Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-25) consultation on the best practices guidelines exploring the new requirements to ICT regulators to become digital ecosystem builders. The BDT Director, Dr Cosmas Luckyson…

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

393

WSIS Action Line C7: E-Agriculture

FAO

FAO

14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 21 days Room G

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Wednesday 9 July

Upcoming Sessions

384

WSIS Action Lines C4 and C7:E-employment: Emerging technologies in the world of work: Addressing challenges through digital skills

ITU/ILO

ITU/ILO

10:15 – 11:15 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 21 days Room K

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Thursday 10 July

Upcoming Sessions

401

WSIS Action Line C10: Ethics in AI: Shaping a Human-Centred Future in the Digital Age

UNESCO

UNESCO

09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 22 days Room G

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

388

WSIS Action Line: C3 Access to information and knowledge: “Investing in Equitable Knowledge Access: Diamond Open Access”

UNESCO

UNESCO

09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 22 days Room E

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

398

WSIS Action Line C5

ITU

ITU

10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 22 days Room E

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Upcoming Sessions

400

WSIS Action Lines C1&C11

UN DESA

UN DESA

10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 22 days Room G

As the secretariat responsible for the WSIS+20 review process for the UN General Assembly, High-Level Meeting in December 2025, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) will facilitate this session on WSIS Action Line C1…

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

Friday 11 July

Upcoming Sessions

395

WSIS Action Line C7:E-Science: Open Science, Data, Science cooperation, IYQ, International Decade of Science for Sustainable Development

UNESCO

UNESCO

09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+02:00) ∼ in 23 days Room G

Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting

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