Strengthen Digital Capacity-Building to Create an Inclusive and Secure Digital-Intelligent Future Beneficial to All
Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies
Session 357
At present,digital technologies are rapidly applied, driving human society into a digital-intelligent era. The digital divide among countries, regions and groups still exists, with gaps in digital infrastructure, tech application, digital skills, governance capacity, and guarantee of law-based cyberspace governance. Strengthening digital capacity-building is vital to promote inclusive digital development.
The proposed workshop aims to gather representatives from governments, international organizations, think tanks, enterprises, industry associations to share digital governance insights and effective practices of digital development and governance, and explore how to achieve digital empowerment for sustainable development, enhance the well-being of humanity, and jointly build a community with a shared future in cyberspace through strengthened digital capacity-building, exchanges and cooperation.
Key discussion topics include:
1.Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Capacity-Building: Analyze the profound impact of digital technologies on the information society and emerging tech trends, as well as their new requirements for capacity-building in innovation-driven growth, industrial development, security safeguards, digital and law-based cyberspace governance.
2.Pathways for Digital Capacity-Building and International Cooperation: Share best practices in digital capacity-building and governance via interactive sessions, explore concrete measures to boost governance efficiency, safeguard digital security, narrow digital and intelligent divide, advance inclusive development, and enrich information society governance approaches.
Since 2015, WSIS has been committed to shaping an inclusive, equitable and secure global information society, with a core goal of closing the digital divide and realizing shared digital benefits for all. Aligned with this long-term vision, this session echoes the development priorities set for 2025. By sharing experience in digital capacity building, advancing practical cooperation and jointly exploring governance pathways, this session answers WSIS’s call for coordinated global digital development and unites stakeholders to drive inclusive digital progress. It helps translate the vision of balanced digital progress into tangible actions, facilitates the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and contributes to building a community with a shared future in cyberspace.
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C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C2. Information and communication infrastructure
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C4. Capacity building
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C11. International and regional cooperation
This thematic session is well connected to WSIS Action Lines for inclusive digital development and multi-stakeholder cooperation.Focusing on digital capacity building, experience exchange and international cooperation, it directly advances efforts to bridge the digital divide, enhance national and institutional digital capabilities, and promote inclusive development of the information society. It also facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue on cyberspace governance and digital security, fully implementing the goals set out in relevant WSIS action lines.
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Digital capacity building serves as a key enabler of global sustainable development. This session promotes experience sharing and practical cooperation to narrow the digital divide, improve digital governance and secure cyberspace. It empowers stakeholders to leverage digital technologies for inclusive growth, and helps translate digital dividends into tangible progress across the sustainable development agenda.
- Objective 1: Close all digital divides and accelerate progress across the Sustainable Development Goals
- Objective 2: Expand inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy for all
- Objective 3: Foster an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space that respects, protects and promotes human rights
- Objective 4: Advance responsible, equitable and interoperable data governance approaches
- Objective 5: Enhance international governance of artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity