First Meeting WSIS Open Consultations with Stakeholders | WSIS Forum 2026
ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD
Session 104
Meeting 1
This session marks the first meeting of the Open Consultation Process (OCP) for WSIS Forum 2026, providing a unique opportunity for stakeholders to shape the agenda, program, and format of the upcoming Forum.
Participants are invited to engage in open discussions, share ideas, and contribute their perspectives, ensuring that the WSIS Forum continues to reflect the priorities and interests of the global ICT community.
The OCP introduces new calls for action, including contributions to the WSIS Stocktaking, WSIS Prizes, WSIS Photo Contest, and WSIS Special Prizes. This session will brief participants on these open calls and provide a platform to exchange ideas on key themes, innovative approaches, and stakeholder-led initiatives for the Forum.
Co-hosts and co-organizers will share the latest preparations for the WSIS+20 High-Level Event in 2025, followed by an open discussion to listen to stakeholders’ insights and suggestions.
Building on the WSIS+20 resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2025, which calls for the WSIS Forum to continue on an annual basis, this session underscores the Forum’s ongoing role as a global platform for inclusive dialogue and collaboration in the field of information and communication technologies.
AGENDA
1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Moderator: Gitanjali Sah, Strategy and Policy Coordinator, ITU
- Opening Remarks: Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU
2. Remarks by co-organisers
- UNESCO
- UNDP
- UNCTAD
3. Updates on the WSIS Forum 2026
4. Open floor for contributions and inputs/Q&A with all stakeholders
Documentation: https://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/albums/72177720331578572
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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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C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
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C6. Enabling environment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-government
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-business
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-learning
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-health
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-employment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-agriculture
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-science
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C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
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C9. Media
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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C11. International and regional cooperation
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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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 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
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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
- 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