Measuring What Matters: Revisiting ICT Core Indicators for the WSIS Vision
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
Session 266
This session will present recent developments in the global framework for monitoring progress towards an inclusive information society. It will highlight the recent United Nations General Assembly resolution recognizing the work of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development in the field of ICT measurement and monitoring. The resolution provides a mandate for the Partnership to undertake an assessment of the current core ICT indicators, including their data availability and relevance in relation to the WSIS Action Lines, the Global Digital Compact (GDC), and the Universal and Meaningful Connectivity (UMC) Targets, in close collaboration with WSIS Action Line facilitators.
The session will provide an overview of the assessment process and initial findings. It will identify areas where indicators are missing or require further development, and discuss practical approaches to improving the availability, quality and comparability of ICT data.
The session will offer an opportunity for stakeholders to exchange views on priorities for future monitoring and reporting that could be reflected in the assessment of the core ICT indicators mandated by the UN General Assembly. The assessment should be completed in 2027.
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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
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/intlcoop/partnership/default.aspx
https://docs.un.org/en/a/res/80/173
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/coreindicators/Core-List-of-Indicators_March2022.pdf