Coordinating the
UN System for
Digital Transformation.
The principal inter-agency mechanism coordinating substantive policy issues for the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes.
United Nations Group on the Information Society for Digital Transformation
Endorsed by the UN Chief Executives Board (CEB), UNGIS serves as the inter-agency mechanism to coordinate substantive policy issues facing the United Nations system’s implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action and Tunis Agenda.
Policy Coherence
Ensuring coordination within the UN development system to respond to international attention on science and technology transfer.
Mainstreaming ICT
Mainstreaming ICT for Development issues into the mandates of CEB members to maintain science and technology at the top of the UN Agenda.
Synergy & Value
Complementing existing programmes by facilitating synergies and joint efforts to maximize coordinated action and avoid duplication.
WSIS+20
High-Level Review
The General Assembly adopted the Outcome Document (A/RES/80/173) by consensus, entrusting UNGIS with critical mandates to shape the future of digital cooperation.
Explore OutcomesFinancing mechanisms
“We invite the International Telecommunication Union, as the secretariat of the United Nations Group on the Information S...”
IGF Outcomes
“We call upon the Forum to report on outcomes... and call, in particular, on the United Nations Group on the Information ...”
Action Line roadmaps
“We request the action line facilitators, in coordination with the United Nations Group on the Information Society, to de...”
Strengthen UNGIS
“We call for the continuation and strengthening of the work of the United Nations Group on the Information Society, with ...”
Joint implementation road map
“Building on this work... we request the United Nations Group on the Information Society... to prepare a joint implementa...”
Members and Observers
The United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) is the UN system’s inter-agency mechanism for advancing policy coherence and programme coordination on matters related to ICTs in support of internationally-agreed development goals.
