Excellencies,
distinguished colleagues.
It is truly a privilege to address you, the leaders at the forefront of digital regulation globally.
You are uniquely qualified to tackle today’s theme: "Putting Governance Essentials into Practice". The question before us is not only what good regulatory governance should look like,
but how it can be made operational, through practical tools,
institutional capabilities and implementation pathways that help regulators act with clarity, proportionality and confidence.
We already have a solid foundation for our discussions.
In May this year, the GSR-26 Heads of Regulators’ Round Table in Ankara endorsed the GSR-26 Best Practice Guidelines,
"Regulatory Governance Essentials: The new core kit regulators need to make digital markets deliver."
That endorsement gave us a shared reference point.
But in fast-moving digital markets, a reference point is only the beginning. Regulators also need practical ways to translate agreed principles into institutional reflection,
gap identification, prioritization and follow-up action. That is why I announced in Ankara that the Best Practice Guidelines will be made into a self-assessment tool for regulators.
And today, we are introducing Governance Essentials in Practice: A Self-Assessment and Implementation Toolkit. We call it the Actionable Core Toolkit, or ACT. This toolkit is designed to help regulators work through the seven governance essentials in a structured and practical way. It is the bridge between what we need to do and how we put it into practice.
The ACT Toolkit will help regulators move from assessment to action. It will provide a basis for identifying priority gaps,
sequencing reforms, assigning responsibilities
and developing practical implementation roadmaps. It will also help inform where peer exchange, technical guidance or capacity-building support may be needed.
In practical terms, the toolkit will support regulators to strengthen the core capabilities needed for effective digital regulatory governance: clearer public-interest objectives,
proportionate obligations, credible evidence systems,
incentive-based market shaping, predictable supervision,
adaptive learning, and stronger domestic and cross-border coherence.
The Toolkit remains a work in progress. Its concept has been shared with the ITU membership for comments, and today’s Roundtable will provide an important opportunity to hear directly from Heads of Regulatory Authorities, on how it can be made most useful in practice. Your insights will help refine the Toolkit before it is finalized, ensuring that it reflects the realities, priorities and implementation needs of regulators.
Today’s session is an opportunity for you to share your strategic insights, so I look forward to interactive discussions.
Thank you.
