An educated population is key to transforming economies, building inclusive and peaceful societies, and ensuring the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources, that is, to bringing about the ultimate goals of Agenda 2030. As research highlights, the more skilled a country’s population is, the greater is its capacity to understand and process new information; to absorb, adapt and catalyze the technological advances that drive sustained long-term development;  and to be receptive to environmental and social challenges and seize green opportunities.

The event contributes to the debate on how to improve quality of teaching (SDG4) as a means to socio-economic transformation of societies (SDG 9). It touches on partnership between state and non-state actors in education (SDG 17) and gender equality (SDG 5).

Organized by ITU, UNIDO, WIPO, Austria, and Sao Tome and Principe, this side event will take place on:
11 July 2022, 07:30-08:45 New York time / 13:30-14:45 CEST | Registration

As one of the Group’s contributions to the HLPF process, this session, organised by the UNGIS co-vice chairs, will focus on how ICTs and the WSIS Action Lines can help accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), learning from the COVID-19 experience to build more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable societies and economies and to strengthen partnerships and digital cooperation towards achieving the goals and targets across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Organised UNGIS/WSIS/Russian Federation, this side event will take place on:
9 July 2021, 08:00-09:00 New York time / 14:00-15:00 CEST

As the Vice-chair of the UNGIS and Chair of the WSIS Regional Commission Group for 2022-2023, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in collaboration with the current chair ITU and the vice-chairs UNESCO, UNCTAD  and UNDP will organize a session at the African Internet governance forum (AFIGF) to discuss:

1. UNGIS Action Plan 2022-2023 implementation progress. Highlight each agency’s diverse contributions to achieving SDGs through ICT and toward the common agenda.
2. What role can this body play in coordinating outcomes from Multi-stakeholder processes like WSIS and IGF to accelerate and shape the Global Digital Compact principles through tapping into our respective resources
3. Ensure participation and involvement of the UNGIS’s members in the preparation of several events (IGF 2022, Africa WSIS Forum 2022 Regional Review meeting, etc.)

18 July from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm (EAT) | Recording

This side event, co-organized by WSIS and UNGIS, will focus on how the ICTs and the WSIS cooperation can help accelerate the SDGs, learning from the COVID-19 experience to build an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable societies and economies. It is important to strengthen partnerships and digital cooperation towards achieving goals and targets across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

31 January 2023, 08:30-09:45 EST, New York time / 14:30-15:45 CET, Geneva time | Recording