Finance2Connect: Innovative Ways to Finance Connectivity
This session of the Road to Addis Series explored innovative financing models and applications toward connectivity for sustainable development.
Events
Remarks of Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU BDT Director, at the Road to Addis – Finance2Connect Webinar on Innovative Ways to Finance Connectivity
This session of the Road to Addis will explore some innovative financing models and their application as well as some good practices and lessons learned in financing connectivity for sustainable development.
Giga Interim Advisory Group
Co-led by UNICEF and ITU, Giga has made progress through 2020 and now forms an Interim Advisory Group (IAG) to steer the initiative toward the next level of governance.
1st Giga Ministerial Roundtable in Africa
Highlighting the progress of Giga activities in countries across Africa and discussing challenges and solutions toward advancing connectivity.
Giga OECS Webinar: Sharing knowledge on socioeconomic pricing and regulation
Giga conducted a webinar on Socio-Economic Pricing regulation to share lessons from the Costa Rican experience with the “Connected Homes” program and to explore implementation considerations for the OECS region.
Rethinking Partnerships: Accelerating Connectivity for Sustainable Development
In this session of the Road to Addis Series, esteemed panelists explored and reshaped some of the principles and foundations of Partnerships, in order to make them more effective for achieving the SDGs.
Remarks by Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU BDT Director, at the International Day of Education – Panel on Promising Innovations to Transform Education
The Third International Day of Education stressed the necessity to protect and mobilize funding for education, give voice to “community heroes” (who acted to leave no learner behind during school closures), and present innovations that pave the way towards more resilient and inclusive education systems.
High-Level Security Council Arria Formula Meeting
The Permanent Mission of Niger hosts this Arria-formula Meeting to share best practices in relation to expanding connectivity to children in conflict and post-conflict.
Towards Sustainable Development: Why we should invest in connectivity and education
In an interactive session held during the 75th UN General Assembly, the Government of Kazakhstan convened leaders from diverse stakeholder groups including startups and senior-level policy makers to discuss the importance of being connected.
Towards Sustainable Development: Making the World Digital by Default
The Government of Kazakhstan hosts an event during the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly to discuss the importance of being connected, and how global and regional cooperation can support this.