The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2018 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for development’ community. The annual WSIS Forum is a global multi-stakeholder platform facilitating the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines for advancing sustainable development. The Forum provides an opportunity for information exchange, knowledge creation and sharing of best practices, while identifying emerging trends and fostering partnerships, taking into account the evolving Information and Knowledge Societies.
The WSIS Forum is constantly evolving and strengthening the alignment between the WSIS Action Lines and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Forum will serve as a key platform for discussing the role of ICTs as a means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, with due regard to the global mechanism for follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
ITU
UNESCO
UNDP
UNCTAD
FAO
ILO
ITC
UNDESA
UNHCR
UNICEF
UNIDO
UNODC
UNEP
UPU
WMO
WIPO
WHO
WFP
UN Women
UNECA
UNECLAC
UNESCAP
UNESCWA
UNECE Open Consultation Process
The WSIS Forum is the only event of its kind where the programme and agenda are completely crowdsourced. Therefore, as organizers, ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP, are pleased to announce the Open Consultation Process on thematic aspects and innovations on the format of the WSIS Forum 2018. The process aims at ensuring a participatory and inclusive spirit of the Forum, scheduled to be held from 19-23 March 2018 at ITU in Geneva. This process actively engages governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, the technical community and intergovernmental organizations in the preparatory process to ensure broad ownership and further improvements of the Forum. The Open Consultation Process will include a collection of inputs from regional and national WSIS related events. The Open Consultation Process for the WSIS Forum 2018 is structured in five phases and physical meetings of the Open Consultation Process will benefit from remote participation.
Learn more »
https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2018/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
