`Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee and WSIS Regional Review, Third Session

Digital transformation to achieve SDGs

ITU Asia Pacific Regional Office

Meet us

What we do

Coordinating radio-frequency spectrum and assigning orbital slots for satellites

Bridging the digital divide

Establishing global standards

ITU at a glance

‘Committed to Connecting the World’

3Sectors

ITU Radiocommunication

ITU Standardization

ITU Development

193 MEMBER STATES +800 MEMBERS FROM THE PRIVATE

SECTOR, ACADEMIA AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS

Asia–Pacific: Opportunity in diversity

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AFGHANISTAN

Bangladesh

BHUTAN

Cambodia

LAO, PDR

NEPAL

Myanmar

Timor Leste

Kiribati

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Fiji

Maldives

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Nauru

Tonga

PNG

Samoa

D.P.R. Korea

India

Indonesia

MONGOLIA

Pakistan

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

Small Islands Developing States (12)

Australia

Brunei Darussalam

China/Hong Kong

I.R. Iran

Japan

Malaysia

New Zealand

Rep. Of Korea

Singapore

Thailand

38 Member States

79 Sector Members,

76 Associates48 Academia

Land Locked Developing Countries (5)

Low-Income States (10)

Least Developed

Countries (12)

Middle and High Income States (10)

Digital transformation is key to accelerate our progress towards SDGs..

17 Sustainable Development Goals

169 Targets

SDG and WSIS

SDG and WSIS - Matrix

SDG and WSIS

SDG and WSIS - Matrix

ITU and WSIS

- Role

Lead facilitator (along with UNESCO and UNDP) in coordinating the multistakeholderimplementation of the Geneva Plan of Action.

Facilitator of Action Lines • C2 (Information and communication infrastructure)• C5 (Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs); • C6 (Enabling environment).

Co-facilitator of Action Lines C1, C3, C4, C7 and C11; and partner for Action Lines C8 and C9.

Rotating Chair of the United Nations Group on Information Society (UNGIS).

Steering committee member of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Measurement.

Facilitator of the WSIS Stocktaking Process.

Initiator and facilitator of the WSIS Project Prize.

Implementation of other WSIS outcomes.

Changing paradigm of networks in the digital society..

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Skills and

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Source: ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities

Digital transformation requires an ecosystem approach

ITU-D: Global and Asia-Pacific regional priorities (2018-2021)

5 REGIONAL PRIORITIES

International cooperation and agreement on telecom/ICTs

Modern and secure telecommunication/ ICT Infrastructure

Enabling environment

Inclusive digital society

ASP RI 5 Security & Resilience

ASP RI 4 Policy &

Regulation

ASP RI 3 Digital

infrastructure

ASP RI 2 Digital

economy and inclusive

digital society

ASP RI 1 Addressing

special needs of LDCs, SIDS

(incl. PIC), LLDCs

4 GLOBAL PRIORITIES

.. aligned to accelerate digital transformation and realize and inclusive digital society

Digital infrastructure - Key to digital transformation

ICT trends..

Mobile-broadband traffic, exabytes, 2015–2017

Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by region, 2010–2018*

Individuals using the Internet by development status, 2005–2018*

Individuals using the Internet, by region, 2005–2018*

Digital infrastructure development

IOT, DLT, AI, 5G, BIG DATA

Broadband networks, Analytics, Platforms

IPv6, Internet, IXP

Conformity & Interoperability

IPv6 RoadmapsCase studies

ForumsTechnical assistance

trainingsProjects and Partnerships

Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Example: High speed connectivity to enable digital transformation in the Pacific

National Governments

E-agriculture

Digital finance

m-health

Smart sustainable cities and digital government

Digital Economy and inclusive digital Society

National strategiesCase studies

Solutions supportForums

TrainingsProjects and Partnerships

Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Fiji, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,

Philippines, Sri Lanka,

AfghanistanBhutanFijiMongoliaPapua New GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri Lanka

Country Assistances2

01

8

Solutions Forum

Strategy Guide

Case studies

E-agriculture – Asia-Pacific(WSIS Action Line C7)

FAO-ITU: E-agriculture strategy developmentFAO-ITU-GIC: Use of drones, satellite imagery and GIS from agricultureAgritech Using ICTs (Girls in ICT Day trainings)

Trainings

E-agriculture strategies, solutions

Thailand China

Be He@lthy Be Mobile:Scaling up Digital HealthGlobally

mDiabetes

mCessation

mSmartlife

mHypertension

mCervicalCancer

mAgeing

mTuberculosis_Tobacco

…….

India : mTobacco Cessation

Philippines : mTobacco

Cessation

Request from 100 countries

Country Assistances

Thailand Pakistan MongoliaChile

tobaccospotter.org #ReadySpotGo

Survey on Tobacco : Compliance / Non Compliance

NCD Deaths – 38 million

annually

2011 UN High-level Declaration on

NCDs He

alth

acce

ss

Health

cost

National eHealth Strategy ToolkitNational Strategies : 69eHealth Information System : 76

ICT for Women & Children’s Health

Interoperable standards on e-Health

ITU-WHO : ICTs for better health outcomes :e Health (SDG 3)

UNESCO Digital Kids Asia-Pacific

E-agri

Reusing ICT Building Blocks - Rural Advisory Service Use case

Digital Inclusion example- Asia-Pacific

More than 70 events reported for Girls in ICT Day (Asia-Pacific) in 2019

THAILAND(EXAMPLE)

- Around 400 girls trained (2017-19)- 8 trainings held

- More partners have joined- Partnership continues in 2019

Enhance employment opportunities for girls and young women in Thailand by imparting employable digital skills

relevant for the local job market

Policy & Regulation

CYBERSECURITY

Partners: DOCA, APNIC, OXFORD, UNODC, INTERPOL, UNICEF, ASEAN, UNODC, UNESCO

Cybersecurity in Asia-Pacific

National Cybersecurity Strategy

CIRT strengthening

Cybercrime assistance

Cyberdrills

Cybersecurity

Child online

protection in Asia-Pacific

Awareness raising

Guidelines

Study

6 Service Areas – 18 Services

Cybersecurity Assistance Strategy

Engagement and awareness

Global Cybersecurity

Index

Global, Regional and

National events

High-Level Cybersecurity Simulations

Information Dissemination

National Cybersecurity

Assistance

National Cybersecurity Assessment

National Cybersecurity

strategysupport

Critical Infrastructure

Protection Support

Technical Assistance

Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)

Program

CIRT Assessment

CIRT Design

CIRT Establishmemt

CIRT Improvement

Information sharing

Best Practices Sharing

Information Exchange Tools and Techniques

Cyber Drills

Regional drills

National drills

Human Capacity Building

Curricula and Training

Programs

Bespoke Training

Emergency telecoms

Disaster responseDisaster Mitigation and Preparedness

National Emergency Telecommunication

Plans

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

Workshops and capacity building

Global meeting (GET)

Regional and national trainings

GET 2019Mauritius6-8 March WFP

27

National

Sub-Regional

Regionale.g. ASP CoE, ITP

e.g. Training for Pacific

e.g. ITCI, Country based trainings

Global ITU Academy

4

layers

Of

delivery

2018: Around 25 trainings, 1300 participants 2018: sub-regional workshop

Pacific

Next steps

National implementation

Project on Digital Skills and

Innovation

Human capacity building to digital skills development

PIRRC

Government agencies

UN agencies Regional and International Organizations, Associations Industry

Partnerships are key to its implementation

THANK YOU

Contact: ashish.narayan@itu.int