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Informal Group of Experts on WTPF-26

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The 2024 Session​ of the Council, through its ​ Decision 641 (C24), decided that the Secretary-General shall convene a balanced, informal group of experts (IEG-WTPF-26), each of whom is active in preparing for WTPF-26; in his/her own country, to assist with the development of the report by the Secretary-General to WTPF-26. 

Member States, Sector Members, Associates, and Academia of ​​ITU, as well as the State of Palestine and Organizations that have the right to attend ITU Conferences and meetings as observers, are invited to nominate their experts by sending them contact details to wtpf@itu.int (see Circular Letter CL-24/44).

The theme for WTPF-26 is as follows:
​​​​“Accelerating an inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and innovative digital future: In this regard, the WTPF-26 will discuss opportunities, challenges, and policies to address​ the following​:
- ​bridging digital divides, particularly on gender and age as well as skills and connectivity
- green digital transformation: climate change and environmental sustainability
resilience of telecommunication/ICTs
- space connectivity
- strengthening ICT-centric innovation ecosystems and entrepreneurship."​​


Meetings


​Second meeting: Thursday, 13 to Friday, 14 February 2025, Room C
- Invitation letter CL-24/67
- NEW! Register here! (Open to nominated experts)
- Draft agenda​ 
- Official documents / contributions  TEMPLATE
- Information documents (INF) (no documents yet)
- Documents with limited distribution (DL) (no documents yet)
Second draft Report by the ITU Secretary-General
- Webcast live / Webcast archives (TIES protected)

First meeting: Monday, 7 to Tuesday, 8 October 2024, Room A
- Invitation letters CL-24/44 and CL-24/43
- Official documents
- Information documents (INF)​
- Limited distribution (DL)​
The revised schedule, as agreed during the first meeting of the group on 8 October 2024, is available here.
- First draft outline of the report by the ITU Secret​ary-Gene​​​​ral
- Final list of present participants (TIES protected)
- Webcast archives​ (TIES protected)​