- The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and ITU partnered to launch the Innov4Youth initiative to gatherPartner2Connect pledges.
- UNFPA and WIPO partnered with ITU to run an Innovation Challenge to seek and support “Innovation to Empower Women and Girls”.
- In partnership with UNFPA, ITU helped rethink the Tech4Youth platform, which addresses a range of issues related to the empowerment and resilience of Youth for SDGs 3 and 5, and developed a new initiative called Tech4Girls, an innovative training and mentoring project to improve creativity and problem-solving, and communication and entrepreneurial skills of young girls.
- Technical assistance was provided to Benin, Brunei Darussalam, North Macedonia, and Zimbabwe to develop roadmaps and recommendations to strengthen their innovation ecosystem for accelerated digital transformation.
