Issues, Challenges and Opportunities addressed:
The session will gather regional stakeholders to share initiatives leveraging sustainable digital transformation in the global south and outline ways to build more inclusive digital cooperation. The workshop will discuss how to advance global digital cooperation as well as the different instruments and tools stakeholders need to effectively cooperate around internet governance challenges.
The key issues and opportunities participants will discuss through the selected policy questions include: - the future of the cross-border internet in an African context in the framework of the Digital Transformation Strategy for Africa, launched by African Heads of State in 2019, as well as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as around governance, data policies & digital ID frameworks. - key insights from Latin American and the Caribbean as the region drives progress towards a digital single market and maps pathways to address some of the most pressing policy issues in the region.
The policy questions will be addressed through three different angles: - How can we promote a free, secure, and open internet to enable (digital) participation and make use of/benefit from the potentials of digital transformation? - What necessary legal/regulatory/institutional frameworks need to be in place? - What is the role of data governance and digital ID frameworks in leveraging sustainable digital transformation?