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World Summit of Information Society (WSIS)

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The Minister of State for Communications attended the opening ceremony of World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) 2022.

  • It’s the beginning of a 4 days event where India will showcase its telecom prowess during multilateral & bilateral engagements.

About World Summit of Information Society (WSIS)

  •  The WSIS Forum, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, in close collaboration with all WSIS Action Line Facilitators/Co-Facilitators
  • Headquarter in Geneva
  • It represents the world’s largest annual gathering of the ICT for development community. 
  • The Agenda and Programme of the Forum will be built on the basis of the submissions received during the Open Consultation Process.
  • It  has proven to be an efficient mechanism for coordination of multi-stakeholder implementation activities, information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices and continues to provide assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and public/private partnerships to advance development goals. 
  • It will provide structured opportunities to network, learn and participate in multi-stakeholder discussions and consultations on WSIS implementation. 
  • It will provide an opportunity to serve as a platform to track the achievements of WSIS Action Lines in collaboration with the UN Agencies involved and provide information and analyses of the implementation of WSIS Action Lines since 2005.

Source:PIB

 
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