Do not miss the Partner2Connect (P2C) Annual Meeting, taking place on Tuesday, 12 December 2023 from 14:00 to 16:30 CET, followed by the 10th EQUALS in Tech Awards Ceremony and a reception, taking place in the Popov room at the ITU Headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland and virtual. This event will offer you an opportunity to engage with high-level representatives and pledge makers from government, industry, civil society, and other sectors.

• Discuss the challenges and opportunities for connecting the unconnected; in particular, this year’s P2C Annual Meeting will also feature key elements of the discussions on connectivity for displaced people from the Global Refugee Forum 2023 taking place between 13-15 December in Geneva;
• Learn about the progress made on the implementation of selected pledges submitted through the P2C platform;
• Explore the Joint SDG Fund and the digital transformation window and its potential linkages with P2C;
• Celebrate the announcement of new pledges and commitments;
• Network and share experiences to further advance global digital transformation.

Technology has revolutionized our world and changed our daily lives where everything is connected and accessible. Emerging technologies are now also reshaping the government and public services of tomorrow making a shift in the way governments around the world are embracing their mission. By integrating these emerging technologies, we are highlighting “GovTech”, a whole-of-government approach to public sector modernization. GovTech emphasizes three aspects of public sector modernization: citizen-centric public services that are universally accessible, a whole-of-government approach to digital government transformation, and simple, efficient, and transparent government systems. The use of new solutions to modernize the public sector could be an excellent way to realize the promises of the information era and advance digital economies globally by leveraging emerging technologies.

The Digital Government Authority (DGA) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2023, in collaboration with other stakeholders, are organizing a Global Hackathon to reach the larger innovation community and champions in an attempt to contribute to building the GovTech of tomorrow and help ensure a better future for us, all in line with the WSIS Action Lines and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.