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Representatives of governments, industry, academia, civil society and the technical community at the World Telecommunication\/ICT Policy Forum 2026 (WTPF-26) adopted a set of Opinions on critical issues shaping the digital future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ITU \u2013 the UN agency for digital technologies \u2013 organized the three-day Forum in Nassau, The Bahamas, as an opportunity for a global policy dialogue addressing the digital divide, sustainability, resilience, space connectivity and innovation.
\nThe non-binding Opinions come two months before ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26), helping to build consensus approaches on major global information and communication technology (ICT) issues ahead of ITU’s highest decision-making meeting.
\n\u201cWe came to Nassau determined to move from vision to action to accelerate an inclusive, sustainable, resilient and innovative digital future,\u00bb said Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU Secretary-General. \u201cThe five Opinions adopted at WTPF sharpen our focus to do just that, while keeping people at the centre of digital transformation as we head to PP-26.\u00bb<\/p>\n

As artificial intelligence (AI), space-based connectivity and rapidly changing digital infrastructure reshape the global digital landscape, the Opinions offer guidance to ITU membership on key challenges, including:
\n\u2022 Bridging digital divides, particularly on gender and age as well as skills and connectivity
\n\u2022 Green digital transformation: climate change and environmental sustainability
\n\u2022 Resilience of telecommunication and ICT systems
\n\u2022 Space connectivity
\n\u2022 Strengthening ICT-centric innovation ecosystems and entrepreneurship<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall island developing states must not simply be affected by global digital policy, but be at the table helping to shape it,\u00bb said Sebastian Bastian, Bahamas Minister of Innovation and National Development. \u201cFor The Bahamas, the opportunity before us is to move from access to capability to opportunity, building the skills and conditions that allow our people to benefit meaningfully from emerging technologies.\u00bb
\nThe Forum, which brought together a multistakeholder community of over 500 participants in person and online from 2 to 4 September, was the seventh in the WTPF event series. ITU convenes WTPF periodically to ensure policy discussions keep up with rapid technological change.
\nPrevious Forums have helped the international community navigate other major shifts \u2013 from the emergence of new telecommunications services and Internet telephony to broadband, Internet-related public policy issues and on new and emerging technologies such as AI.
\n\u201cThe issues before us are shaping the future of societies and economies around the world,\u00bb said Randol Dorsett, Chair of WTPF and the Bahamas Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA). \u201cThe work we have done in Nassau has produced practical, forward-looking outcomes that should influence global telecommunications and ICT policy for years to come.\u00bb
\nA high-level Strategic Dialogue WTPF-26 preceded WTPF on 1 September with a discussion on the choices needed to shape the digital future.
\nThe Strategic Dialogue highlighted the perspectives of small island developing states and other vulnerable economies to explore how policy, investment, innovation and international cooperation can turn technological progress into meaningful benefits for people everywhere.<\/p>\n

Above, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU Secretary-General \/ image credited to ITU<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Representatives of governments, industry, academia, civil society and the technical community at the World Telecommunication\/ICT Policy Forum 2026 (WTPF-26) adopted a set of Opinions on critical issues shaping the digital future. ITU \u2013 the UN agency for digital technologies \u2013 organized the three-day Forum in Nassau, The Bahamas, as an opportunity for a global policy … <\/p>\n

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