This high-level dialogue will showcase the transformative role of ICTs in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Esteemed speakers and industry leaders will share implementation experiences and the accomplishments of WSIS, and discuss and foster global strategic digital collaborations.

Key issues to be addressed in this session: Identifying achievement and gaps in the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines for the past 20 years; Creating an accessible and equitable digital landscape for all, leaving no one behind; Developing a common vision for the future of WSIS beyond 2025; Strengthening digital collaborations and global partnerships among stakeholders; Galvanizing collective action to drive digital transformation efforts;

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.