ITU has launched the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Developmet. The new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development, initiated by the BDT Director, will build critical local enablers to lead in the changing digital environment. It will also enable BDT to develop new organizational and human excellence capabilities, deliver new products and services for ITU Membership and strengthen the engagement of the private sector and academia in the critical work of BDT.
BDT and ITU-D Membership need new, more resilient, and forward-thinking approaches to guarantee they can safely navigate a digital world that is increasingly Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) and achieve outcomes of the Kigali Action Plan.This Alliance offers a new framework that will build critical local enablers to bridge the digital innovation gap and empower International Telecommunication Union membership to overcome challenges in navigating our changing digital environment. The goals of the Alliance are aligned with the UN Secretary General's Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, the Global Digital Compact, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Alliance offers a new approach to bridging the Digital Innovation Divide and empowering ITU-D membership to overcome challenges on their path through digital transformation – unlock their digital potential, build local capabilities in innovation and entrepreneurship, and accelerate their ecosystems’ impact on cross-cutting sectors for an inclusive and sustainable society. The Alliance will also help strengthen countries’ capabilities to integrate ICT innovation into national development agendas and build human and institutional capabilities at the country level where it is most relevant and sustainable. The Alliance will operationalize the needed capabilities through three main vehicles: A Digital Transformation Lab, a Network of Acceleration Centers, and a Digital Innovation Board.
Through partnerships with governments, private sector, United Nations Agencies, and academia, ITU BDT aims to build local innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities.
More information about the Alliance can be accessed here: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/sites/innovation-alliance/
Source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/sites/innovation-alliance/