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FEATURED SAMENA TRENDS

ITU REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM

Bahrain to Host ITU RDF 2023 for Arab States in November

The Regional Development Forum for Kigali, Rwanda in June 2022. Emphasis
the Arab States (RDF-ARB) is organized will be given to the five Regional ITU-D Priorities identified in the Kigali
by the International Telecommunication Initiatives for Arab Region approved Action Plan
Union (ITU's Telecommunication at WTDC-22 as well as other activities
Development Bureau (BDT)) and hosted under the five thematic priority areas ITU-D priorities are identified as key work
by the Ministry of Transportation and adopted at WTDC-22. areas that will support the achievement
Telecommunications of the Kingdom of the ITU strategic plan for the current
of Bahrain. The forum will take place The Annual Regional Development planning cycle. They are listed in the
from 6 to 7 November 2023 in Manama, Forum for the Arab States provides an Kigali Action Plan to facilitate delivery of
Bahrain and will be held in hybrid format opportunity for the exchange of views the ITU-D mandate and to give guidance
with interpretation in Arabic and English. between ITU and its stakeholders to BDT for the next planning cycle on
The RDF will be followed by the Digital including ITU Member States, Sector what ITU-D aims to achieve, in line
Regulation Workshop for the Arab States Members as well as other stakeholders with the overall RBM approach and the
on 8 November 2023, and it will only be in in the Arab Region. It serves as a strategic goals and thematic priorities of
person training. platform for an exchange of views on the Union.
how to achieve meaningful connectivity • Affordable connectivity
and sustainable digital transformation in • Digital Transformation
RDF-ARB will report on the progress the region. • Enabling Policy and Regulatory
that has been made towards the Environment
implementation of the outcomes of the A special segment of this year's RDF will • Resource Mobilization and
World Telecommunication Development be dedicated to Partner2Connect (P2C) International Cooperation
Conference 2022 (WTDC-22) held in matchmaking between Member States

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