Federal structure provides more focus on – specific fields Legitimacy and capacity to organize major international conferences and events and skills of ITU membership and staff in technical (e.g. radiocommunications, standardization), policy and regulatory matters, statistics, and development (‘crowdsourcing’ of skills) Opportunities Threats Creation of new markets and entrance of new key Increasing divisions (e.g. digital, players creates new membership opportunities gender, geographical) Member States from developing world Difficulty of the global economy to increasingly engage in the multilateral system regain a trajectory of strong, Increased relevance of ICT in society, data seen as balanced and sustained growth the new oil Social impact of ICTs (online privacy, Catalytic impact of ICTs on the implementation consumer protection, of SDGs (impact on medical and social care, impact on jobs, growing inequalities, education, social identity, etc.) ethics) Digital transformation of the industry and public The sustainability of the growth of services the ICTs New emerging technologies, systems and players The impact on environment of benefit from an enabling policy and regulatory increasing networks, data, devices environment that fosters innovation connected New environmentally-friendly Pressure from different stakeholders technologies/markets leading to new to implement unproven approaches opportunities for partnerships [ Duplication of work with / Support from some and advocacy Competition from organizations organizations/associations ] 2.b. General Review of the Targets of the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan The Strategic Plan 2016-2019 sets out four Goals: Growth, Inclusiveness, Sustainability, and Innovation and Partnership, with underneath each goal several strategic targets (comprising the Connect 2020 Agenda targets). Target 1.1 aims to achieve a rate of 55% of households connected worldwide, Goal 2 there are corresponding targets for rates of 50% and 15% connected households in developing countries (2.1.A) and in LDCs (2.1.B) respectively. All of these targets for household are expected to be achieved by the year 2020. Targets 1.2, 2.2.A, and 2.2.B set aims for the number of connected individuals worldwide (60%), in developing countries (50%), and in LDCs (20%) respectively. All of these target are also currently set to be achieved in time for the 2020 deadline.
Federal structure – provides more focus on specific fields Legitimacy and capacity to organize major international conferences and events and skills of ITU membership and staff in technical (e.g. radiocommunications, standardization), policy and regulatory matters, statistics, and development (‘crowdsourcing’ of skills) Opportunities Creation of new markets and entrance of new key players creates new membership opportunities Member States from developing world increasingly engage in the multilateral system Increased relevance of ICT in society, data seen as the new oil Catalytic impact of ICTs on the implementation of SDGs (impact on medical and social care, education, social identity, etc.) Digital transformation of the industry and public services New emerging technologies, systems and players benefit from an enabling policy and regulatory environment that fosters innovation New environmentally-friendly technologies/markets leading to new opportunities for partnerships Support from some and advocacy organizations Threats Increasing divisions (e.g. digital, gender, geographical) Difficulty of the global economy to regain a trajectory of strong, balanced and sustained growth Social impact of ICTs (online privacy, consumer protection, impact on jobs, growing inequalities, ethics) The sustainability of the growth of the ICTs The impact on environment of increasing networks, data, devices connected Pressure from different stakeholders to implement unproven approaches [ Duplication of work with / Competition from organizations/associations ] 2.b. General Review of the Targets of the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan The Strategic Plan 2016-2019 sets out four Goals: Growth, Inclusiveness, Sustainability, and Innovation and Partnership, with underneath each goal several strategic targets (comprising the Connect 2020 Agenda targets). Target 1.1 aims to achieve a rate of 55% of households connected worldwide, Goal 2 there are corresponding targets for rates of 50% and 15% connected households in developing countries (2.1.A) and in LDCs (2.1.B) respectively. All of these targets for household are expected to be achieved by the year 2020. Targets 1.2, 2.2.A, and 2.2.B set aims for the number of connected individuals worldwide (60%), in developing countries (50%), and in LDCs (20%) respectively. All of these target are also currently set to be achieved in time for the 2020 deadline.
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