{"id":230,"date":"2021-04-15T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffcouncild.wpengine.com\/homepage-gil-version\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:33:39","slug":"homepage-gil-version","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixth World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF-21 )"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"banner-homepage has-gradient\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/photowtpf.jpg)\"><div class=\"itu-container\"><div class=\"animated-container\"><script src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/@lottiefiles\/lottie-player@latest\/dist\/lottie-player.js\"><\/script><lottie-player src=\"https:\/\/assets10.lottiefiles.com\/packages\/lf20_g4mmtv8w.json\" background=\"transparent\" autoplay><\/lottie-player><\/div><\/div><\/section><script>var countDownDate = new Date(\"2021-12-16T12:00:00\").getTime();<\/script>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-itu-cards-horizontal horizontal-cards\"><div class=\"itu-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-itu-cards-horizontal-item horizontal-card\"><div class=\"card-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/WTPF-homepage-2.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"card-content\"><h2 class=\"heading-4\">WTPF-21 CHARTS COURSE FOR AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE DIGITAL FUTURE <\/h2><div>The sixth World Telecommunication\/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF-21), held virtually from 16-18 December 2021, gathered over 400 top representatives from the public\/private sectors and affirmed the need to align ICTs and rapidly evolving new and emerging technologies with global priorities for sustainable development. The Forum approved a set of 5 non-binding policy guidance documents, known as &#8220;Opinions&#8221;, which will help shape future technology policy and bring the benefits of new and emerging technologies to everyone, everywhere. <\/div><a class=\"itu-button--outline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/md\/S21-WTPF21-C\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore Opinions and Chairman\u2019s report<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-itu-layout-section-block\"><div class=\"itu-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-itu-cards-quote itu-cards-quote\"><blockquote><p>The ITU family came together at WTPF-21 to discuss the new and emerging technologies that show so much promise for all humanity. The output of this forum sends a clear, strong and positive message to the world that these technologies and ICTs in general are essential to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and address some of the world\u2019s most pressing opportunities and challenges, from COVID-19 to the digital divide.<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"itu-cards-quote-author\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/sg.png\" alt=\"Profile Image\" class=\"itu-cards-quote-image\"\/><span class=\"itu-cards-quote-author-name\">Mr. Houlin Zhao<\/span><cite>&#8211; Secretary-General, ITU <\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-itu-layout-section-block\"><div class=\"itu-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WTPF-21 in numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#blockid-6034a260-cec1-49e4-9b95-0edd202eba50 {grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);}<\/style><div class=\"itu-cards-group\" id=\"blockid-6034a260-cec1-49e4-9b95-0edd202eba50\">\n<a target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"wp-block-itu-cards-icons-item\"><div class=\"itu-cards-icons-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/IEG.svg\"\/><p>170 Experts    <\/p>From across ITU Membership\nformed the Informal Experts Group, \nshaping the WTPF agenda over 2 years, \nand producing the Secretary-General\u2019s report \n<\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"wp-block-itu-cards-icons-item\"><div class=\"itu-cards-icons-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/publications.svg\"\/><p>5 Opinions published                       <\/p>On opportunites, challenges \nand policies to foster tech \nfor sustainable development, \ntools for guiding global policy makers\n<\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"wp-block-itu-cards-icons-item\"><div class=\"itu-cards-icons-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hand_earth.svg\"\/><p>400 top representatives                    <\/p>From public\/private sectors joined WTPF-21 \naffirming the need to align ICTs \nand new and emerging technologies \nwith global priorities for sustainable development\n<\/div><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"class_list":["post-230","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}