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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for digital technologies (ICTs). 

Geneva, Switzerland
1865
Govtech, Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D), Predecessors & Pioneers
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/ICT-Applications/Pages/Initiatives/ITU_OSPO/About.aspxActive

ITU Open Source Programme Office

ITU Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) is committed to harnessing the power of open-source technologies to empower nations, organizations, and individuals to leverage cutting-edge digital solutions for the sustainable development. ​​

Geneva, Switzerland
2024
Govtech, Internal government tech capacity, Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/ICT-Applications/Pages/Initiatives/OSEEPSI/home.aspxActive

Open Source Ecosystem Enabler (OSEE)

The Open Source Ecosystem Enabler project seeks to empower local and regional public and private actors to effectively adopt open source technologies for delivering digital government services.

Geneva, Switzerland
2024
Govtech, Internal government tech capacity, Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/ICT-Applications/Pages/Initiatives/ITU_OSPO/Open-Source_AI_for_Public_Services/About_the_Initiative.aspxActive

Open-Source AI for Public Services (ITU AI)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-led multi-stakeholder initiative on Open-Source Generative AI for Public Services aims to develop an end-to-end, open-source implementation framework that enables public sector stakeholders to easily build and deploy their own GenAI solutions using modular, open-source software blueprints.

Geneva, Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Govtech, Internal government tech capacity, Open source, Open source AI, Open source networks
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/UN/Pages/GA-Resolutions-related-to-ICTs.aspxActive

UN General Assembly resolutions on ICTs for Sustainable Development

A UN resolution in favor of ICTs for Sustainable Development

Geneva, Switzerland
2023
Civic tech legislation and policy, Govtech
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
https://aiforgood.itu.int/Active

AI for Good Summit

Driven by the rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, intelligent machines are gaining the ability to learn, improve and make calculated decisions in ways that will enable them to perform tasks previously thought to rely solely on human experience, creativity, and ingenuit​y

Geneva, Switzerland
2017
Conferences, In-person meetings, Meet the others, The People
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)