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1 Committed to Connecting the World ICT Apps An opportunity for global development and Businesses

2 Committed to Connecting the World Agriculture Energy Education Cross-sectors Health Governance Financial services

3 Innovations Innovation Hubs Design for SDG Industry engagement Upscaling Projects Partnerships Project Implementation Evaluation ICT Apps Membership assistance Knowledge Sharing & Advocacy ICT4D Best Practices Global/Regional events Policy Review Readiness assessments E-Strategy Development Capacity Development Training Toolkits development Toolkits development Country Assistance

4 3.2 ICT Applications actual and planned Activities KPI1. Improved country capacity for the planning of national sectoral e-strategies KPI2. Improved country capacity to leverage ICT/mobile applications to improve the delivery of value-added services KPI3. Enhanced Innovation, knowledge and skills of national institutions to use ICT for development ehealth Country assistance ehealth Strategies Build capacities in Africa and Arab Region eagriculture Country assistance eagriculture Strategies elearning Policy Reviews Energy Country assistance Smart Learning Strategies Country assistance Energy e-strategies Be Be Mobile Smart Healthy Cities Regional Initiative on Smart Agriculture Regional Initiative on Smart Learning Regional Initiative mhealth Innovation Hub Digital Health Platform toolkit eagriculture Innovation Hub Q2/2 ehealth Global/ Regional events Global/ Regional events Global/ Regional events Global/ Regional events ICT4SDG Cross-cutting SDG needs Landscaping Gap analysis ICT industry engagement to catalyze digital innovations for SDG Upscaling potential game changing innovations Q1/2 Smart Society

5 Activities on mhealth ITU-WHO Be Be Mobile Initiative Committed to Connecting the World Joint work plan to use mobile technologies to address the Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) burden through scalable mhealth solutions The initiative targets 8 countries in 4 years in the area of prevention, treatment and policy enforcement. Already implemented national mhealth programmes: Senegal, Egypt for Diabetes Prevention and Control Zambia for Cervical Cancer screening Costa Rica, India, Philippines and Tunisia for Smoking Cessation Norway for COPD The initiative aims at: Address NCDs and their risk factors Enhance country capacities to develop and employ mobile technologies and communications channels Create country level platforms and environment for partnership Design mhealth for NCD intervention projects Strengthen capacity of local stakeholders for optimal and efficient use of available resources Validate use of mobile NCD projects 5

6 Partnerships: cross-sectoral model THE PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT ADOPTS A MULTI-SECTOR PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND ENGAGES IN COUNTRY PARTNERS AND GOVERNMENTS TO MAXIMIZE SUCCESS. Best Practices Content Technology Deployment strategy M&E Telecoms, Insurance, Pharma, Wellness, IT, Sporting Industry, Other Private Sector Government Best Practices Content Technology Deployment strategy Policies M&E Best Practices Content Technology Deployment strategy Policies M&E UN NGOs, Civil Society Philanthropies Academia Best Practices Content Deployment strategy M&E 6

7 EU-ITU-WHO mhealth Knowledge & Innovation Hub OBJECTIVE OF HUB Scale-up mhealth success Access to WHO/ITU/EC accredited content Facilitate innovation Thought leadership KNOWLEDGE & INNOVATION HUB Core Functions STRUCTURE WHO-ITU & EC support in setup Core full-time team dedicated to: project management technology/it partnership and communications monitoring and evaluation administrative/financial support Operational research Operational research Train and educate Identify standards, regulatory and policy gaps Implementation support and consulting 7

8 Committed to Connecting the World ITU-WHO Publications on ehealth Facilitating national ehealth planning The ITU-WHO National ehealth Strategy Toolkit (2012) presents a methodology and set of resources to guide country decision makers to develop their national ehealth strategy and roadmap. Several countries have already used the toolkit to develop/update/review their ehealth national strategy. 8

9 The e-agriculture Strategy Guide Available at: c/24f624ea e8-9b24-66cbf13f004d/ E_AGRICULT

10 MOBILE LEARNIG ITU-UNESCO Mobile Learning Policy Forum, 11 March 2016 First time High-Level dialog between Education and ICT Ministers 7 ICT Ministers/Deputy Minister and 7 Education Ministers/Deputy Ministers participated Co-published with UNESCO a Policy Note on Mobile Learning Agreed on collaborating in conducting joint country Policy Review on Mobile Learning and to Organize a global joint Policy Forum between ICT and Education Ministers in 2017

11 ITU-UNESCO Smart Learning policy review? An independent evidence-based assessment of a national policy, leading to A set of forward-looking policy recommendations looking at the improvement of: Access Quality Effectiveness Equity Efficiency To help education authorities to strengthen their national mobile learning initiative and contribute to the development of their capacities

12 ICT for Sustainable Energy possible Approach Country Readiness Assessment (TND) ICT4SE Policy and Regulatory Frameworks (RME) Best Practices and implementation guidelines (CYB) Cybersecurity guidelines for ICT4SE (CYB) Global activities Country Assistance In-country activities In-country Pilot Project Design In-country Implementation In-country Monitoring and Evaluation 12

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