Telecommunication
Development Bureau (BDT)
Ref.: BDT/DKH/CSD/NUM/063 Geneva, 13 June 2024
His Excellency
Mr. Tiit Riisalo
Minister
Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Communications
Estonia
Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Subject: ITU Digital Skills Forum 2024, Manama, Bahrain, 17-19 September 2024
Sir,
I am delighted to extend a personal invitation to you to participate in the high-level session of the ITU
Digital Skills Forum 2024 and share your perspective on how to achieve universal digital skills. The Forum is
organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) and hosted by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The event will be held from 17 to 19 September 2024, at the Gulf Hotel and Convention Centre, Manama,
Bahrain.
Under the theme “Developing skills for digital transformation”, the Forum will bring together Ministers,
policy makers and regulators in charge of digital skills policies and programmes, private companies
supporting digital skills development, representatives from academic and other training institutions, as well
as other partners collaborating with ITU in the field of digital capacity and skills development, in particular
from the ITU Academy Training Centres programme and the Digital Transformation Centres initiative.
The Forum will feature a mix of high-level panels, keynotes and roundtable discussions with practitioners in
the field of digital skills development. The Forum will directly contribute towards enhanced awareness of
policy makers about the importance of implementing national digital skills policies and programmes and will
improve knowledge and understanding of the core issues related to the digital skills gap. It will examine,
digital skills needs related to digital transformation and identify areas of action for digital skills
improvement. The Forum also aims to come up with a set of guidelines and common proposals on how to
strengthen digital skills at national and global level and launch new partnerships on digital skills.
International Telecommunication Union • Place des Nations • CH-1211 Geneva 20 • Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 730 5111 • Fax: +41 22 730 5484 • E-mail:
[email protected] • www.itu.int/itu-d
Further information on the Digital Skills Forum, including the provisional programme, registration and other
logistical information such as accommodation and visa arrangements, is available at www.itu.int/digital-
skills-forum/.
My colleagues from the Capacity and Digital Skills Development (CSD) Division are at your full disposal
should you require any further information at
[email protected].
I hope you will be able to participate and make a valuable contribution to this event.
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava
Director
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Teema: BDT/DKH/CSD/NUM/063 - ITU Digital Skills Forum 2024, Manama, Bahrain, 17-19 September 2024
Kuupäev: 2024-06-13 14:16
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please find attached a letter from Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director
of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International
Telecommunication Union.
Thank you and best regards,
BDTMAIL
Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel : + 41 22 730 6300
Fax: + 41 22 730 5484
[email protected]
www.itu.int/itu-d