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ANNOTATED AGENDA 14-15 DECEMBER 2022 MINISTERIAL PROGRAMME Last update: 6 December 2022  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain A number of speakers remain tentative, with confirmations and possible adjustments to follow. An updated version of the annotated draft agenda is available on the Ministerial meeting webpage. All times are in local time (Western European Time). Welcome address by the Spanish Government and the OECD Opening event: Welcome address 14 December, 9:00-9:30 – Auditorium Spain, the host and Chair of the Ministerial meeting, and the OECD will open the meeting. Speakers • Mr. Pedro Sánchez, President of the Government of Spain (remote) • Mr. Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD • Mr. Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Spain 2  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Setting the scene: Introducing the themes of the CDEP Ministerial meeting Opening event: High-level panel 14 December, 9:30-10:00 – Auditorium The Bureau of the Ministerial meeting will introduce key issues for discussion, including a special focus on the continuation and development of rights in the digital age and the four themes: Digital enablers of the global economy, Building better societies, Putting people first, and Harnessing the power of AI and emerging technologies. Moderator: Mr. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary- Questions for discussion General, OECD • How do the different perspectives under the four themes Speakers shed light on the essential issues for the digital economy • Mr. Simon Kollerup, Minister of Economic and Business of today and tomorrow? Affairs, Denmark (TBC) • What are the key challenges to address under each • Mr. Mustafa Varank, Minister of Industry and Technology, theme? Türkiye • How can the CDEP Ministerial meeting help countries • Ms. Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digital succeed getting the best out of the digital transformation? Transformation and AI, Spain • Ms. Ayano Kunimitsu, Parliamentary Vice minister for Background information Internal Affairs and Communications (TBC) • OECD (2022), Digital enablers of the global economy: • Ms. Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary of the Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport • OECD (2022), Building better societies through digital (DCMS), United Kingdom policy: Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial • Mr. Nathaniel Fick, Ambassador at Large, Bureau of meeting Cyberspace and Digital Policy, United States • OECD (2022), Putting people first in digital transformation: Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • OECD (2022), Harnessing the power of AI and emerging technologies: Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting 3  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Towards a human-centric and rights-oriented digital transformation Opening event: High-level panel 14 December, 10:00-11:00 – Auditorium The diffusion of connected digital technologies in recent decades allows for new ways for people to participate in society, pursue opportunities, interact and enjoy rights and freedoms. At the same time, a number of risks and harms have emerged. As technologies and markets continue to evolve so do implications for human rights and freedoms. This high-level opening panel will discuss how to protect and promote human rights in the digital age so that technology benefits people and society. It will consider approaches to human-centric digital transformation based on rights. Moderator: Mr. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary- Questions for discussion General, OECD • Are government and societies losing control of digital Speakers transformation? • Ms. Nadia Calviño, Vice-President and Minister for Economy • How should we steer digital transformation in the years to and Digitalisation, Spain come to ensure it puts people at the centre? • Mr. Fedorov Mykhailo, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of • How can “rights in the digital age” be an effective way to Digital Transformation, Ukraine [video] frame our challenges moving forward? How do we ensure value-based, responsible and human-centric digital • Mr. Dohyun Kang, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and transformation? ICT, Korea • Ms. Gunn Karin Gjul, State Secretary responsible for Digital Policy, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Background information Development, Norway • [Rights in the Digital Age: Challenges and Ways Forward, • Mr. Roberto Viola, Director-General for Communications subject to CDEP approval] Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission • Mr Göran Marby, CEO & President, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) • Ms. JoAnn Stonier, Chief Data Officer, Mastercard 4  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Press point Press point 14 December, 11:00-11:30 – Room TBC Speakers: • Mr. Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD • Ms. Nadia Calviño, Vice-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalisation, Spain 5  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Conclusions from Going Digital III – Data Governance for Growth and Well-Being Launch event: High-level panel 14 December, 11:30-12:15 – Auditorium Data are used to empower individuals, drive innovation and productivity growth, deliver new and innovative digital products and improve policymaking and public service delivery. Data can also be copied, combined and re-used to create value. But as data become more open and widely used, the risk of potential misuse and harm also grows. This session will launch the main outputs of the third phase of the OECD Going Digital horizontal project on data governance for growth and well-being, and will provide a setting for high-level discussion of the issues, opportunities and trade-offs of data governance in the digital age. Moderator: Mr. Yoichi Iida, Chair of the OECD Committee for Questions for discussion Digital Economy Policy, Deputy Director General for G7/G20 • Data governance is a cross-cutting issue: how can we ensure relations, Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and that policy measures and objectives for data-related policies Communications, Japan are coherent and co-ordinated? How can we develop holistic Speakers data strategies at the national level? • Ms. Veronika Remišová, Deputy Prime Minister, Slovak • How can we promote cross-border data flows with trust? Republic (TBC) • What are new and promising technological approaches and • Mr. Stefan Schnorr, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for governance arrangements to govern data? Digital and Transport, Germany • How can we facilitate data sharing and re-use across the • Mr. Francisco Javier Acuña Llamas, President Commissioner economy? How can we encourage smaller firms to use data? of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to • How can we further the measurement of the value of data, Information and Personal Data Protection, Mexico, and Chair including the effects of cross-border data flows? of the Global Privacy Assembly • Mr. Takayuki Morita, President and Chief Executive Officer of Background information NEC Corporation • OECD (forthcoming), Going Digital Guide to Data Governance • Ms. Pam Dixon, Executive Director of the World Privacy Policy Making Forum • OECD (forthcoming), Going Digital to Advance Data Governance for Growth and Well-being • OECD (forthcoming), Responding to societal challenges with data: Access, sharing, stewardship and control • OECD (forthcoming), Fostering cross-border data flows with trust • OECD (forthcoming), Data shaping firms and markets • OECD (forthcoming), Measuring the value of data and data flows • OECD (forthcoming), Data in an evolving technological landscape: The case of connected and automated vehicles • OECD Going Digital Toolkit “Data and Data Flows” theme page (OECD-wide policy analysis and indicators) 6  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Launching the Going Digital Toolkit in French and Hebrew Launch event 14 December, 12:15-12:30 – Auditorium The Going Digital Toolkit, launched in 2019, provides a ground-breaking approach to exploring cross-country comparable data about digital transformation across seven policy dimensions. The Toolkit allows policymakers to interact with data about the state of their digital development and provides related policy guidance. New multilingual Toolkit experiences will allow users to explore the digital performance of countries in French and Hebrew. Interactive country dashboards and the ability to showcase policy documents and other indicators in these languages will allow more users to create, compare and explore the Going Digital Toolkit. Background information Moderator: Mr. Ulrik Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD • oe.cd/toolkit-fr • oe.cd/toolkit-he Speakers • Ms. Shira Lev-Ami, Head of the National Digital Agency, Israel 7  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Launching the OECD Recommendations on Digital Security Launch event: High-level panel 14 December, 12:30-13:00 – Auditorium Today, cyberattacks have economic and social impacts: businesses and individuals lose money, supply chains are disrupted, trade and state secrets are stolen, hospitals are paralysed, individuals’ privacy is breached. Even though governments need policies that strengthen digital security to foster trust, resilience, competitiveness and growth, cybersecurity is often viewed solely as a technical, national security, or criminal law enforcement matter. In this session, panelists will highlight how countries can use the four new OECD Recommendations on digital security to build more secure digital societies and economies, including to embed digital security within national strategies, foster security by design in software and other products, and encourage cybersecurity innovation. Moderator: Mr. Andrew Wyckoff, Director of Science, Technology Questions for discussion and Innovation, OECD • How will the new OECD Recommendations of the Council Speakers support your main strategic objectives? • Mr. Sérgio Freitas de Almeida, Vice-Minister of Science, • What are attendees’ main priority areas for cybersecurity policy in the future? Technology and Innovation, Brazil • Mr. Yves Verhoeven, Director of Strategy, Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI), France Background documents • Ms. Shira Lev-Ami, Head of the National Digital Agency, • OECD Recommendation on Digital Security Risk Israel Management (forthcoming) • Ms. Ana Paula Assis, General Manager, IBM Europe, Middle • OECD Recommendation on National Digital Security East and Africa Strategies (forthcoming) • OECD Recommendation on the Digital Security of Products and Services (forthcoming) • OECD Recommendation on the Treatment of Digital Security Vulnerabilities (forthcoming) • OECD, Policy Framework on Digital Security (forthcoming) 8  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Ministerial lunch: Adoption of a draft Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data held by Private Sector Entities Closed Ministerial lunch for Ministers and Heads of Delegation 14 December, 13:00-14:30 – Ministerial Room Ministers and Heads of Delegations of OECD Members and the European Union will be invited to adopt the draft agenda of the Ministerial meeting and the draft Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data held by the Private Sector Entities. Chair: Ms. Nadia Calviño, Vice-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalisation, Spain; Ms. Pilar Llop Cuenca, Minister of Justice, Spain OECD Secretariat: Mr. Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD 9  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Launching the Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities Opening event: High-level panel 14 December, 14:30-15:15 – Auditorium In the digital era, much information about individuals is collected by private entities (for example, through digital devices like smartphones or social media platforms). These data can be of high value to governments for a variety of reasons, including fulfilling their law enforcement duties or protecting national security. However, when governments access personal data, it may affect people’s privacy and may have an adverse effect on the trust that individuals vest in governments and corporations alike. Subject to its adoption in the preceding closed lunch, this high-level panel will launch the Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities – the culmination of a two-year study of OECD countries’ approaches to this topic, which highlights commonalities and serves a basis for promoting trust in cross-border data flows. Moderator: Ms. Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary of the Questions for discussion Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), United Kingdom • Why is the issue of how government access personal data held by private entities for law enforcement and national Speakers security purposes so important? • Mr. Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD • How and why did the OECD take up this topic? • Ms. Pilar Llop Cuenca, Minister of Justice, Spain (TBC) • What key learnings came from the Process? • Mr. Shuhei Ohshima, Personal Information Protection Commissioner, Japan Background information • Mr. Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, European • [Draft Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data Commission and Mr. Bruno Gencarelli Deputy to the Director Held by Private Sector Entities, subject to adoption] – Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law, Head of Unit – International Data Flows and Protection, European • Government access to personal data held by the private Commission sector: Statement by the OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy • Mr. Nathaniel Fick, Ambassador at Large, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, United States 10  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Combatting misinformation and disinformation online Ministerial meeting theme 2: Panel 14 December, 15:30-16:45 Building better societies for digital Room 1 transformation Lies, misleading information, conspiracy theories, and other forms of “untruths” have existed for as long as there were people to create and spread them. However, digital technologies make producing and disseminating the collection of mis- and disinformation much easier and faster. This panel will explore ways that technology and policy can help mitigate the harmful effects of such information on people and society. Moderator: Mr. Ján Hargaš, State Secretary, Ministry of Questions for discussion Investments, Regional Development and Informatization, Slovak • Technology helps create and spread untruths online, Republic (TBC) but it is also a part of the solution. How can we harness Speakers the power of technology to ensure that on balance it is a positive force in the fight against untruths online? • Mr. Kristjan Järvan, Minister for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology, Estonia • From a digital economy perspective, which policies can help mitigate the negative effects of untruths online for • Ms. Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen, Tech Ambassador, people and society? Denmark (TBC) • How can the multistakeholder community work • Mr. Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs, France together to ensure that children and adults have the • Mr. Miguel Escassi, Head of Government Affairs and Public skills they need to identify false and misleading content Policy for Spain and Portugal, Google online? • Ms. Carolina Botero, Director, Karisma Foundation • Dr. Sebastian Hallensleben, Chair, CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 Background information • OECD (2022), Building better societies through digital policy: Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • Lesher, M., H. Pawelec and A. Desai (2022), Disentangling untruths online: Creators, spreaders and how to stop them, Going Digital Toolkit Note • OECD (2022), Disinformation and its discontents, podcast 11  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Rights in the digital age – building solid evidence Ministerial meeting theme 3: Workshop 14 December, 15:30-16:45 Putting people first Room 3 While digital technologies continue to evolve and transform our societies, efforts are underway to analyse and understand how policies and regulatory frameworks could adapt for the continued enjoyment of human rights and freedoms. In particular, a notable gap in understanding exists as to the implications for enforcement and redress mechanisms. This session will discuss experiences in evolving policies and regulatory frameworks and offer perspectives on how better evidence would support a rights-oriented digital transformation. Moderator: Ms. Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Questions for discussion Digital Transformation and AI, Spain • What can public institutions, the private sector, and civil society do, Speakers respectively and jointly, to ensure that legal obligations and rights across sector areas are protected? Are there trade-offs for reaping the • Mr. Dohyun Kang, Deputy Minister of the Office of benefits of digital transformation? ICT Policy of MSIT, Korea • What policies, practices and tools are effective to organise this work? • Mr. Mario Campolargo, Secretary of State for What data and other evidence should be established to support this Digitalisation and Administrative Modernisation, moving forward? Portugal • How can we ensure that new and emerging technologies are • Mr. Ján Hargaš, State Secretary, Ministry of developed and applied upon the basis of our existing values and Investments, Regional Development and rights? Informatization of the Slovak Republic • Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for the Communication and Information Sector, United Background information Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural • OECD (2022), Putting people first in digital transformation: Organization (UNESCO) Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • Ms. Hilary Richters, Director, Lead Digital Ethics, • [Rights in the Digital Age: Challenges and Ways Forward, subject to Inclusion & Diversity Drive, Deloitte CDEP approval] • Ms. Valentina Daiber, Chief Officer Legal & Corporate Affairs, O2 • Ms. Valeria Milanes, Executive Director, Association for Civil Rights 12  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain The OECD AI Principles – impact on the global policy landscape Ministerial meeting theme 4: Panel 14 December, 15:30-16:45 Harnessing the power of AI and emerging Room 2 technologies Since their adoption in 2019, governments and other stakeholders have been working to implement the OECD AI Principles to make artificial intelligence trustworthy for people and planet. More than three years after the adoption of the OECD AI Principles, this session is a timely occasion to highlight accomplishments and discuss future priorities. The panel will highlight how countries are implementing policies for trustworthy, human-centric AI and what the OECD is doing to support them. It will seek to highlight good AI policy practices on topics like AI risk and accountability, regulatory sandboxes, language technologies and compute and climate. Moderator: Mr. Marco-Alexander Breit, Deputy Director-General, Questions for discussion Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, • What are some lessons learned to date in implementing AI Germany policies to steer the transformation of our economies and Speakers societies for inclusive growth and addressing global challenges? • Ms. Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister of Digital Transformation, Slovenia • What are promising approaches to AI governance and accountability – such as sandboxes, standards and • Mr. Amr S. Talaat, Minister of Communications and regulatory initiatives like the EU AI Act? Information Technology, Egypt • How to ensure that our policies and frameworks for AI are • Ms. Lucilla Sioli, Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital interoperable globally? What are the priorities for Industry, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, international cooperation on AI moving forward? Content and Technology, European Commission • Mr. Michael Punke, Head of Global Public Policy, Amazon Web Services Background information • Ms. Rebecca Finlay, Executive Director, Partnership on AI • OECD (2022), Harnessing the power of AI and emerging technologies: Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial • Mr. Vilas Dhar, Executive Director, McGovern Foundation meeting • OECD Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence • OECD Framework for the classification of AI systems • OECD.AI Policy Observatory 13  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Strengthening the foundations for digital security across products and services Ministerial meeting theme 1: Panel 14 December, 17:15-18:30 Digital enablers of the global economy Room 1 The digital transformation of the global economy continues to accelerate, and effective security needs to be at the foundation of this process. By prioritising security, consumers, businesses and organisations will be able to trust their products and services, and will be able to live better-connected lives with a reduced carbon footprint. By not doing so, security will always be the ‘Achilles Heel’ in our future economy, an everlasting concern for individuals, organisations and governments. As such, policymakers need to incentivise the adoption of better security practices, whilst also working in partnership with others to sustain these higher standards and ease implementation for global industries. In this session, panellists will discuss their existing work implementing policy in this space that incentivise the adoption of effective security across products and services, as well as their ambitions for supporting the global movement to strengthen the foundations of the digital transformation and the future economy. Moderator: Mr. Florian Schütz, Federal Cyberdelegate, Questions for discussion National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Switzerland, and • How can international collaboration further promote Chair of the OECD Working Party on Security in the Digital transparency within supply chains so as to improve the Economy security of connected product and services? Speakers • How can international collaboration help promote the more • Mr. Kristjan Järvan, Minister for Entrepreneurship and effective management of vulnerabilities? Information Technology, Estonia • What do you see as priority areas for cybersecurity policy in • Mr. Roberto Viola, Director-General for the coming years? Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission Background documents • Ms. Charlotte Lindsey, Chief Public Policy Officer, • OECD (2022), Digital enablers of the global economy: Cyber Peace Institute Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • Mr. Michael Punke, Head of Global Public Policy, • OECD Recommendation on Digital Security Risk Amazon Web Services Management (forthcoming) • Mr. Andrew Wilson, Global Policy Director, International • OECD Recommendation on National Digital Security Chamber of Commerce Strategies (forthcoming) • Mr. Fernandez Granado, Global General Manager of • OECD Recommendation on the Digital Security of Products Chiper, Prosegur and Services (forthcoming) • OECD Recommendation on the Treatment of Digital Security Vulnerabilities (forthcoming) • OECD, Policy Framework on Digital Security (forthcoming) • OECD (2019), Recommendation on Digital Security of Critical Activities • OECD (2021), Enhancing the digital security of products: A Policy discussion • OECD (2021), Encouraging vulnerability management: overview for policy makers 14  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain The future of connectivity – investing in high quality networks Ministerial meeting theme 2: Panel 14 December, 17:15-18:30 Building better societies for digital transformation Room 2 Our digital future depends on globally interconnected high-quality broadband networks. To serve the growing needs of the digital transformation, our future broadband networks need to deliver higher speeds, higher reliability and faster response times. This panel will address how a move towards latest network generations, such as 5G and beyond, fibre, and new developments in satellites can be realised, the underling policies that are needed, and the crucial question of how we can ensure continued and sufficient investments in broadband networks by the private and public sectors. Moderator: Mr. Bengt G Mölleryd, Chair of the OECD Questions for discussion Working Party on Communications Infrastructures and • How are broadband networks evolving to meet the growing needs Services Policy, and Senior Analyst, Swedish Post and of digital transformation? What is the rate of adoption of latest Telecom Authority Agency, Sweden technology generations? Speakers • How do we ensure continued investment to deploy next- • Mr. Timo Harakka, Minister of Transport and generation broadband networks? Communications, Finland • What other key policies do we need to ensure that networks are fit • Ms. Ayano Kunimitsu, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the future? for Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Background documents • Mr. Dohyun Kang, Deputy Minister of the Office of • OECD (2022), Building better societies through digital policy: ICT Policy, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • Prof. Konstantinos Masselos, Incoming BEREC • OECD (2022), Developments in spectrum management for Chair 2023, President of Hellenic communication services Telecommunications and Post Commission • OECD (2022), Broadband Networks of the Future (EETT), Greece • OECD Recommendation of the Council on Broadband • Mr. Wilhelm Eschweiler, Vice President, Federal Connectivity Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway, Germany • OECD (2021), Promoting high-quality broadband networks in G20 countries • Mr. Sóstenes Díaz González, Commissioner of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT), • OECD (2019), The road to 5G networks: Experience to date and Mexico future developments • Mr. Karim Lesina, Executive Vice President, Chief • OECD (2021), Emerging trends in communication market External Affairs Officer, Millicom(Tigo) competition • Ms. Adriana Labardini Inzunza, LAC Policy • OECD (2019), Operators and their future: the state of play and Coordinator LOCNET Program, Association of emerging business models Progressive Communications (APC) 15  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Exploring the Going Digital Toolkit Ministerial Workshop 14 December, 17:15-18:30 Room 4 The Going Digital Toolkit maps a core set of indicators to each of the seven policy dimensions of the Going Digital Integrated Policy Framework and allows users to interactively explore these data to assess a country’s state of digital development. The Toolkit also contains OECD policy guidance and insights related to each of the policy dimensions to help governments design and implement policies that are fit for the digital age. This interactive workshop will explore the exciting “Data Kitchen” explorer feature, the French and Hebrew Toolkit experiences, and new directions for the Toolkit going forward. Moderator: Mr. Christopher Sharrock, Co-chair of Business at Background information OECD (BIAC), Digital Economy Policy Committee, Vice President • Going Digital Toolkit for UN Affairs and International Organisations, Microsoft • Data Kitchen Speakers • oe.cd/toolkit-fr • Ms. Shira Lev-Ami, Head of the National Digital Agency, • oe.cd/toolkit-he Israel • Ms. Nadia Ernzer, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OECD • Mr. Thomas Schneider, Ambassador and Director of International Affairs at the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), Switzerland Practitioners • Mr. Daniel Roash, Director of the Economic Indicator Section, Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel • Ms. Molly Lesher, Senior Economist/Analyst, OECD 16  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain The future of simulated environments and immersive technologies Ministerial meeting theme 4: Workshop 14 December, 17:15-18:30 Harnessing the power of AI and emerging Room 3 technologies Simulated environments and immersive technologies provide users with hyper realistic experiences in digital worlds through the capture and processing of sensor information, and the use of tactile or haptic tools that build an immersive experience. Immersive technologies include augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality and other forms of extended realities. This workshop will explore use, challenges and business cases around simulated environments backed by immersive technologies including how they can help users enhance their capabilities, including providing them with realistic, safe and exploratory learning environments. The session will also shed light on the concerns around immersive technologies and discuss the policy implications assessing risks and benefits. Moderator: Mr. Manuel Escudero, Ambassador, Questions for discussion Permanent Representative of Spain to the OECD • What are the most salient challenges that must be addressed to Speakers unleash the potential of simulated environments and immersive technologies? • Mr. Sebastian-Ioan Burduja, Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization, • How should governments and industry govern these technologies? Romania Are best practices emerging? What is the role of inter- governmental co-operation in this area? • Mr. Mathieu Michel, State Secretary for Digitization, in charge of Administrative • What are the primary challenges involved in respecting privacy Simplification, Privacy and Buildings rights in immersive and simulated digital worlds? We often hear Administration, Office of the Deputy Prime about the challenges, but are there also opportunities for Minister, Belgium immersive technologies to help enhance and enforce privacy rights? • Ms. Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen, Tech Ambassador, Denmark • Mr. Ali Taha Koç, Head of Digital Transformation, Background information Office of the Presidency, Türkiye • OECD (2022), Harnessing the power of AI and emerging • Mr. Markus Reinisch, Vice President for Public technologies: Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting Policy Europe and Global Economic Policy, Meta • OECD Recommendation on Digital Security Risk Management • Ms. Heidi Holman, Assistant General Counsel, (forthcoming) Microsoft and Board Chair of the XR Association • OECD (2019) Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence • Mr. Bruno Bioni, Founder & Executive Director, • OECD (2019), Artificial Intelligence in Society Data Privacy Brasil Research Association • OECD Recommendation of the Council on Children in the Digital • Ms. Gemma Galdon Clavell, President, Eticas Environment Tech 17  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Fostering trust in cross-border data flows Ministerial meeting theme 1: Panel 15 December, 9:30-10:45 Digital enablers of the global economy Room 1 Cross-border data flows underpin many of today’s social and economic activities. However, they also amplify concerns in relation to privacy, personal data and intellectual property protection, digital and national security, and regulatory access. This has led to a range of national policy and regulatory measures that condition or limit the transfer of data abroad. In response, a growing demand has emerged for multilateral mechanisms to foster trust in cross-border data flows to support thriving and innovative global economies. This panel will be an opportunity for an open exchange on the policy challenges to achieve this goal, explore pathways to strengthen international cooperation in this area and identify possible roles for the OECD. Moderator: Ms. Julie Brilll, Chief Privacy Officer and Questions for discussion Corporate Vice President for Global Privacy and • What are the key challenges to promoting trust in cross-border data Regulatory Affairs, Microsoft flows and how can we address them? Speakers • What are good practices to help countries strengthen international co- • Ms. Pilar Llop Cuenca, Minister of Justice, Spain operation to foster trust and promote data flows? • Mr. Johnny G. Plate, Minister of Communications • How can the OECD facilitate international co-operation for trusted and Informatics, Indonesia cross-border data flows in the future? • Mr. Stefan Schnorr, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Germany Background documents • Mr. Hirohide Hirai, Vice Minister for International • OECD (2022), Digital enablers of the global economy: Background Affairs (METI), Japan paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • Ms. Anabel González, Deputy Director-General, • OECD (forthcoming), Fostering cross-border data flows with trust World Trade Organization (WTO) • OECD (2022), Cross-border data flows: Taking stock of key policies • Ms. Najat Khan, Chief Data Science Officer, and initiatives, OECD Report for the German 2022 G7 Presidency of Johnson & Johnson the Digital and Technology Track • Ms. Burcu Kilic, Head of Policy and Strategic • Robinson, L., K. Kizawa and E. Ronchi (2021), Interoperability of Partnerships, Minderoo Foundation privacy and data protection frameworks • Casalini, F., J. López-González and T. Nemoto (2021), Mapping commonalities in regulatory approaches to cross-border data transfers 18  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Digital technologies in the green transition: Friend or foe? Ministerial meeting theme 2: Panel 15 December, 9:30-10:45 Building better societies for digital transformation Room 2 Digital transformation and the move towards a greener and more sustainable economy and society – increasingly referred to jointly as the “twin transitions” – are presenting many opportunities to leverage digital technologies to secure a greener future. Digital tools can help develop more energy efficient products and systems, and nudge consumers and businesses to make greener choices. Notwithstanding, digital technologies also have environmental impacts of their own, including increasing energy consumption and use of raw materials. This panel cutting across artificial intelligence, connectivity and consumer empowerment, government, business and civil society stakeholders will outline how to maximise the potential of digital technologies and e-commerce business models in driving green growth, whilst minimising risks. Moderator: Mr. Keith Strier, Vice President, Worldwide Questions for discussion AI Initiatives – NVIDIA; Co-Chair of the OECD.AI Expert • How are the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI enabled technologies Group on AI Compute and Climate being leveraged to support the green transition? With what success Speakers so far? What more is needed? • Mr. Edvīns Balševics, State Secretary of the • How to measure and monitor the environmental impact of digital Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional technologies? Development, Latvia • Are there potential trade-offs to consider between policy • Mr. Hrvoje Bujanović, State Secretary of the objectives? Ministry for Economy and Sustainable • How can we ensure collaboration to accelerate the clean energy Development, Croatia transition and promote smart networks and devices? • Mr. Mark Schaan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister at Innovation, Science and Economic Background documents Development, Canada • OECD (2022), Building better societies: Background paper for the • Mr. Luis Cabra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and CDEP Ministerial meeting Executive Managing Director Energy Transition, • OECD (2022), Developments in spectrum management for Technology and Institutional Affairs, Repsol communication services • Ms. Paz Peña, Founder, Latin American Institute of • OECD (2022), Communication regulators of the future Terraforming • OECD (2022), Broadband Networks of the Future • OECD Recommendation of the Council on Broadband Connectivity • Reidenbach, B., et al. (2022), Towards net-zero: Interoperability of technologies to transform the energy system 19  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Creating a safer online environment Ministerial meeting theme 3: Workshop 15 December, 9:30-10:45 Putting people first Room 3 Digital technologies have undeniably brought significant benefits, but they also facilitate the spread of illegal and harmful content and activity online. This diminishes trust in the digital environment, undermines democratic values, and risks the safety and well- being of citizens. Fostering a safe and trustworthy digital environment is an urgent policy challenge, and this panel will explore how to build the relevant evidence base and develop policies to meet it. Moderator: Mr. Andrew Wyckoff, Director of Science, Questions for discussion Technology and Innovation, OECD • What bases of evidence most urgently need to be developed to Speakers underpin effective Internet safety policies? • Ms. Bridget Gannon, Assistant Secretary, Online • What does digital safety by design mean and what advantages does Safety Branch, Department of Infrastructure, it offer? Transport, Regional Development, • How can the OECD’s experience, convening power, and Communications and the Arts, Australia multidisciplinary research capabilities be leveraged to provide a • Mr. Andras Koltay, National Media and safe digital environment for our children? Communications Authority and Media Council, Hungary Background documents • Ms. Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary of the • OECD (2022), Putting people first in digital transformation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting (DCMS), United Kingdom • OECD (2022), Transparency reporting on terrorist and violent • Mr. Kristian Bartholin, the Head of the Digital extremist content online: An update on the global top 50 content Development Unit, Council of Europe sharing services • Mr. David Frautschy Heredia, Senior Director, • OECD Recommendation of the Council on Children in the Digital European Government and Regulatory Affairs, Environment Internet Society • OECD (2022), Companion Document to the OECD Recommendation on Children in the Digital Environment • OECD (2020), Protecting Children Online: An Overview of Recent Developments in Legal and Policy Frameworks • OECD (2022), Voluntary Transparency Reporting Framework • Lesher, M., H. Pawelec and A. Desai (2022), Disentangling untruths online: Creators, spreaders and how to stop them 20  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Shaping policies for online platforms Ministerial meeting theme 1: Panel 15 December, 11:15-12:30 Digital enablers of the global economy Room 1 Competitive markets underpin digital transformation by spurring innovation, new business models, business dynamism and productivity, driving structural change across the economy. Yet increasing use of digital technologies and consumer data, including by online platforms, have called into question traditional notions of competition. This panel will discuss how digital technologies and big data may further disrupt online markets and how policy settings may need to evolve in response. Moderator: Mr. Carmine di Noia, Director for Financial Questions for discussion and Enterprise Affairs, OECD • What is the biggest threat to competition in online markets in the Speakers next 5-10 years? • Mr. Simon Kollerup, Minister of Economic and • How will digital technologies and consumer data affect online Business Affairs, Denmark (TBC) business models and competition dynamics in the short-to-medium term and how should policy frameworks adapt in response? • Ms. Jean Carberry, Assistant Secretary, EU, Digital and Access to Finance Division, • As data governance frameworks and competition policy increasingly Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, intersect, how can governments balance protecting privacy and Ireland innovation? • Mr. Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs, France Background documents • Mr. Mark Schaan, Senior Assistant Deputy • OECD (forthcoming), Data shaping firms and markets Minister at Innovation, Science and Economic • OECD (2022), Digital enablers of the global economy: Background Development, Canada paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • Ms. Rita Wezenbeek, Director of Platforms, • Barker, A. (2021), Consumer data and competition: A new balancing European Commission act for online markets?, Going Digital Toolkit Note • Mr. Russell Grandinetti, Senior Vice President, • Gierten, D., et al. (2021), Firms going digital: Tapping into the International Retail Business, Amazon potential of data for innovation • OECD (2019), Unpacking E-commerce: Business Models, Trends and Policies • OECD (2019), An Introduction to Online Platforms and Their Role in the Digital Transformation 21  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Advancing inclusive digital societies – bridging digital divides and breaking down barriers Ministerial meeting theme 2: Workshop 15 December, 11:15-12:30 Building better societies for digital transformation Room 3 The benefits of digital transformation are increasingly unevenly spread across societies resulting in a widening of existing divides and potentially creating new ones. While policies to promote inclusive digital societies are common in OECD countries, as the digital transformation accelerates, the risks of persistent and pervasive digital divides are a significant challenge. This workshop aims to find out how governments, businesses and the civil society can take up this challenge. Moderator: Ms. Ann-Mari Kemell, State Secretary to the Questions for discussion Minister of Economic Affairs, Finland • What have we learned from digital inclusion policies? What works Speakers and what does not? • Ms. Veronika Remišová, Deputy Prime Minister for • How can policy help closing new and old divides brought about Investment, Regional Development and by the digital transformation? Informatization, Slovak Republic • What can OECD and better digital policies do to help countries • Ms. Egle Markeviciute, Vice-Minister of the Economy advance inclusive societies? and Innovation, Lithuania • Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General Background documents Elect, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) • OECD (2022), Building better societies: Background paper for the • Mr. Jean-François Fallacher, CEO, Orange Spain CDEP Ministerial meeting • Ms. Martina Malakova, Managing Director, Electrik • OECD (2020), OECD Digital Economy Outlook • Ms. Y J Park, Professor • OECD (2021), Bridging Digital Divides in G20 Countries • OECD (2021), Bridging Connectivity Divides • G20/OECD (2021), Guidelines for Financing and Fostering High- Quality Broadband for a Digital World • OECD (2018), Bridging the Rural Digital Divide • OECD Recommendation of the Council on Broadband Connectivity • OECD Going Digital Toolkit “Gender” theme page (OECD-wide policy analysis and indicators). 22  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Empowering consumers in a digital world Ministerial meeting theme 3: Panel 15 December, 11:15-12:30 Putting people first Room 2 Despite the many benefits of e-commerce’s rapid growth and the digital transformation, consumers have been exposed to new commercial practices raising ongoing and emerging risks and challenges. These include a variety of dark commercial patterns, unsafe products available for sale online, and personalisation practices likely to exploit consumer biases and vulnerabilities online. This panel will explore the consumer harm resulting from these risks and challenges, and discuss what measures may be needed to strengthen consumer empowerment and protection online. Moderator: Mr. Hugh Stevenson, Deputy Director of Questions for discussion International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, United • What are the concerns raised by commercial practices online States, and Chair of the OECD Committee on Consumer – particularly dark commercial patterns, the sale of unsafe Policy products, and personalisation practices that may exploit Speakers individual consumer biases? How are these practices changing the nature and scale of consumer vulnerability • Mr. Nuno Fazenda, Secretary of State for Tourism, online? Commerce and Services, Portugal (TBC) • How can governments, consumer protection authorities, • Ms. Ana Peña Cardoza, Director, Office of the National businesses and consumers themselves best address such Authority for Consumer Protection, Peru risks? • Mr. Jean-Philippe Monod de Froideville, Senior Vice- • In what areas is further research needed in order to better President for Government and Corporate Affairs, prioritise measures to protect and empower consumers in the Expedia digital world? • Ms. Laura Brett, Vice President, BBB National Programs, National Advertising Division Background documents • Mr. Finn Myrstad, Director for Digital Policy at the Consumer Council, Norway • OECD (2022), Putting people first in digital transformation: Background paper for the CDEP Ministerial meeting • Ms. Christine Riefa, Professor of Law, University of Reading • OECD (2022), Dark commercial patterns online • OECD (forthcoming), Consumer vulnerability in the digital age • OECD (2022), Measuring financial consumer detriment in e- commerce 23  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Ministerial lunch: Adoption of a draft Declaration on a Trusted, Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Future Closed Ministerial lunch for Ministers and Heads of Delegation 15 December, 12:30-14:30 – Ministerial Room Ministers and Heads of Delegations of OECD Members, the European Union and interested invited non-Members will be invited to adopt the draft Declaration on a Trusted, Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Future. Chair: Ms. Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digital Transformation and AI, Spain OECD Secretariat: Mr. Ulrik Knudsen, Deputy Secretary- General, OECD 24  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Closing event: Presentation of meeting outcomes Closing event: High-level panel 15 December, 14:30-16:00 – Auditorium This session will allow for reflection on the discussions of the meeting and a presentation of the meeting outcomes. With the participation of: • Mr. Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Spain • Ms. Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digital Transformation and AI, Spain • Mr. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD • Mr. Dohyun Kang, Deputy Minister of the Office of ICT Policy of MSIT, Korea (TBC) • Ms. Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), United Kingdom • Mr. Nathaniel Fick, Ambassador at Large, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, United States (TBC) • Mr. Brendan Pearson, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD • Ms. Régine Vandriessche, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the OECD • Ms. Madeleine Chenette, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada to the OECD (TBC) • Mr. Aleš Chmelař, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the OECD • Mr. Haim Assaraf, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Israel to the OECD (TBC) • Ms. Sybel Galván, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OECD • Mr. Manuel Escudero, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Spain to the OECD (TBC) • Mr. Kerem Alkin, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Türkiye to the OECD (TBC) • Mr. Andrew Wyckoff, Director of Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD 25  ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre, Gran Canaria, Spain Press conference Press conference 15 December, 16:15-17:00 – Room 2 This session will allow for reflection on the discussions of the meeting and a presentation of the meeting outcomes. Speakers: • Mr. Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Spain • Ms. Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digital Transformation and AI, Spain • Mr. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD 26 Saatja: [email protected] Saaja: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Teema: CDEP Ministerial: important documents & reminders Kuupäev: 2022-12-06 19:44 Dear delegates and colleagues, We hope this email finds you well. Please find attached an updated agenda (as of today), including the list of speakers for each session. Please note that the agenda is still subject to changes, with some speakers pending confirmation. The Ministerial website is regularly updated to include registered speakers. For your reference, please also find attached the draft Declaration on A Trusted, Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Future, as will be transmitted under the responsibility of the OECD Secretary-General to Ministers and Heads of Delegation for adoption during the Ministerial lunch on 15 December. Additional information and documentation restricted to delegates is available in the “delegates’ zone” on the website (registration and log in required). If you have not yet registered, we invited you to complete the registration as soon as possible: * Please register as soon as possible * Include all the requested information as comprehensively as possible: * Airport transfers for Heads of delegation – Flights information is crucial * Be accurate when selecting the sessions (especially parallel sessions) – the seating plan will be based on this information * Complete the logistical form * Confirm if the Minister/Head of Delegation will use the transportation to the Gala Dinner * Confirm the names of the Minister/Head of Delegation and +1 who will attend the Ministerial dinner * Confirm the name of the Minister/Head of Delegation for the family photo * Confirm the VIP transfer information * Please confirm by email to [email protected] the list of all the members of your delegation and the ranking We remain at your disposal for any questions and we look forward to seeing you next week in Gran Canaria! Best regards, The CDEP Ministerial team DRAFT DECLARATION ON A TRUSTED, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE DIGITAL FUTURE WE THE MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF of [OECD Members, the European Union, and interested participating non-Members], met in the Island of Gran Canaria in Spain, on 14-15 December 2022, under the leadership of Spain as Ministerial Chair and with Denmark, Japan, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States as Vice-Chairs, for the meeting of the Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP) at Ministerial level under the theme “driving long-term recovery and economic growth by building a trusted, sustainable, and inclusive digital future”. WE RECOGNISE the important role of the OECD in advancing evidence-based policy making and as a forum for OECD Members, partners and stakeholders to share knowledge, experience, and data to identify and improve policy solutions to economic, environmental, and social challenges. WE CONDEMN, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine as a flagrant violation of international law that shakes the very foundation of the international order, in line with the 2022 OECD Ministerial Council Statement, and RECALL the decision of the OECD Council of 8 March 2022 to immediately suspend the participation of the Russian Federation and Belarus in OECD bodies. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY with the people and the democratically elected government of Ukraine in its efforts to uphold and promote the benefits of an open, free, global, interoperable, reliable, accessible, affordable, secure and resilient Internet. WE FURTHER CONDEMN disinformation campaigns, government-imposed Internet shutdowns, and attacks on and threats to communication infrastructures, the Internet, technology supply chains and the flow of data and information, including through malicious cyber activities. WE REITERATE, in particular against this backdrop, our unambiguous commitment to human rights and freedoms, peace, democracy, and the rule of law. WE RECALL the 2021 OECD’s 60th Anniversary Vision statement, Trust in Global Cooperation: The Vision for the OECD for the Next Decade, which directs the OECD to support countries in harnessing the potential of digitalisation for economic growth and social inclusion to support open societies in the digital and data driven age and to advance responses to the challenges of digitalisation, including guarding against threats to democracy, digital security and privacy and combatting disinformation online, as well as to seek initiatives that enhance and promote data free flow with trust. WE RECOGNISE that digitalisation has profound and transformational implications for our societies and economies, including immense potential to contribute to inclusive economic and social prosperity, well being and sustainability, to realising the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and to addressing global challenges such as the climate crisis and the COVID-19 response and recovery; and at the same time, that it presents significant challenges, risks and potential harms. WE CONSIDER that seizing the opportunities and mitigating the risks presented by accelerating digital transformation is a critical responsibility of our governments. WE UNDERSCORE the imperative of multi-stakeholder, cross-disciplinary and international collaboration for building inclusive, resilient and secure societies by shaping and advancing human centric, comprehensive, coherent, actionable, sustainable and forward-looking approaches to digital policies. WE ACKNOWLEDGE the OECD’s unique position to spearhead such collaboration and its long-standing leadership in identifying good practices and developing international, evidence-based and consensus based digital policy standards. WE ACKNOWLEDGE the OECD’s work on digital policy undertaken under the auspices of the CDEP since the previous Ministerial meeting chaired by Mexico in 2016, including seminal work under the Going Digital Horizontal Project phases I and II and on artificial intelligence. WE WELCOME the following outputs launched at this Ministerial meeting: ● Four new OECD Recommendations on digital security policy that provide a broad-based and coherent policy framework to strengthen digital security in a way that promotes incentives for innovation and competition and respects human rights and freedoms, in the context of the rise in malicious cyber activity. These Recommendations promote international and multi stakeholder co operation and awareness to enhance the digital security of products and services. They guide countries in developing a strategic, whole-of-government and whole of society policy approach to create the conditions for all stakeholders to manage digital security risk, according to their role, which is essential to the functioning and digital transformation of our economies and societies. ● The outcomes of the OECD Horizontal Project on Data Governance for Growth and Well-being (Going Digital phase III), which recognise the importance of data as a driver of the global economy, advance a better understanding and measurement of the value of data, and support countries in developing coherent and holistic data governance policies. ● [The Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities, which promotes trust in transborder flows of personal data by building a shared understanding of how like-minded democracies protect privacy and other human rights and freedoms when accessing personal data held by private sector entities for law enforcement and national security purposes.] WE ARE COMMITTED to working together and with all stakeholders to promote a safe, secure, inclusive and sustainable digital environment, underpinned by an open, free, global, interoperable, reliable, accessible, affordable, secure and resilient Internet, and by respect for the rule of law, human rights and democratic values in order to enable economies and societies to prosper, by: ● Advancing a human-centric and rights-oriented digital transformation that includes promoting the enjoyment of human rights, both offline and online, strong protections for personal data, laws and regulation fit for the digital age, and trustworthy, secure, responsible and sustainable use of emerging digital technologies and artificial intelligence. ● Tackling the governance challenges posed by emerging technologies and business models, including online platforms, through inclusive multi stakeholder discussions among democracies and with policy frameworks that promote technology diffusion, innovation, trust, risk-based approaches, and privacy and data protection, and through approaches such as agile regulation, anticipatory policies, and co operation on international standards development, while advancing the multi-stakeholder system of Internet governance globally. ● Advancing ubiquitous access to high-capacity, high-quality, affordable, secure and resilient connectivity and computational infrastructure, including through promoting competition and incentivising investment, robust legal and regulatory frameworks, and supporting efficient, transparent and predictable spectrum management, guided by long-term societal and economic benefits. ● Promoting more competitive markets for an innovative and prosperous economy, accounting for diverse business models across firms of all sizes, through policies and regulations for data flows and online platforms and marketplaces including, in particular, in the areas of competition, communication services, digital trade, privacy and data protection, and consumer policy. ● Making digital technology supply chains, including semiconductor design and manufacturing, more sustainable, diverse, secure, and resilient throughout the entire value chain, to protect against shortages and disruptions that would hamper digital transformation and the functioning and safety of economies and societies.  ● Addressing all digital divides, including gender divides, so that everyone has equal opportunity to participate, learn, work, explore, innovate, contribute to and benefit from digital transformation. This includes, in particular, investing in connectivity, digital technologies, digital public services, mobile government, skills, training, education, and capacity building to empower people to actively participate in digital societies and succeed in workforce transitions. ● Addressing the underlying factors that foster the creation, spread and acceptance of mis- and disinformation while respecting human rights and freedoms, including freedom of expression. ● Working to keep individuals, especially children, safe online by combatting illegal and harmful online content while respecting freedom of expression, and by protecting all children from online manipulation and abuse. ● Promoting a positive, age-appropriate and safe digital environment for children and young people and providing opportunities for all children to acquire the necessary skills and competences to make active, safe and informed choices online. ● Strengthening digital security as a foundation for digital transformation, economic growth and social prosperity by developing policy approaches that enhance trust, security and resilience. ● Securing the welfare of consumers by empowering them to make informed decisions in the digital environment and by protecting them from misleading, manipulative, deceptive, fraudulent, unlawful, and unfair commercial practices, and unsafe and unsecure goods and services. ● Continuing to develop and implement data governance policies and strategies that support data driven decision-making and innovation and promote economic and social prosperity by enhancing the responsible, transparent, trusted and privacy-respecting use, access to and sharing of data within and across public and private sectors. ● Protecting privacy and other human rights and freedoms in the face of new privacy risks and rapid technological developments. ● Strengthening our efforts to further a common understanding and to work towards identifying commonalities, complementarities and elements of convergence between existing regulatory approaches and instruments enabling data to flow with trust, including across borders, in order to foster future interoperability. ● Leveraging digital transformation to advance economies and societies towards sustainability and net-zero targets, including by mitigating its negative environmental externalities and by developing and deploying digital technologies and solutions with positive effects on the environment. WE UNDERSCORE the role of the OECD, in particular its CDEP, as a forum for sharing knowledge and experience on digital policies and practices, building and enhancing the evidence-base, identifying good practices, and engaging in international and multi stakeholder co-operation, including in other relevant international fora, to develop policy standards and guidance for a trusted, sustainable, inclusive and gender- responsive digital future for our countries that reflect our shared values and put people at the centre. WE CALL on the OECD, through the CDEP and in collaboration with other committees, to: ● Further develop thematic and horizontal work to advance a global digital policy framework building on the Organisation’s historical and institutional expertise, analytical tools and proven capacity to work with a wide variety of countries and stakeholder groups, to inform policy making for increasingly interdependent and global digital economies and societies. ● Enhance our understanding of the economic aspects of digital transformation and its overall impact on economic growth, business capabilities, competitive markets, innovation, productivity, societies, the labour market and employment prospects, including across sectors, and developing related policy recommendations. These may address: online platforms and immersive environments; emerging technologies; artificial intelligence; data free flow with trust and cross border data flows; digital security; intellectual property; privacy and data protection; and communication and other infrastructures. ● Advance a comprehensive digital measurement agenda to enhance the OECD’s evidence-base in support of digital transformation with a particular focus on areas that present challenges to traditional measurement approaches, including but not limited to: the impact of digital transformation and digital divides on the economy, society, human rights, and individual well-being; affordability of communication services; the value of data and data flows; illegal, harmful and misleading content online and their impact on individuals, society and democracy; the impact of digital technologies on the environment and their contribution to the green transition; advancements in research and the use of AI and emerging technologies; as well as privacy and digital security issues. ● Identify and analyse new technology trends, related societal and economic impacts and the implications for policy and regulatory frameworks in support of innovation and of responsible and trustworthy use of digital technologies for the benefit of society, including through continued guidance to promote the implementation of related OECD Recommendations, for example with regards to the development of trusted and secure digital identity systems that will become increasingly essential for citizens and businesses to take active part in social and economic activities in a domestic and cross-border settings. ● [Realise the OECD Global Forum on Technology Governance to] foster multi stakeholder collaboration on digital and emerging technology policy, to facilitate future-facing strategic discussions on technology governance and inform the development and use of technology in line with shared democratic values. ● Provide guidance to help countries benefit from artificial intelligence as a general purpose technology across all sectors; support the development of forward-looking, coherent and implementable frameworks for governing artificial intelligence and managing its risks effectively; and provide evidence, foresight, tools and incident monitoring for effective policy planning and execution to implement trustworthy artificial intelligence. ● Review the OECD Recommendation on Principles for Internet Policy Making to assess its impact and consider trends that may pose a threat to the open, interoperable, distributed and interconnected nature of the Internet, as reflected in the Recommendation. ● Facilitate knowledge-sharing to advance a common understanding of how rights and freedoms should be respected and applicable online as they are offline, including through policy analysis and guidance on how to foster a digital transformation that puts people and the protection of human rights at its centre. ● Identify and analyse trends in the connectivity ecosystem and market structures to support the development of future-proof connectivity policies and regulation, which foster ubiquitous access to high-capacity, high-quality, affordable, secure and resilient communication infrastructures and services for all. ● Develop a comprehensive understanding of and policy recommendations to help countries address all digital divides and boost the human-centric adoption and diffusion of digital technologies to promote inclusive growth and help everyone thrive in the digital world. ● Analyse the impact of digital transformation and data-driven practices of online platforms on individual well-being and on societies focusing on issues such as mental health, work life balance, digital literacy, labour standards, and social cohesion, with a particular emphasis on people in vulnerable situations and underrepresented groups in society. ● Support the enhancement of consumer protection and empowerment in digital transformation and the green transition, including by promoting evidence-based policy and decision making and cross border co-operation. ● Take stock of emerging approaches to advance online safety and improve the evidence base to support related policy recommendations and consistent and complementary regulatory approaches that respect human rights, including freedom of expression and other freedoms. This includes gathering insights and improving transparency on countering harmful and illegal content  and conduct online, including terrorist and violent extremist content and child sexual exploitation and abuse. ● Expand the evidence base about mis- and disinformation online to further develop policy approaches to address the causes and effects of such content, while respecting protections for human rights and freedoms including freedom of expression. ● Support efforts to further build a common understanding of commonalities, complementarities, and elements of convergence between existing regulatory approaches and instruments enabling data to flow with trust, such as Model Contractual Clauses and other transfer tools, in order to foster future interoperability. ● Support the development of comprehensive and effective data governance frameworks that facilitate data access and sharing and that are consistent and complementary to support economic progress and societal goals. ● Support personal data and privacy protection by assessing the impact of related technology trends, and by fostering regulatory and cross-border co-operation, as well as trust, innovation and competition based on fair and responsible data practices. ● Provide further policy guidance to strengthen digital security, with a particular focus on a risk-based approach and areas such as the security of products and services, communications infrastructure security, vulnerability treatment, capacity building for vulnerable users and developing countries, and co-ordinated incident response, based on a better understanding of the economic incentives and the effectiveness of policy approaches to digital security. ● Take stock of and identify policy recommendations and good practices in support of a twin transition that fosters sustainable business models and consumer engagement, promotes the development of green technology that is sustainable by design and by default, and leverages digital technologies to contribute to meeting net-zero targets and mitigating climate change. WE ARE DETERMINED to work together as our countries recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and in view of threats to sovereignty and individual rights and freedoms worldwide, through the OECD, to uphold our shared values and pursue the path charted in this Declaration for a human-centric and rights-oriented digital transformation that benefits all.