WACC Partner Recommendations on the Implementation of the Global Digital Compact (GDC)
In September 2024, the United Nations adopted a “Global Digital Compact“ at the Summit of the
Future in New York City. The Compact is a non-binding international agreement that seeks to
foster collaboration between governments, technology companies, the technical community, and
civil society to help create a “an inclusive, open, sustainable, fair, safe and secure digital future
for all” (Global Digital Compact, p. 1). The idea for the Compact came out of growing concerns
about the risks of digital technology to democracy and peace that emerged within international
institutions some seven years ago. In response, the UN sought to create a set of common
principles that could help mitigate these risks and boost sustainable development efforts all over
the world.
Future in New York City. The Compact is a non-binding international agreement that seeks to
foster collaboration between governments, technology companies, the technical community, and
civil society to help create a “an inclusive, open, sustainable, fair, safe and secure digital future
for all” (Global Digital Compact, p. 1). The idea for the Compact came out of growing concerns
about the risks of digital technology to democracy and peace that emerged within international
institutions some seven years ago. In response, the UN sought to create a set of common
principles that could help mitigate these risks and boost sustainable development efforts all over
the world.
Given the importance of the Global Digital Compact, which covers topics as essential to
communication rights as connectivity, digital public infrastructure, and information integrity,
WACC invited 25 of its grassroots partners in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East to a week-long
conference in Nepal to analyse the contents of the document and develop a series of
recommendations on how the GDC could be made more relevant as UN member states and
other stakeholder begin to implement it. The event in Nepal during which these
recommendations were developed took place between the 22nd and the 25th of October in
Kathmandu and was held in partnership with AMARC-Asia Pacific.
This document presents the recommendations developed by WACC partners on the GDC. The
full list of attendees and contributors can be found in the final section of this document. This
work builds on the advocacy work WACC did in the lead up to the Summit of the Future along
with organizations part of the Global Forum on Media Development and the Global Digital
Justice Forum.
Reed more in the document below:
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- WACC_Partners_Response_GDC.pdf (24 Downloads)
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