[open-government] UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development

[margherita.salvadori at unito.it]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the launch today in
New York of a global initiative to harness digital
technologies to help achieve the Millennium Development
Goals (<"http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/">MDGs).

Known as the “MDGs eNabler,” the initiative comprises a
set of online tools aimed at providing users around the
world with resources and tools to accelerate progress on
the MDGs at the national level.

The project was spearheaded by the UN Global Alliance for
ICT and Development (<"http://www.un-gaid.org/">UNGAID),
with support from governments and private corporations,
academia and civil society.

More than 80 government leaders, chief executives from
technology companies from all around the world, and senior
UN officials took part in today’s launch.

The “MDGs eNabler” brings together many innovative
components, including an ICT solutions matrix, a strategic
planner, a portal of ICT-for-development portals,
simulation and game tools, and a so-called compendium of
excellence. It serves as a “one-stop-shop” for
policy-makers, planners, project managers and development
practitioners, seeking to implement national development
strategies and programmes.

The Global Alliance for ICT and Development was
established in 2006 as a multi-stakeholder platform to put
in practice the spirit and vision of the World Summit on
the Information Society and to promote the use of
information and communication technologies (ICT) to
achieve the internationally agreed development goals,
including the MDGs.

Best regards,
Margherita Salvadori

Professore di diritto internazionale
Facoltà di Giurisprudenza
Università di Torino