Amid increasing geopolitical tension and growing mistrust at the international level, strengthening trust and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is becoming even more essential to fostering innovation and advancing sustainable development.
The Framework for Responsible State Behavior in the use of ICTs contributes to the building of an open, safe, secure, stable, accessible, peaceful and interoperable ICT environment. Capacity-building constitutes one of the main and cross-cutting pillars of the framework and has been recognized by States as an important confidence-building measure.
UNIDIR and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are organizing this side event to support the World Summit on the Information Society themes of “Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs” and “Capacity building”. The event will look at successful examples of innovative, context-sensitive, and locally tailored capacity-building efforts to support the implementation of the framework across the globe. It will highlight lessons learned and good practices in terms of multistakeholder engagement, whole-of-society and gender-responsive approaches to these endeavours.
Speakers
- Allison Pytlak, Senior Fellow and Cyber Program Director, The Stimson Center
- Andrea Gronke, Deputy Head of the Security and Technology Programme, UNIDIR
- Caroline Troein, Cross Thematic Programme Officer, ITU
- Juan Carlos Lara G., Executive Director, Derechos Digitales
- Rizka Pravitianasari, First Secretary, Directorate of International Peace and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia
Moderated by Samuele Dominioni, Senior Researcher, Security and Technology Programme at UNIDIR.
An interactive Q&A session with the audience will follow.
When and where
Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 10:00-11:30 ET / 16:00-17:30 CET, online.
Participants
We welcome everyone interested in this topic.
RSVP
Please register here by Tuesday, 16 December 2025.
Further information
For questions, please contact samuele.dominioni@un.org.
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