The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) recognises that process of digital transformation is a collective responsibility that governments cannot achieve alone. The private sector has an integral role to play in the process and collaboration and innovation are imperative for success.

The CTO has conceived the Ministerial Alliance for Digital Nations 2023 for facilitating collaboration between its member Governments and the information and communication technologies (ICT) industry for addressing ICT issues for Commonwealth transformation. This inaugural Ministerial Alliance will consider affordable universal broadband access as being essential for digital transformation. Commonwealth ministers will share their challenges in achieving affordable universal broadband access and ICT industry representatives will respond to the Minister’s concerns, explain their technology and present appropriate ICT solutions.

The Ministerial Alliance will also present emerging technologies and their implications for policy, legislation and regulations. At this inaugural event, spectrum management issues relating to the technologies will be discussed.

An important activity of the Ministerial Alliance is a unique and innovative networking session that will introduce Commonwealth ministers to ICT industry leaders to foster collaborative action.

Key Objectives

The objectives of the Ministerial Alliance for Digital Nations 2023 are to:

• • Present members’ success in digital transformation;
  • Share insight, best practices on digital transformation; and
  • Facilitate support for members