Dibattito sulla cooperazione digitale e la connettività ONU

ladies and gentlemen the digital transformation is moving at an unprecedented speed globally in 2019 64 percent of european citizens used an online public service at least once yet the growth and geographical distribution of digital transformation have been uneven in 2018 only 20 percent of enterprises in the oecd countries benefited from high-speed broadband and among citizens divides persist in terms of sophistication of internet use in terms of generational use and of course also geographically indeed the kavin 19 crisis has heightened concerns the digital transformation may contribute to widen performance and income gaps women young people low skilled and non-standard workers experience starker income losses according to un clad in 2020 only one in five people used the internet in less developed countries low broaden quality hampered the ability for many to use teleconferencing tools and cramped possibilities to students to access online learning according to unesco even in developed countries ten percent of pew bills experience issues with accessing digital education we believe that covey 19 crisis may and i would say should turn into an opportunity for us to herald the broad-based acceleration of the digital transformation and foster an inclusive digital society this is a challenge of both local and low and global dimensions country-specific challenges may vary italy italy strategies aims at closing existing digital gaps through investment in broadband connectivity leveraging digital government services and strengthening citizens digital skills digital transformation to be impactful needs to be fed by transnational synergies the eu digital compass steers eu governments towards common policies and common goals accordingly the italian presidency of the g20 is focusing on governmental cooperation on social inclusion while driving economic growth through digital technologies the international community could also benefit from multi-stakeholder partnership on digital identity the possibility to provide citizens with digitized legal identities ensuring seamless access to public and private services in respect of individual rights for developing countries digital identity is the opportunity to leapfrog outdated tools and build on mobile technologies to provide identifications for all for advanced economy to drive further the discussion of public private and cross-border interoperability and for citizens to ensure that they are fully engaged in democratic societies and protected in their rights we are confident that by engaging in dialogues designed after a human-centric approach to digitization we could achieve an inclusive and thriving global digital society thank you very much for your attention and have a very productive debate