G20 meeting on digital economy: India signs MoU with 4 countries on sharing ‘INDIA STACK’
The meeting provided a global platform to discuss sector agnostic and sectoral DPIs that involved leadership, policy and practitioner level insightful, thought provoking and future shaping discussions on DPIs.
The third meeting of the G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) concluded on 14 June 2023 with the priority areas being Digital Public Infrastructure, Digital Skilling and Cybersecurity in Digital Economy, which were deliberated in detail by the delegates.
India signed MoU with four countries on sharing INDIA STACK during the meeting. Around 150 foreign delegates from 50 countries and over 250 delegates attended the summit in-person and more than 2000 persons attended the summit live.
During the entire course of the meeting, 10 panel discussions on Sector Agnostic and Sectoral DPIs were held. 60 global experts on DPIs also held insightful, thought provoking and outcome oriented discussions. At the Global DPI Exhibition, delegates from the summit & G20 DEWG, professionals, youth and senior citizens of Pune visited and got first-hand experience of DPIs and Digital India journey.
The three days’ agenda of the meeting included the Global DPI Summit and Global DPI Exhibition as the side events and closed-door meetings among the G20 delegates, invited countries and IOs on the priority areas. As a next step, the fourth in-person meeting of the Digital Economy Working Group and Digital Economy Minister’s meeting is planned to be organized in the month of August, 2023 at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The meeting provided a global platform to discuss sector agnostic means foundational and sectoral DPIs that inter-alia involved leadership, policy and practitioner level insightful, thought provoking and future shaping discussions among experts on DPIs.
The exhibition organized during the event, showcased 14 experience zones comprising successfully implemented DPIs related to Digital Identity, Fast Payment, DigiLocker, Soil Health Card, E-National Agriculture Market, Unified Mobile App for New-Age Governance, Open Network for Digital Commerce, seamless travel experience at airport, language translation, learning solution, tele-medical consultation and Digital India Journey.
The delegates also had closed-door meetings, which began on 13 June 2023 itself with participation of 77 foreign delegates from G20 Members, 9 Guest Countries, 5 International Organizations and two regional organizations. In the meeting, discussions were held on Digital Public Infrastructure and the concept of ‘One Future Alliance & One Future Fund’ for DPI, enabling principles for good DPI and recognition of the need for financing opportunities for DPI in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC).
Digital skilling, upskilling and reskilling, capacity building & awareness, building a mutual recognition framework for digital skills and information sharing were also discussed. On the last day of the meeting on 14 June 2023, the security for a safe, resilient and trusted digital economy and various aspects such as capacity building for children & youth and countering potential security threats were deliberated.
