‘Digital Iran’ among Top Five Projects in WSIS-2025
This project, with the aim of teaching digital skills to the young generation, was able to introduce Iran's achievements at the global level.
The ‘Digital Iran’ project was selected among the five projects in the field of e-business by the Secretariat of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-2025) and within the framework of the AC7 action line. This project, which is designed with the approach of empowering the young generation and preparing them for a technology-based future, provides students and interested parties with a free and structured platform for teaching digital skills needed in the labor market.
The Information Technology Organization of Iran, within the framework of its mission to support e-business, conducted a six-month process to identify and document this year’s flagship projects. In this process, projects with the potential to be replicated in other countries around the world were introduced to compete in the WSIS-2025 competition.
Finally, the ‘Digital Iran’ project, supported by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, was selected as one of the five ‘champion’ projects of the international event.
In 2025, the annual WSIS Forum is branded as the WSIS+20 High-Level Event, to marks the 20th anniversary of the original World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which was held in two phases: Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005). The forum will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD.
The event will serve as a platform for multi-stakeholder discussions on the implementation of WSIS Action Lines and on related progress, challenges, and opportunities since the adoption of the Geneva Plan of Action in 2003.
The Agenda and Program for the WSIS+20 High-Level Event are being developed based on official submissions received during the Open Consultation Process (OCP). OCP is an open and inclusive consultation involving WSIS stakeholders, designed to help prepare the event by shaping its program, identifying gaps in implementing the WSIS Action Lines and the Geneva Plan of Action, and contributing to the overall WSIS+20 review process. The final agenda and program will be published shortly after the conclusion of the OCP.
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