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#SystemTransformationHow Digital Solutions Will Drive Progress Towards

The Sustainable Development Goals

GeSI Session at the WSIS Forum 2016

2nd May 2016

Every country has achievement gaps in over 50% of the SDGs

Digital solutions indispensable to achieve all 17 SDGs and >50% of the 169 targets

720,000 lives saved and 30 million injuries prevented on the world’s roads (target 3.4)

US$ 9 trillion enabled additional revenues and cost savings (target 8.1)

12% GDP protected in developing countries (target 8.1)

Decoupling growth from oil consumption, -70%, and CO2 emissions, -20% (target

8.4, SDG 13)

Source: GeSI and Accenture Strategy Analysis, 2016

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GeSI has analyzed how digital solutions contribute to all SDGs and can help people living dignified lives

ICT sector

MobilityWork &

Business

Participation & Security

Infrastructure & Environment

Health & Learning

Connected private transportation

E-banking

Smart agriculture

Smart building

Smart energy

Smart logisticsSmart

manufacturing

Traffic control & optimization

E-commerce

E-healthE-learning

E-work

Food & Housing

8.5 Bn people in 2030 –living diginified lives

E-government

Real-time disaster warnings

Smart conservation

Smart police

Smart WaterManagement

Connectivity

Digital solutions contribute to achieving each of the 17 SDGs and to over 50% of the 169 targets

Source: GeSI and Accenture Strategy Analysis, 2016

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The transformative power of digital solutions for SDGs

There is a triple advantage of digital solutions for SDG achievement

Enables the scale of transformation needed for SDG achievement

Delivers on important SDG outcome and means of implementation targets in three impact dimensions: people, growth, environment

Motivates industry for long-term commitment

Source: GeSI and Accenture Strategy Analysis, 2016

Disruption potential Positive impact Business case

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We will inform our priorities until 2030 based on SDG achievement

We will support our members to best inform their activities accordingly

We will monitor and transparently report ICT industry progress towards SDG achievement

GeSI has made the SDG agenda its central framework for action up to 2030

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GeSI looks forward to jointly making SDGs a reality.

Please join us!

Full report will be released on 14th June 2016

#systemtransformation