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Milestone Achieved in Advancing Digitalisation in Micronesia

19 August 2025

On August 19th the UN RCO Micronesia and ITU convened an Investment and Partnership Meeting on Digital Transformation in Micronesia, a key step in driving sustainable and transformative digital development across the region.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

• 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘕 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘕 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘋𝘎 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥 “𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘋𝘎𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯,” 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘜𝘕 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘋𝘎 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

• 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘕 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 (𝘚𝘋𝘎𝘴). 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 17% 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘋𝘎𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.

This event was a relevant opportunity to discuss with development partners on the next phases, focusing on how we can collaborate to create "Smart Islands" and scale up these successful pilot initiatives across the region. Participants emphasized the importance of continued investment and collective action to consolidate achievements, scale successful interventions, and ensure lasting impact.

The discussions set a clear direction for ongoing collaboration to strengthen digital transformation as an enabler of socio-economic advancement in Micronesia.

A huge thanks to all the development partners, stakeholders, and the participating UN agencies (ITU, FAO, ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNOPS, and UNODC) for their continued commitment. This collaboration truly embodies a "One UN" approach to tackling the unique challenges and opportunities in the Micronesian region.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗗𝗚𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.