Development, implementation, and maintenance of a “Digital Identity and Verification Building Block”

Item Description:

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies. It is the oldest among all the 15 specialised agencies of UN. The ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology. The ITU allocates global radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develops the technical standards that ensure networks and technologies seamlessly interconnect, and strives to improve access to ICTs to underserved communities worldwide. ITU is committed to connecting all the world’s people, wherever they live and whatever their means. ITU protects and supports everyone’s fundamental right to communicate. Today, ICTs underpin everything we do. They help manage and control emergency services, water supplies, power networks and food distribution chains. They support health care, education, government services, financial markets, transportation systems, e-commerce platforms and environmental management, and they allow people to communicate with colleagues, friends and family anytime, and almost anywhere. With the help of ITU global membership, ITU brings the benefits of modern communication technologies to people everywhere in an efficient, safe, easy and affordable manner. ITU membership reads like a Who’s Who of the ICT sector. ITU is unique among UN agencies in having both public and private sector membership. In addition to its 193 Member States, ITU membership includes ICT regulators, many leading academic institutions and some 700 tech companies. In an increasingly interconnected world, ITU is the single global organization embracing all players in this dynamic and fast-growing sector.

Request for proposal (RFP)

The ITU issues this RFP for the for the Development, implementation, and maintenance of a “Digital Identity and Verification Building Block” through the GovStack initiative. This initiative is intended to help governments to simplify the cost, time, and resource requirements necessary to create or modify their digital platforms, services, and applications and as further described in the Terms of Reference in Annex V.

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