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View all search resultsBrokering collective progress at G20 digital economy working group
Unlike other sectors where the government plays an essential role in deciding its governance, the disruption brought by the private sector naturally requires the government to change its game.
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As Indonesia’s Group of 20 (G20) presidency is getting closer to its end, many may wonder what this forum has achieved and what it may offer to society.
Mandated to be the International premier forum for economic issues, the G20 has been the place for policymakers to discuss topics that are of relevance to economic aspects at the global level. Naturally, with its representatives' meetings, members of the G20 would have varying views on various issues.
This is where the G20 presidency plays an essential role in stewarding the discussion so members may reach a consensus on how to respond to specific issues.
It is also the case with the G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG), where the G20's ministers were responsible for the digital economy convened on Sept. 1 in Bali. Prefaced with a series of meetings from March to September of this year, the discussion on the newly-elevated working group of the G20 focusing on digital economy issues was colorful and dynamic.
Tabling three priorities deemed to be fundamental in Indonesia G20 presidency's views; namely, connectivity and post COVID-19 recovery; digital skills and digital literacy; and data free flow with trust and cross-border data flows, the DEWG has brought the discussion to reveal unlimited venues where the G20 members could make collective progress.
With diverse backgrounds, interests and representations, achieving collective progress was a herculean task. Regardless of the common views on how to respond to challenges of the global digital economy ecosystem, language articulation may differ and expressions vary. Both require the presidency to bridge such differences to produce the working group's outcome.
Admittedly, the exchanges happened on wordings, narratives and views to be written on a piece of paper for the working group's outcome. Nonetheless, such exchange of words signifies the G20 members' commitments on various issues, especially on the DEWG that deals with digital ecosystem issues, where convergences of views are something that many shall cherish as it paves the development and advancement of collective progress.
