At the Civil Society Forum in the ‘Avaza’ National Tourist Zone, held as part of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC 3), experts emphasised the importance of the digital economy in overcoming geographical isolation. This was reported by the IIC of Turkmenistan.

Lack of access to the sea limits access to global markets and increases logistics costs, but digital technologies – from e-commerce to telemedicine – are opening the way for these countries to integrate into the global economy.

The development of digital infrastructure contributes to job creation, investment attraction and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Forum participants called for strengthening cooperation between states, business, international organisations and civil society to advance the digital agenda.