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>> NAJIB MOKNI: Good morning. Good morning. Good mornings. You hear me? Okay. Good morning, everybody. Partners, distinguished experts and speakers, welcome to this IFAD event and IFAD session of the transformative digital inclusion: Building a gender responsive and inclusive framework for the underserved. I am Najib Mokni. I am happy to be the onsite moderator. My colleagues will be Xianhong Hu, the online moderator. Best practices and policy solutions related to advancing human rights and inclusion in the digital age. This session is a joint meeting of two IGF Dynamic Coalitions. The public access in libraries and measure will digital inclusion led by UNESCO and inclusion partnership. In collaboration with cities and the tech and global affairs innovation. This is to engage in policy discussions on creating and close ecosystems, accessible to all especially women, girls and underserved communities.
Panelists will share best practices to inspire collaborative policy initiatives addressing connectivity and inclusion challenges.
We'll start our session with the opening remarks by Dr. Assistant Director of communication and information sector of UNESCO. This is leading digital transformation, strategizing the role of ICT in education and building inclusive knowledge society. Mr. Jelassi, the floor is yours.
>> TAWFIK JELASSI: Good morning. Can you hear me? Excellent. Esteemed participants, esteemed colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you in the context of the IGF, a session organized by the UNESCO, information for all program which is an Intergovernmental program of UNESCO running for more than 23 years. Mr. Mokni has introduced the inclusive framework for the underserved.
Let me express our gratitude to the long‑term partners. The federation of library of the associations and institutions. We are very delighted to be together for this important event.
I would like also to acknowledge the contribution of the national commission of Saudi Arabia and his general excellency. Let me say the topic is very important for us because it is of the heart of the UNESCO mandate for a better world for title inclusion, for bridging divide that exists today and I would like to highlight briefly three key points. The first one IFAD has published for the period of 2000, and 2009 and the aim of the strategic plan is to address our digital era. I mentioned some of the challenges bridging additional divides, which is not only digital divide. It is also an information divide and knowledge. Second promoting inclusion for women and girls also for people living with disabilities and for rural communities and therefore to insure that individuals can create and access digital and driven content in their local language. So multi‑lingualism, and diversity online are the topics that we try to address. In this context, I want to inform you in case you're not aware of it. UNESCO has been in charge of delivers the United Nations international decades for Indigenous languages. This started a couple of years ago and it ran until 2032. This is one the efforts of promoting local languages and Indigenous languages, many of which have been in danger of extinction.
We believe in addressing inequalities within countries and communities IFAB can contribute to build an inclusive and sustainable society.
The second point I would like to highlight is regarding the role and the contribution that emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, generative AI and quantum computing. The role and contribution the technologies can make. Of course for people for individuals for society. Here we want to promote the knowledge based information by harnessing new capabilities that new technologies are for us. We're aware of the risks and the dangers of this new part for technologies in digital AI and we're trying to tackle the related risk.
I want to remind you of a land mark contribution of UNESCO the 2021 UNESCO global recommendation on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. The work for this accommodations started back in 2018 way before the event of generative AI.
The third point is crucial importance of partnerships. We are here with IFAB, but we recognize the coalitions one on public access and libraries. The other designable mic coalition on measuring digital inclusion. So we believe that technology is global, issues are borderless and therefore to have such partnership makes a lot of sense in order to join forces, to join hands and to collectively tackle these important issues. In this context, government and academia, Civil Societies and the Technical Community in addition to Private Sectors, of course, to join us in advancing digital inclusion worldwide so we can create impact that leave no one behind. Many of you, if not all of you are aware of that we have 2.6 billion people that are still offline. That is a huge number. That's a big challenge we need to tackle through meaning. Connectivity especially in less developed countries worldwide.
And let me say also we have 1.2 billion people with disabilities. And obviously, we have to cater to these communities. We need to insure inclusivity through digital and we have to addressed and take into account the specificities of persons with disabilities.
A receipt survey from the global partnership, survey conducted with over 6,000 in India and Nigeria and the Philippines faced barriers, significant barriers that women face in achieving meaningful connectivity such as the lack of affordable Internet connectivity or the lack of high speed connection suitable online services. IFAB also works on the issues and with the collaboration, we're trying to come up with solutions. We mentioned maybe three brief use cases. The first one is in India where an IFAB projects empowered 265 rural women with digital skills through the program.
In Georgia, 60 women including many Ukrainian refugees went through a targeted training to master digital technologies. In Iran, women participants in an IFAB training proficiently use digital tools offered to them for inclusive role in society. So digital technologies can, of course, transform lives and can also make user more successful in whatever they do through what we offer them. Yet many women and girls in marginalized communities still lack connectivity and this exacerbates inequalities. I hope this gives you an idea about some of the initiatives that IFAB program has been working on whether by itself or through partnerships like the couple of partnerships I mentioned and the Dynamic Coalitions. I would like to end with a call to continue building together an inclusive not only Information Society, but knowledge society where everyone regardless of nationality and regardless of gender, regardless of circumstances or ability can thrive in the digital era. Thank you very much.
>> NAJIB MOKNI: Thank you very much, their Jelassi regarding the response to today's challenges and for this call for all to continue to empower member states and stay in developing policy for inclusive equal and sustainable knowledge and reiterating this to partnerships.
So now let's hear from our experts. We have nine speakers. We have five on site and five online. Introduce five of them and ask them one by one to share their thoughts and experiences on the strategy actions, work plans and synergies among the dynamic coalitions and exchange on methodologies, results and good practices for measures and enhancing digital inclusion. And on exploring the multiple implications of frontier digital economies. Women and guys on empowerment and building an inclusion framework. Let's start with our first speaker. Mr. Alexandre Barbosa is of the ‑‑ he's responsible for the managing projects for the production of ICT related statistic on access 2. Mr. Barbosa, you have the floor. You have five minutes.
>> ALEXANDRE BARBOSA: Thank you. It is a pleasure to be here. Well, let me start to say to advance human rights, especially inclusion and bridging the gap of digital age, it is important to mention that we to discuss connectivity ‑‑ we need a broader and more comprehensive approach to fully understand and address the opportunities and challenges of digital inclusion and the realization of human rights online. And this concept that I want to bring to your attention today is called meaningful connectivity. And I guess that most of you here in this room have probably seen the lounge of the revised Internet universality indicators. IOY in the framework from UNESCO. And this second generation of IOY I has updated to reflect evolving priorities in the digital wait including the minimal concept including connectivity. I invite all of you to know the serious as I said, it is no longer sufficient to guarantee individuals can reap the benefits of the Internet. We need to go to a broader concept that truly means to be represents to be included in the digital age. And their engagement in this new environment and did I mention that I draw your attention to at least four key dimensions. The type of devise that we're using to connect, the quality of connection meaning speed, availability, the disability of the connection, the (?) and the ‑‑ (no sound) to pressure the conditions of this inclusion of the population and for development of effective public policies. In this approach, allow us to measure the act or conditions of digital inclusion and in turn, design and implement public policies that ensure no one is left behind in the digital transformation process. We in Brazil did worked in a work that defines and 18 women the concept to better address these much ‑‑ let me share some findings of the last report that we served for the recommendation for the countries in terms of meaningful connectivity.
When you look at the Brazilian situation, we have almost universal connectivity being 90% of Brazilians as Internet users, but this proportion drops down dramatically to 22% of the population when we're applying this concept of meaningful connectivity. In finding this report exposed deep inequalities in the country that were hidden or underestimated when measuring connectivity solid for the concept of being connected or not connected. I'm not going into the details, but just to illustrate the agenda and equalities. We have 28% of men having full meaningful connectivity and only 17% of women having this full connectivity. Highlighting this gender gap. When you look at the numbers without this concept, we have 50/50. But with you go into more detailed dimensions, there is a big issue. This is streaming equalities have profound indications. So human rights as they exaser Dwight. This limited meaningful impacts a vulnerable ‑‑ this ‑‑ this is a tool for advancing human rights in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. It provides a cleared everybody framework for understanding in addressing the continues that data find true digital inclusion. I am covered it is affected policies. Meaningful connectivity and insures that all individuals regardless of gender and they can fully participate and benefit from the digital transformation. It is not just ‑‑ empowering individuals and mainly women to accessibility, employment, healthcare and participations in meaningful ways. Policies and initiatives bridge the digital gaps must be grounded in principles of meaningful connectivities insuring that Internet becomes a tool for advancing human rights, and UNESCO. There is governance of digital mat forms and children's rights. It insures a more comprehensive assessment of the digital assessment. Thank you.
>> NAJIB MOKNI: Thank you so much, Dr. Barbosa. That was important for information regarding the very important information. We will give a chance to ask questions and then interact with you. During his time, they managed key components and led multiple both nationally and internationally. All of which aimed to provide crossed cultural engagement. As the Project Manager of to passion it among global institutions, Project Manager of Ithra contact initiative Director of the router program of the eastern book wear and Dr. Hawas will be. Dr. Al‑hawas, you have five minutes.
>> ABDULLAH AL-HAWAS: Thank you for the nice introduction. I would like to welcome you all here in our country. We are really a pleasure to have you all here in the out city. The ambitions and the great question is not always to interopportunity with different ‑‑ I hope you're all enjoying your time here. So I had five minutes. So I have to run.
I will share my experience and what experience in the center of the empowerment communities through. So first of all, we're a culture centered. We are ‑‑ we have different components that serve the community as per the filed of culture. We have a theatre. We have archived museum, ideal labs for creativity and then, of course, we have the library. The center is located in the almost 400 kilometer from the city. Here this is our library. So I am sharing with you the expense and what we are doing here in the library in terms of the quantity, equal and inclusivity. This is one of the top for modern library. We have a vibrant best to attract people to be a friend with the library while not just books and levels. We are bigger than this. We're trying to have this concept to all of our video of visitors to like the library. We have Coles. First we want to enclose and make it. Also to support the cultural need for community members. Okay. This is our library. We have five different available. We have four. They have social floor and you in‑service run. We have the social floor and fiction books. Here we are hosting different communities to activate and to meet and to interact with each other. Also we have the level 4 for non‑October through the vision of 2030 and also through UNESCO. So basically our vision is ambitious 1 and it's a result that you can't see it around the city. From now, we achieved a lot of available tarts. There are more than 90, but here I bought. It is enhancing the community participation and planning to love and per perfect what do you all see here? This is where we interact or interfacing with development 30 vision. We are contributing raiding awareness and promoting subject. Here is where we are also interacting with ‑‑ here is where we're interacting with UNESCO and the Sustainable Development Goals. We have shared goals in the equality education. We have all women and girls at last life and learned.
So we're trying to contribute and achieve those target even in 2030 vision of sustainable development. This is part of our efforts. We have now offered over 58,000 books and more than 70 though digital magazines and it's free in the access. Anyone can freely see all of the titles and in English. There are plenty of books you can access.
This is where we're trying to put the sculpture and digitalize the books in the community. We started in 2009. That wasn't the based about today we have more than 3thy on orbit. We have access for all. There is a free Internet access, Wi‑Fi. We also have free venting. We have more than 3,000 titles and we have also our staff is on it. We have braille writing. And also this is our services either come back children to check out the machines and smart. Also they can view on if you ‑‑ if you enter the library, you just enter it and I can get these services for free. Also we have the quote we have more than 60 persons which are female ‑‑ we have a train which are more than 3,000 female. They come and use the internet (?) every year in the library and all of them are girls and we don't have in the city for college for miles. And also we have here also achieved gender equality, all women girls. 65 persons are women. Also we have the library of lodge to celebrate this idea and concept by our ‑‑ also we have the sustainable cities and communication. We always open the door for any activities development to culture. We have more than they can come and discuss their books. It is open for them. They can utilize any space they like and also 50%. We conducted every year in January with different libraries. You come to the library and this is to make our land green and this is part of our initiative to make the and we're making the light better. Okay.
We have also safe space for cultural activities. This type of activity is edges and then I was roading in book hair, we have put two people an exhibitions which the we have different book signing for global and also local ‑‑ also in the picture, which is the noble prizewinner. This is Alany. Use this is part of our initiative to make the new generation to love and seem. From 2022, this year, 10 of them was a finalized to win that title of ‑‑ women and girls are better than males in this kind of competitions. And especially in reading. So by these, giving access, we think that it is always trying to bridging the gap in term of accessibility and inclusivity and also the gender equality. Thank you. I'm sorry for taking too much time.
>> NAJIB MOKNI: Thank you so much for this presentation, Dr. Al‑hawas.
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>> NAJIB MOKNI: I will move to the next expert. Sara is the Dean and lecturer is a school library. Dr. Galo is the original. She's also the co‑chair of international steering committee of UNESCO. The opportunity of the presentation is gender and inclusive digital transformation. You have the floor, madame with five minutes, if you am, please. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much, Mod hater, colleagues. My presentation is the gender‑inclusive digital transformation in Uganda: A call. I will highlight the importance of the digital inclusion and I will look at the challenges and propose a framework that insures no one is left behind. Especially the women and the you were served communities. And we may all be aware, the digital community has develop. Not everyone has equal access to these opportunities. So that is well from one of the usual communities in Uganda. So the cup of the state of is 10% of check ‑‑ is that something you reside in digital communities?
>> This one comes with a lot of infrastructure. Of course, lack of the literacy, and this is using a gender ‑‑ a key note speech. I bring to you, ladies and gentlemen, a case study from one of the rule beyonds by the name of there's a public library set up as a community library, but later on take sufficient it includes women and youth ‑‑ it includes women and youth. There is inclusion, our benefits. The projects and they are also community cased programs for women in technology, Uganda and also initiatives by the national library of Uganda and others. We have dedicate with the sticker. Also the communities that begin transitions along there are a lot of initiatives in one of these rural areas in san sickie. But why should we think of a responsive framework because so my proposal for agenda responsive name work is three main objectives. 1, provide the prince of and three, to enhance society involvement. So the proposal has 32 major components. One I am proposing to have a policy and regulation and we are by policies particularly I emphasize gender since the policies and also the second one, the infrastructure. You need to have university community and there eye fore, the technologies and three the policies should have a component on education and training to address the literacy programs that we have just seen a challenge.
So my call to action, colleagues and ladies and gentlemen, there is a need for agenda responsive and they have the approach to this dig tam inclusion approach that I'm proposing. One, invest in the infrastructure, were this is among government Private Sector and mostly all other parts present in the room. They're actively involved and women and underserved communities in digital initiatives and finally, to encourage progressive policies as gems. But lower cost of activity, and female ability, that should run.
>> Shackram: Thank you very much. Thank you for this call of action and to the approach suggested to two partners and base it on the experience of Uganda. Thank you so much.
Our next guest and speaker is Dr. Nagawa. Is it okay? Do you hear me? To Evaluate and access the ICT sector and it's important on the economy. The experts group she conducted the research policy papers in the areas of ICT and the digitalization. You have five minutes for your presentation.
>> ONICA MAKWAKWA: Thank you so much ‑‑
>> I would like to thank my colleague for giving me this opportunity and share my experience in the digital inclusion as well as some substance from recent study I conducted. There is women of empowerment. All of us knew that the gender gap has always been a social economic concern and with the merge entries of the technology, but still the gender based digital divide is here present day. The world is slowly moving toward gender parity. The percentage of them using the internet, it was 75% and the gender gap exists everywhere, but to a different activity. Most are the developing and the underserved nation. There's a gender gap that reaches 9 to and according to the labor force participation for women on a global scale is approximately 49% almost compared to 75% for men. And this means that 25% gab between both genders. The countries during the last started to make progress. It is among this country, Egypt. It is innovation that's significantly empowered for example, for the education and I really was proud and had great opportunity to initiate and managing and functioning. And this is to fulfill as SDG number 5. It helps the women and girl to access learning ‑‑ an underserved area. Not only this, but also this platform offered otherwise ‑‑ we already succeeded to help them reach the studies and this report especially the report of the international organization. In addition to this also, we already ‑‑ to convince the international companies and the local 1 working in the area of ICT to offer a percentages of jobs for women. In another also something to other services, as also in addition in the education, other initiative related to the eLearning is established by the government in evict. It is equipping women with some digital literacy skills.
For the second area which is entrepreneurship, we have already that market place existing in our country. We have the national and the regional one which helped the women to manage their business from home over coming traditional barriers. So when we have a restriction and also, on had to also ‑‑ I'm conditioning this effort. These women entrepreneur they like also to test the technology, the digital technology. Use this in order to develop their Facebook page or Instagram page or what page. I succeeded with some of my colleague and the different FGOs in my country to go to this entrepreneur in their rural ‑‑ this is to help them use the technology to building that web pang and then sell product on this web page.
In addition to this as well for the entrepreneurship, we have noble banking and think back and this is launched by the banking sector and financial institution which allow the children and tools to support their business.
Supporting employment. After all of this digitization opened new doors and new opportunities. The women can and whens, but the challenge and for this, this is my proposal. Reliable Internet and affordable devices is still limited in some areas of our country. For example, if we according to the latest and also pushed by the ICU for the user, it is around 70 to 71%. When it comes to gender per percentage, it is 65% and for the male, it is around.
When we go to the urban area, the gap is more and more, women in Egypt are at the disadvantage position compared to the men. So this is one of the great challenges and I had the opportunity to start in this related problematic. I am planning to conduct another study on because this is very important. Jobs which use the ICT to an intensive level. This is very important also. Not only for our country, but for all countries whether developed or developing one. The data privacy issue and all of these are significant issues. Addressing this challenge can fitter or impact it. Not only for our country in Egypt, I believe this is for major country in the Arab region, in the African region. With this I submit Mokni. Thank you for the chant to interact with your presentations. I don't see that.
>> So I thank all the speakers here present at this stage. I give me phone to the count.
>> THERESA SWINEHART: Thank you.
>> XIANHONG HU: Thank you to all the previous speakers. Now, we're only having 13 minutes and I wanted to make sure others are ‑‑ this is online and ‑‑ sorry to interrupt you. I'm in hiding in the room. Welcome. Maybe before going online, the speakers somehow ‑‑ could you give my five minutes.
>> Yes. We'll hear the presentation of Mr ‑‑ the Southern California servant has been working since June of 20 between at the Ministry of economic and finance. He's the head of the Private Sector. He is supporting service. There is the regional Director for West African. It is the IKP Chair. Go UNESCO, you have the floor. You have five minutes for your presentation.
>> Thank you. I will shire my experiences with the process. According to how to use digital transformation process in our country. We'll put on the table one group. Private representatives. And also (?) staff led locally by myself and professor (?). Collect from different universities. We collect information from all the identified. With that thought process, we do one big edition. (?) very acceptable for him and also Private Sector all of them and it concludes. In this process, we see the gap you have in implementation of digital process for ladies and woman. You have nor women who don't have possibility to date, to attend practical study. Technical study on global it is lit real stud are. We are working finished to let them have and are supposed to go for technical studies. Okay. And for this year you have the conditions ‑‑ this is ‑‑ the scholarship in high school, the government paid for them. We have some projects. But working with government we finesse more of the ladies to go to technical, high school, this year. We'll do it again and continue to do that it became our champion in how it is an area in our country. Two to come up with the recommendations on. Thank you so much. I give the floor back to my colleague have a night history employees be happy and put your comments in the chat. We'll have an online moderator. Notice is my good owner to introduce.
>> ONICA MAKWAKWA: Thank you so much and greetings to you all. It is an honor to join you today for this session. I am going to base my contribution on a summary of the recent report which global inclusion published total connected to resilience. Gender experiences of meaningful connectivity through eye global pandemic. This report is a reflection of how I shared global challenges. And the digital divide that continues to shape the experiences of billions of people around the world, especially the essential rule. Exposing how many is far from universal. We have witnessed first hand how international it had think about much these are dividers and thigh have access to technology. It's a matter of equity. There are too many women, particularly in marginalized opportunities continue to face connect barriers. Also structures that limits your these areas have anyone amplified in the wake of the pandemic. In our study, we use and generating and soothering area these are ‑‑ as well as engaging policy makers ‑‑ you have new methods which a called A. Women living in the rural areas were of ‑‑ this is an indication of how the international divide has created new layers of inequality. Whether it is a remote village in India or in Nigeria, women face compounding challenges. They let the introduce needed in the other net access. High quality and in many cases, depend on mail family members toes cot the air is work and men and women show, despite the challenges we also witnessed incredible recipience. This resilience is something we must not overlook. It is a testament and determination of women everywhere, but it is also a call to action for us to do more to insure these areas are broken dine and women are fully second degreed. It also offers a glimpse of board, a warm and co‑created with communities are most affected. This is why we propose four actionable areas are action. These are. These documents can be very clear about closing the age gaps. Looking at smaller, more things to provide quickly and build momentum for that's why it is essential that policy makers engage with local communities and listen to their experiences and contacts. Beyond the ‑‑ this means insuring connectivity is affordable and everyone regardless of gender or geography has an equal opportunity to benefit from the digital economy. The numbers stuck. If we do not end the global economic losses from the digital divide could exceed half a trillion dollars in the next five years. The cost of an action is far too high and the community for change is now. As we look ahead, let us take this moment to reassure our commitment. Lead us know that those in majority although ‑‑ everyone has the tools and opportunities to thrive. Thank you.
>> XIANHONG HU: This I for sharing extensive work. For those following up, the question works. You can always feel that membership have to end the chat to join us.
Now I am very happy to present Dr. Victoria Romaniuk. She is also the deputy chief actor for pioneering first. Dr. Romaniuk, the floor is yours.
>> VIKTORIIA ROMANIUK: And today, I would like to talk about the information one of the main threats very big challenge for all of us. Sos use of Artificial Intelligence in this information campaign and public opinion has become a significant challenge spreading false narratives and misleading facts. Today, this is becoming a powerful challenge and this will integrate print for example, holocaust and often it generates false information, AI inability to manipulate his story. Agreed to even alter historical records. The issue of promoted manipulative narratives and art particularly ‑‑ the use of Artificial Intelligence in the content of this information can be first of all, it is creation of fake content. Manipulation of the video and audience analysis to other parties or for this information through coordinate and behavior generated by AI. In the spring of this year, open AI discovered five international campaigns generative AI to manipulate public opinion. It licensed there is cor that will as content by this organization focused on the wine, age of each issue, China had conflict in Gaza and politics in Europe and, of course, say there is a chain ease government. This starts a full scale event. I am an organization with no documented to various type of AI this campaign associated with content generation and use the deep fakes. Also this campaign would like to trust in military creating a crisis in society and intimidating their population and distortion as well as support for u crane. We absorb and online that Ukraine is a Millber. Special information campaign influenced a large group of people. And I will often use in the content as I mentioned before and they target changes in audience behavior. This information campaign really much ‑‑ and there is significant threats to the information security of society especially during the crisis military conflict war election and so on and so on. So it's extremely important. It is necessary to build information covenant. There is international their is technology used to effectively combat this information. It is to direct and block to detect and block this information. Monitor the activity of boards and fake accounts spreading manipulative quantity ‑‑ they are all responsible.
And finally, it is necessary to enhance skills among the audience. Different technologies change our perception about reality. So I will conclude here. Thank you very much for the attention and we can continue to discuss, if you will have some time.
>> XIANHONG HU: Thank you for unpacking so much complexities of the misinformation. You are accumulating. Spenda, has also LinkedIn. So our husband equal thank you. I like to introduce the next speaker. So please take the floor and show your good practice. Thank you.
>> MARIAM KEBURIA: Thank you so much. From business and technology, I think if I could kind of opportunities our intervention, it would be the global reach and local impact. This is the stories that we would like to share with you from business and technology ands and it is a design from the global strategies, from the local needs and the perspectives that our partner institutions hair of now being the part of this particular forum, and also strategize initiatives and the experiences and knowledge that you have shared right now from different perspective who are in the audience and also the representatives across the discount. This is for empowering, those so in upscale to use meaningfully, they're technologies. So it is supported by UNESCO. Do you, find that is relatively small scale project, but again, it has in mind to which evidence is to have access to the digital use and especially colleagues in those who would otherwise not be able to, under principled is what you set. We start participation and we supported. The feedback, the knowledge we had our intervention would be partnership. Do you engage with me or that's my program order this has moved to the next phase. Especially phasing rants shown more opportunities to those women who temporarily have I have to away from their homes for you, we have engaged more on we have engaged so partners and that's highway our university works and that's how this similar programs with started to work after sharing the experience. It gives us a great pleasure even to well is today so these part of this. We have engaged with more participant, but also more trainers, for example. This particular program that we have transformed in large in kind of coverage more participants have brought feedback left. Have improved or practices based on engagement of participants and we have invited more experts and more people from Ukraine on board. The projects for Ukrainian of issue to continue the global strategies, to be in line with the global straights.
>> That have been designed and put in place by question heel experts, to continue to share that position. From local reach to local impact, that is how EFAB and the international (?) have enabled us. That's what we have for the coming next year in our agenda. Thank you so much and we will remain in touch for partner.
>> XIANHONG HU: Thank you so much. In Georgia, even a local project can deliver such a ‑‑ you had for your participation.
>> DOROTHY GORDON: I do hope we will be able to collect in questions. This has been such an enriching session. The first thing I want to note from all speakers is that our failure to act in such a way as to bridge the digital divide that we are discussing today has created new problems, particularly I highlight the increasing inequality because the face of poverty has always been female. It's always been people with disabilities and now our failure to get them effectively online further deepens that poperty. Of that does not understand what is happening makes the entirely vulnerable. I am very pleased this coalition has brought together so many partners. This is the time about we absolutely have to collaborate. And we have got experience that shows us which kind of tools we can use like the Internet ‑‑ they stress the importance of understanding exactly what is happening in terms of access to the Internet. It's not enough to count how many SIM cards. You have to know what portion of the access came through in many of the presentations. I know that we don't have much time, but I want to emphasize that when it comes to media information, we see many of the efforts are very piece meal.