Name Institution/ Organization Stakeholder group - Select -Civil SocietyGovernmentPrivate SectorTechnical CommunityIntergovernmental organization Country - Select -AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBolivia, Plurinational State ofBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaComorosCongoCongo, Democratic Republic of theCosta RicaCôte d'IvoireCroatiaCubaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHoly See (Vatican City State)HondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIran, Islamic Republic ofIraqIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMicronesia, Federated States ofMoldova, Republic ofMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth MacedoniaNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTajikistanTanzania, United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofViet NamYemenZambiaZimbabwe Regional group - Select -AfricaAsia PacificEastern EuropeGRULACWEOGIntergovernmental Organization E-mail Address Is your contribution about the Meaningful Access properties or under one of the overarching workstreams Connectivity (Infrastructure & Business Models), Digital Inclusion (accessibility & multilingualism) Capacity development (technical skills training) Can you point to specific projects and programs that you have implemented to support the workstream above? IF CONNECTIVITY, please consider those guiding questions below: How to improve use and quality of connectivity? What is the impact of connectivity in a specific community? How complementary/alternative provider models address existing gaps? What policy and regulation needs to be in place to support expansion of access to rural areas in all global south regions areas and communities? How Internet access has promoted development in industry, innovation and infrastructure? What policy actions have facilitated and incentivized increased meaningful connectivity in your country or region? IF DIGITAL INCLUSION, please consider those guiding questions below: How local content is critical to sustain communities and stimulate demand; focusing on cases where there are good practices with local content development, including in local languages? How specific policies or regulation has helped promote digital ecosystem? IF CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, please consider those guiding questions below: Which are the digital and technical capacities required at the community level to sustain networks, services and a thriving ICT ecosystem in rural/marginalized areas? How access to the Internet and technical skills training has promoted decent work and economic growth, especially in least developed and developing countries, and small island states.? Which are the key properties to define "meaningful access" that resonate with your case/story/experience? Affordable Reliable Sustainable Usable (languages, bandwidth for applications) Useful (content, applications) Safe Secure Private Autonomy (not only the access, but the how) Permanence (once connected, always connected) Willingness (or choice) Resilience (meaning the capacity or ability of networks to resist or survive crisis - accidental, political, operational etc - without loss of service) Other… Enter other… We welcome your comments and thoughts ! Feel free to use this call for contributions to share general observations on the topic, provide feedback or to suggest ways forward for the Policy Network on Meaningful Access.
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