Our Purpose
Building moral and ethical Information and Communication Technology Leadership across the globe by connecting people to people.
Our areas of focus include:
- Connecting universities, colleges, secondary schools and primary schools with Information Communication Technologies. 85.43% world wide viewed this target as a very important.
- Connecting scientific and research centers with Information Communication Technologies. 84.76% world wide viewed this target as a very important.
- Ensuring that more than half the world's inhabitants have access to Information Communication Technologies within their reach. 69.2% in North America viewed this target as very important. It was rated higher in Africa and the Arab States (83% and 82%) and less so in Europe and Australasia (64% and 55%).
- Connecting villages with Information Communication Technologies and establishing community access points. 65.75% world wide viewed this target as a very important. This target was rated even higher in Africa and Asia (79.44% and 72.73%).
- Connecting all local and central government departments and establish websites and email addresses 65.53% world wide ranked this as very important, with it rated higher in Africa (80.56%) and Asia (71.90%).
- Connecting health centers and hospitals with Information Communication Technologies. 64.89% of respondents view this as a very important goal. However, it was considered less so in Europe (57%), while in Africa and the Arab States it was significantly higher (74% and 78%). This may reflect a greater belief in those regions of the potential that Information Communication Technologies hold for extending health services to people in remote or less developed areas.
- Connecting public libraries, cultural centers, museums, post offices and archives with Information Communication Technologies. 64.87% ranked this as very important. This target was rated considerably higher in Africa (76%) and Asia (73%) but less so in Europe (59%) and the Americas (68%). The results may reflect the relative availability of information technologies as a resource in libraries in Europe and the Americas.
- Adapting all primary and secondary school curricula to meet the challenges of the Information Society, taking into account national circumstances 62.82% ranked this as very important, with a range of 55% (Europe) to 76% in the Arab States and the Americas.
- Encouraging the development of content and to put in place technical conditions in order to facilitate the presence and use of all world languages on the Cyberspace 52.79% viewed this as very important, with a range of 45% in Europe to 70% in the Arab States.
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Ensuring that all of the world's population has access to television and radio services 47.80% ranked this as very important. The ranking of 'very important' was significantly lower in Australasia and Europe (30% and 43%) but much higher in Africa (70%). Again, this may reflect the current availability of the technology in these regions.
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April 14, 2009
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