Digital Opportunity Task Force Presents Final Report May 23, 2001 - "Digital Opportunities for All: Meeting the Challenge" is the title of the Report of the Digital Opportunity Task Force (DOT Force) which is now available on the website of the DOT Force. The report, which includes a proposal for a "Genoa Plan of Action" to be discussed at the G8 summit in July in Genoa, Italy, is the result of a unique international collaboration in which UNESCO actively participated. In its report, the DOT Force identified priority actions that must be taken - by national governments and their citizens, the international community, the private sector, non-profit and community organizations - in various forms of partnership, to make the digital opportunity a reality. Under each of the priority areas identified by the G8 summit in Okinawa, Japan, in Juoy 2000, the DOT Force has identified detailed actions that should be taken: * Fostering Policy, Regulatory and Network Readiness - through establishing and supporting both developing country and emerging economy National e-Strategies including eGovernment, and universal participation in new international policy and technical issues raised by ICT and the Internet. * Improving Connectivity Increasing Access and Lowering Costs - through establishing and supporting a range of targeted interventions as well as dedicated initiatives for the ICT inclusion of the Least Developed Countries. * Building Human Capacity - through a range of targeted training, education, knowledge creation and sharing initiatives, as well as promote ICT for healthcare and in support against HIV/AIDS and other infectious and communicable diseases. * Encouraging Participation in Global e-Commerce and other e-Networks - through enterprise and entrepreneurship for sustainable economic development, including poverty alleviation, and promote national and international effort to support the creation of local content and applications. The Digital Opportunity Task Force (DOT Force), created by the G8 Heads of State at their Kyushu-Okinawa Summit in July 2000, brought together forty two teams from government, the private sector, non-profit organizations, and international organizations, representing both developed and developing countries, in a cooperative effort to identify ways in which the digital revolution can benefit all the world's people, especially the poorest and most marginalized groups. The "digital divide" is threatening to exacerbate the existing social and economic inequalities between countries and communities, so the potential costs of inaction are greater than ever before. Related Links Digital Opportunity Task Force http://www.dotforce.org/ Digital Opportunities for All: Meeting the Challenge. - Report of the Digital Opportunity Task Force (DOT Force). Including a proposal for a Genoa Plan of Action. 11 May 2001 http://www.dotforce.org/reports/DOT_Force_Report_V5.0f.doc Genoa Summit of the G8 countries (20-22 July 2001) http://www.genoa-g8.it/ ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
