 France welcomes collaboration on initiatives on the Development and Digital Technology action plan launched in December 2015, which aims to support developing countries in their efforts to deploy networks and develop digital economies, and to strengthen the connections between French cooperative development efforts and those involving digital and economic diplomacy.  Italy and the European Union welcome collaboration on initiatives on Licensed Shared Access (LSA) spectrum, which aims to provide an efficient and flexible use of the spectrum as concrete solution for new generation mobile internet access (LTE, 5G) thus to allow an agile mobile broadband growth.  Italy welcomes collaboration on network digitalization and convergence between smart grids and ultra broadband networks, which contributes to develop the backbone of Smart Cities, helps to increase the access of people and interactions of things, addresses the important issues related to energy efficiency and climate change.  Canada is supporting multilateral financial institutions – including the World Bank, the Asia Development Bank and the African Development Bank - to address infrastructure gaps in developing countries, including access to ICT infrastructure, as well as to develop the private sector and increase the supply of skilled workers and access to technology, among other pressing areas”  The United Kingdom welcomes collaboration in the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC). The Institute for Communications Systems at the University of Surrey in the UK is host to the 5GIC which is an international collaboration between the university and industry, including operators, manufacturers, service providers and research organisations. Its mission is to conduct impactful research into 5G and Internet of Things technologies and the application of those to technologies and innovations to different vertical industries including for example eHealth, mHealth, connected cars and autonomous vehicles, advanced manufacturing and smart homes and cities. The 5GIC has an extensive oncampus pilot network to enable testing and development of candidate 5G technologies and 5GIC is seeking additional partners and collaborations, particularly with regard to research, innovation, international standardisation and pilots activity related to 5G and IoT. Promoting and protecting the free flow of information  Japan welcomes collaboration on the CyberGreen Project, which is a global collaborative initiative which aims to develop and utilize risk-based common metrics for assessing cyber risks to eliminate bots and vulnerable network servers and make the cyberspace clean and resilient to cyberattack. 2