A/71/172 • Canada is working with the United States to align our cybersecurity pu blic awareness campaign initiatives via the “Stop. Think. Connect.” coalition. • Canada is also working with the United States to implement the Canada United States Cybersecurity Action Plan, which aims to enhance the resiliency of our cyberinfrastructure. • Canada has been working to develop confidence-building measures in various forums, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. • Canada supports North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) efforts to strengthen the Alliance’s cyberdefence and that of individual allies. Canada has contributed $1 million to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. • Canada has supported the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) as tools for development, including to help community organizations deliver essential services such as emergency assistance in conflicts. • Canada’s International Development Research Centre has helped to advance development around the world with ICT for development research and capacity-building. Colombia [Original: Spanish] [13 June 2016] Through its “Vive Digital” (“Live Digital”) Plan (2010-2014) and the new Plan “Vive Digital — para la gente” (“Live Digital — for the people”) (2014-2018), Colombia has achieved a digital revolution, increasing its total Internet connections from 2.2 million to over 12.2 million in just five years. Colombia will be the first Latin American country to have high-speed Internet connection in all of its municipalities. Over the same period, educational entities have been provided with more than 2 million terminals; 74 per cent of micro, small and medium -sized enterprises are now connected to the Internet (compared with 7 per cent i n 2010); we have achieved 90 per cent growth in household connections; and we have taken the Internet to the most isolated rural areas through 7,621 Vive Digital kiosks (located in rural centres with over 100 inhabitants). Among many other achievements, we also have the largest community of digital entrepreneurs in Latin America, with more than 100,000 members. The national Government recognizes that it is not possible to maximize the benefits and use of information and communications technologies if citiz ens or companies cannot trust them, in other words, if there is a perceived lack of security in the digital environment. The increasing number of digital security incidents is having a growing impact on such perceptions. (a) Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and to promote international cooperation in this field: Colombia has just launched a new national digital security policy, contained in document CONPES 3854 of 2016, which seeks to ensure that the Government, 6/24 16-12486