 1.2.3 Leverage national outreach and awareness initiatives to encourage the development of foundational cyber skills and the pursuit of cyber careers. Ecosystem stakeholders are encouraged to develop or expand campaigns, such as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Cybersecurity Career Week, Supply Chain Integrity Month, Digital Citizenship Week, Internet Safety Week, and Media Literacy Week, which are focused on cyber workforce development and increasing awareness of how cyber skills advance individual and societal interests. The NCWCG will coordinate commemorative activities, such as Engineering Week, Quantum Day, STEM Week, Computer Science Week, World Space Week, and Mathematics and Statistics Month, to amplify the need for cyber skills while expanding awareness of pathways to a wide array of potential careers. Departments and agencies will use outreach efforts such as ambassador and mentoring programs, speaker events, take your child to work days, and open houses to increase awareness of the value of cyber skills across different careers. 1.2.4 Establish a presidential award for foundational cyber skills. ONCD will work with departments and agencies, community service organizations and industry partners to explore the development of a Presidential Cyber Award, similar to the Presidential Youth Fitness Award,54 to recognize students for foundational cyber skills. S TRATEGIC O BJECTIVE 1.3: F OSTER G LOBAL P ROGRESS IN F OUNDATIONAL C YBER S KILLS Democracy around the world depends on the free flow of ideas, informed public discourse, and trust in institutions. Increased interconnectedness may foster these elements of democracy, but it can also be used to spread disinformation, plant mistrust, and undermine and repress fundamental rights and freedoms. International cooperation plays a vital role in preserving our national security and promoting democratic values. International engagements to strengthen connectivity and foundational cyber skills advance our prosperity, our security, and our values. In the Declaration of the Future of the Internet of April 2022, the United States and more than 60 international partners expressed a shared commitment to an internet that: is “open, free, global, interoperable, reliable, and secure;” that furthers democratic values; and promotes shared prosperity.55 In support of this common vision, the United States will exchange best practices with partners and allies. The United States promotes global digital connectivity and will also include foundational cyber skills in U.S. capacity building abroad. American values, interests, and security are strengthened when best practices and frameworks are developed with active participation. NATIONAL CYBER WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION STRATEGY 12