(c) promote accessibility and digital literacy for everyone; and
(d) respect cultural and linguistic diversity.
ii. Strengthening international collaboration for promoting the free flow of
information, privacy protection and cybersecurity
15. To enable an open, interoperable, reliable and secure cyberspace, we should
strengthen international collaboration when furthering efforts to:
(a) promote cross-border information flows;
(b) promote privacy and data protection; and
(c) promote cybersecurity.
16. In order to achieve this collaboration we continue to support and contribute to
efforts by stakeholders in relevant bodies that promote principles and that exchange
and develop best practices.
iii. Fostering innovation
17. ICTs have permeated countless aspects of the global economy, impacting sectors as
varied as trade, banking, health, education, and transportation. In particular, ICTs
drive sustainable and inclusive growth of the economy that facilitates the
development of rural areas, reduces unemployment and inequalities, and lifts
people out of poverty. It is therefore important to develop strategies that maximize
the opportunities and benefits created by innovation. We will achieve this by
furthering our efforts to:
(a) open markets;
(b) promote interoperability through standards;
(c) promote open data policies;
(d) develop human capital;
(e) protect intellectual property; and
(f) facilitate R&D and adoption of emerging technologies.
iv. Using ICT to address global challenges and opportunities
18. We believe that the greater use of ICTs worldwide can contribute to addressing
global economic and social challenges and to securing opportunities in such areas
as poverty and hunger, health care, child online protection, the ageing society,
education, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, accessibility,
energy and climate change, resilience and disaster risk reduction, and sustainable
transportation and logistics. We will share good practices and strengthen
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