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Goal 9. Infrastructure, Industrialization, Innovation

ITU is poised to play a key role helping to achieve SDG 9. including. Goal 9c to “significantly increase access to ICT and strive to provide universal and affordable access to Internet in the LDCs (least-developed countries) by 2020”.

Without the digital infrastructure that powers our wireless world and forms the backbone of our digital economy, the world would not be able to deliver the ICT applications that enable scalable solutions to the SDGs.. ITU believes broadband must be considered essential infrastructure for the 21st-century due to its capacity to power industry and innovation. And ITU’s role in the adopting of globally harmonized spectrum and standards is essential to facilitate the development of transformative digital infrastructure, such as 5G systems, that will drive scalable solutions to all 17 SDGs..

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By end 2016, 47% of the world's population is using the Internet. In the world's least-developed countries, more than 80% of the population still has no access to the Internet.

Source: ICT Facts and Figures 2016

Find out more about our Special SDG9 Session which took place at WSIS here.

Download the publication "Bridging the Digital Innovation Divide: A toolkit for strengthening ICT centric ecosystems"

Case study – Azerbaijan

The Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) project aims to see the creation of a transnational fibre-optic line covering the countries of Eurasia from Western Europe to Eastern Asia.
The project envisages the creation of a major transit link from Frankfurt to Hong Kong, linking the major centres of information exchange in Europe and Asia. The transit line will stretch through China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to Germany. A northern transit line will pass through the territory of Russia, Ukraine and Poland.
TASIM will build its own active, centrally managed network on top of existing fibre-optic networks provided by participating operators (TASIM Consortium), and will leverage the transit infrastructure to provide affordable connectivity to landlocked countries of Eurasia and beyond..
Related links:
TASIM and WSIS Stocktaking

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"There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and this is the most important problem we can focus on."

Mark Zuckerberg
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Goal & Targets SDG-9

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.
9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries.
9.3 Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets.
9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.
9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.
9.b Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities.
9.c Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020.

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