Connecting the world and beyond

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Name :	STAFFELL, Simon
Date :	December 20, 2019
Organization :	Nominet
Country :	United Kingdom
Job Title :	Head of Government Affairs
Contribution :	Nominet believes in a world that is connected, inclusive and secure. The internet and digital technologies have the power to transform lives by creating opportunities and providing support where it's needed most. However, technologies also have the power to leave people behind. It is therefore essential that those with the skills, expertise and technology to drive change do so to the benefit of the wider digital economy and end users globally. We see a risk of a digital divide growing, which threatens to undermine opportunities and exacerbating social challenges, leaving too many people and businesses behind as we try to digitally advance as global citizens. We believe that a number of principles are key to ensuring that as connectivity increases, technology has a net positive impact. These include: ensuring new technologies have a net positive impact on the lives of everyone, including the most vulnerable and isolated; ensuring that where and when technology affects people's lives, social responsibility is the foundation of our actions; supporting the social sector to adapt in terms of its reach, efficiency and effectiveness; being user-centric, and design with the needs of all in mind, and listening to voices that genuinely represent the diversity of all users to support this; building a digitally inclusive society - being mindful of the emerging digital poverty premium and its disproportionate effect on the poorest and most isolated
Attachments :	ITU Consulation__CWG_ Internet - Nominet FINAL.docx