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b. Enabling the concerned branches of government to formulate PSAs that inform
civilians of importance of ICTs;

2. Recommends member State collaboration with UN entities in order to:
a. Conduct research analysis on ICT promotion statistics,
b. Analyse non-sensitive data with the consent of the State,

c. Prepare policy recommendations for member States in order to keep track of
their progress in ICT implementation;

3. Emphasises the need for governments to re-evaluate financial barriers placed upon
ICTs and internet pricing in member nations in order to create more equitable access
to technologies on an international basis, including:
a. The division of certain financial monopolies corporations place on certain

technologies in the fields of:
i. Medical technology, with a maximum ownership period limited to 5
years,

ii. Agricultural technology, with a maximum ownership period limited to 5
years,
iii. Educational technology, with a maximum ownership period limited to 3
years,

iv. Sanitation technology, with no set maximum ownership period,
b. Providing subsidies on the cost of basic internet access technologies in order to
increase the accessibility of ICTs;

4. Strongly encourages making ICTs a part of the education curriculum to promote trust
and skills at an early age and consequently maximize citizens’ familiarity with new

technologies, including older parts of the population, through:
a. Optional or mandatory classes regarding basic IT tutorials, risk management
and consequences of using ICTs in middle schools,

b. The implementation of the following courses (in the context of higher
education) in universities which do not offer them already: Bachelor of
Information Technologies and Bachelor of Information and Communication
Technologies,

c. Inviting experts from ITU, as it has already been done in some cases, to introduce
and train teachers to give dedicated classes on the previously mentioned
topics,

d. Introducing IT workshops in companies to better train employees,
e. Promoting workshops run by ITU so that people are aware of these and may
attend them;

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