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The focus of this priority is on providing support for Member States to achieve secure telecommunications\/ICTs for digital development, ensuring safe and meaningful telecommunications\/ICTs access for all. Specifically, the priority tackles and addresses challenges related to building confidence and security in the use of ICTs, while fostering inclusion on its use, specifically in relation to women, youth, persons with disabilities and persons with specific needs, as well as providing tailored support to LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Cybersecurity and Child Online Protection<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n

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Emergency Telecommunications<\/p>\n

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Network and Digital Infrastructure<\/p>\n

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Digital Services and Applications<\/p>\n

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Digital Innovation Ecosystems\u200b<\/p>\n

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Policy and Regulation<\/p>\n

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Capacity Development<\/p>\n

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Cybersecurity<\/p>\n

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\u200bITU-D Study Groups<\/p>\n

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Mainstreaming the Needs of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS<\/p>\n \u200bICTs help the least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developed countries (LLDCs), and small island developing states (SIDS), to address their specific development challenges. LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS face a number of connectivity barriers: many LDCs have large land areas and rural populations, and are sparsely populated, which makes the roll-out of terrestrial communication infrastructure more difficult. LLDCs lack direct access to the sea and many SIDS have numerous islands and often face high communication.
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n

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