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The focus of this priority is to foster the development and use of telecommunications\/ICTs, as well as applications and services, to close the digital divide and empower people and societies for sustainable development. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The priority will identify new approaches that engage Member States and other stakeholders in digital transformation, including start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurships, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and the public and private sectors, to support integration of ICT innovation and national development agendas while identifying needs and delivering initiatives at a national level to develop local telecommunication\/ICT innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in developing countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Recognizing that telecommunications\/ICTs come with risks, challenges and opportunities, ITU will continue to support the use of telecommunications\/ICTs for monitoring, mitigating and adapting to climate change, facilitating digital solutions for energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions and protecting human health and the environment from e-waste. The environmental lens addressing climate change and integrating environmental sustainability considerations is instrumental to promote sustainable digital transformation, also in line with the Strategy for Sustainability Management in the United Nations System 2020-2030.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Emergency Telecommunications<\/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 costs.
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