<div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Happy Furahiday Listers! </font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span id="m_-3388635652934970780gmail-docs-internal-guid-758b1cf3-7fff-f0e0-dc86-79425246a9d0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Inclusion </b>is about ensuring those with limited or no access to the Internet, such as the unserved and underserved communities, as well as those for which the internet is not accessible due to gender, disability, digital literacy, affordability, or for any other reason, are now included and have equal opportunity to be meaningfully connected to the internet.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">The inclusion track aims to engage the IG community on the issues, challenges, and solutions for the achievement of an <b>equitable and inclusive Internet.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I invite your thoughts on how this can be achieved. Us we ponder on the below questions:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.</span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:7pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What factors should be considered when seeking to understand and tackle affordability issues, and how might improvements be made?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2.</span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:7pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What strategies could be developed to promote (better) Internet access for women and girls, older people, people living with disabilities, refugees and other disadvantaged groups?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3. </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Within the evolving Digital Economy, how can we get the most contribution from the different actors of the Internet ecosystem?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4.</span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1"> </font></span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How do we best equip the workforce of the 21st century with the necessary skills to take advantage of the new employment opportunities that will result from digital transformation? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5.</span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:7pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">       </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How do we manage the social inclusion within the community affected with technology, as the ICT could bring the change in their social relation?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6. </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How can we ensure availability of affordable and appropriate digital devices to enable people hop onto the digital bandwagon?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">7. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What measures can be put into place to ensure that digital literacy is included within the basic curriculum in order to create a digitally literate population? </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Feel free to continue with Day 1 and Day 2 conversations under their respective mails. Looking forward to your input on <b>Inclusion Track</b>! </span></p></span>Warmly,</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Tr. Karis </font></div></div></div>