UNICEF and Dubai Cares announce partnership through Generation Unlimited to scale Digital Connectivity
Dubai Cares, the UAE-based global philanthropic organization, and UNICEF announced today a global partnership, through UNICEF’s flagship global youth initiative Generation Unlimited, to accelerate efforts to provide access to digital connectivity for every young person.
Working with Giga
Across recent virtual events, digital connectivity has been high on the agenda. Here are some ways we can work together.
Combining private and public funding & establishing partnerships
The project aims to to increase access to regional broadband networks and advance the development of an ICT-enabled services industry in the Caribbean Region.
Piloting technologies to connect rural schools
The project aims to connect Nicaragua’s rural public schools with ICT access to that schools could serve as community ICT centers for rural, marginal and isolated areas.
International agreement between NIC.br and UNICEF contributes to measure the connectivity of schools
SIMET data is shared with Giga, which aims to map and increase the number of connected schools around the world.
Connected Education Internet Measurement System
The project aims to support the universalization of high-speed Internet access and encourage the pedagogical use of digital technologies in basic education policy.
High-Level Security Council Arria Formula Meeting
The Permanent Mission of Niger hosts this Arria-formula Meeting to share best practices in relation to expanding connectivity to children in conflict and post-conflict.
Towards Sustainable Development: Why we should invest in connectivity and education
In an interactive session held during the 75th UN General Assembly, the Government of Kazakhstan convened leaders from diverse stakeholder groups including startups and senior-level policy makers to discuss the importance of being connected.
Towards Sustainable Development: Making the World Digital by Default
The Government of Kazakhstan hosts an event during the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly to discuss the importance of being connected, and how global and regional cooperation can support this.
The Digital Transformation of Education: Connecting Schools, Empowering Learners
Today, the Broadband Commission is proud to launch its latest report that aims to address the issue of school connectivity and learners’ empowerment.
What will it take to connect a school?
ACTUAL and UNICEF are working together to build tools that will help determine technologies, costs, and other variables needed to connect a school — and measure its community impact.
Ericsson and UNICEF launch global partnership to map school internet connectivity
Three-year initiative to identify connectivity gaps in 35 countries is a critical first step in connecting every school to the internet