NIA President Participates in the IT UNESCO Broadband Commission Meeting held in Macedonia
NIA President Participates in the IT UNESCO Broadband Commission Meeting held in Macedonia
2012.04.06
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On April 2, 2012 in Ohrid, Macedonia, NIA President and Broadband Commissioner, Seang-Tae Kim took part in the 5th Broadband Commission Meeting. The IT UNESCO affiliated Broadband Commission was established back in May 2010 with an impetus on improving and increasing the uptake of broadband around the world.
The meeting attracted around 30 of the Broadband Commissioners to Macedonia where they were greeted warmly by Macedonia President, H.E. Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, Macedonia Prime Minister, H.E. Nikola Gruevski as well as Macedonia Minister of Information Society and Administration and fellow Broadband Commissioner, H.E. Ivo Ivanovski. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski stated in his opening remarks at the Meeting, "Information technologies represent the foundation of modern development. They develop our possibilities help the general development and availability of information, cut costs in means and time, enabling a world full of potential and creation. They are important for democracy, freedom, business and every social field, helping us as a community to change the world for the better."
Mexican businessmen Carlos Slim, the Commission' s co-chair, stressed the body' s commitment to promote broadband internet as the basic infrastructure for achievement of the goals within the global development agenda 2015. "Today' s meeting in Macedonia represents a good opportunity to see how this agenda is implemented in the regional context," added Slim. He went on to add, "Broadband internet significantly helps these businesses in the improvement of productivity, enlargement of operations and opening of new markets. Although this is a global trend, there are still countries where limited access to broadband internet represents an open obstacle for their development."
Commission co-chair, Rwanda' s President Paul Kagame opened the working session of the meeting and stated, "We are aware of the enormous possibilities of broadband Internet as a stable foundation for successful and sustainable economic development. We should focus our activities towards involving all global players, to ensure these benefits are not marginalized or left to the sheer struggle for profit," said Kagame. He went on to add, "the coming UN summit dedicated to sustainable development represents an opportunity for the Commission to work on mobilizing the global leadership over the increased availability worldwide, thus meeting the 2015 development agenda. This includes the necessity to find higher forms of cooperation in all walks of life - healthcare, education, agriculture, energy, and environment."
NIA President, Seang-Tae Kim who was taking part in his 5th Broadband Commission meeting lent his expertise in sharing Korea' s experience in educating the populace with regards to Broadband and capacity building not only in urban areas but rural areas and ways to develop national broadband plans that make up the foundation of a country' s ICT Master Plan.
The Ohrid event brought together CEOs of world' s largest IT companies such as Intel, Ericsson, Telefonica, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei Technologies as well as world opinion leaders from both the private and public sectors.
The meeting attracted around 30 of the Broadband Commissioners to Macedonia where they were greeted warmly by Macedonia President, H.E. Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, Macedonia Prime Minister, H.E. Nikola Gruevski as well as Macedonia Minister of Information Society and Administration and fellow Broadband Commissioner, H.E. Ivo Ivanovski. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski stated in his opening remarks at the Meeting, "Information technologies represent the foundation of modern development. They develop our possibilities help the general development and availability of information, cut costs in means and time, enabling a world full of potential and creation. They are important for democracy, freedom, business and every social field, helping us as a community to change the world for the better."
Mexican businessmen Carlos Slim, the Commission' s co-chair, stressed the body' s commitment to promote broadband internet as the basic infrastructure for achievement of the goals within the global development agenda 2015. "Today' s meeting in Macedonia represents a good opportunity to see how this agenda is implemented in the regional context," added Slim. He went on to add, "Broadband internet significantly helps these businesses in the improvement of productivity, enlargement of operations and opening of new markets. Although this is a global trend, there are still countries where limited access to broadband internet represents an open obstacle for their development."
Commission co-chair, Rwanda' s President Paul Kagame opened the working session of the meeting and stated, "We are aware of the enormous possibilities of broadband Internet as a stable foundation for successful and sustainable economic development. We should focus our activities towards involving all global players, to ensure these benefits are not marginalized or left to the sheer struggle for profit," said Kagame. He went on to add, "the coming UN summit dedicated to sustainable development represents an opportunity for the Commission to work on mobilizing the global leadership over the increased availability worldwide, thus meeting the 2015 development agenda. This includes the necessity to find higher forms of cooperation in all walks of life - healthcare, education, agriculture, energy, and environment."
NIA President, Seang-Tae Kim who was taking part in his 5th Broadband Commission meeting lent his expertise in sharing Korea' s experience in educating the populace with regards to Broadband and capacity building not only in urban areas but rural areas and ways to develop national broadband plans that make up the foundation of a country' s ICT Master Plan.
The Ohrid event brought together CEOs of world' s largest IT companies such as Intel, Ericsson, Telefonica, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei Technologies as well as world opinion leaders from both the private and public sectors.