President Clinton and Other G-8 Leaders to Create Digital Opportunity Taskforce

THE CLINTON/GORE ADMINISTRATION:
FROM GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE TO DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY

President Clinton and Other G-8 Leaders to Create Digital Opportunity Taskforce

July 22, 2000

 

TODAY, THE CLINTON/GORE ADMINISTRATION WILL ANNOUNCE NEW EFFORTS BY THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BRIDGE THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE: The Clinton/Gore Administration will announce new public and private sector efforts to bridge the global digital divide and to create digital opportunity for the people of the developing world.

This issue is a long-standing priority for the Administration. Vice President Gore unveiled the Administration's vision of a "Global Information Infrastructure" in a major policy address in 1994, and has led Administration efforts to promote the expansion of the Internet in developing countries.

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE NOT YET FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION

PRESIDENT CLINTON AND CORPORATE AND NON-PROFIT LEADERS WILL ANNOUNCE NEW STEPS TO BRING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOPING WORLD

 

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A LIST OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR INITATIVES TO BRING

DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

President Clinton and Other G-8 Heads of State will support creation of Digital Opportunity Taskforce: As part of the forthcoming Okinawa Charter on the Global Information Society, the United States and other G-8 nations will help create a Digital Opportunity Taskforce. The "dot force" will mobilize resources and coordinate the efforts of governments, the private sector, foundations, multilateral and international institutions and others to bridge the international digital divide and create digital opportunity. Among other steps, the task force is expected to:

The Okinawa Charter also highlights the importance of promoting applications of IT - such as publicly available "digital libraries" that allow nations to share their cultural heritage.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BRIDGING THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE

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