13th Broadband commission meet conducted at Dubai

The 13^th meeting of Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development was held on 14 March 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Flash points

• The two day meet of 13^th Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development aims to promote the power of broadband networks and services for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• The meet brought the leaders from the public, private and social sectors together to seek the solutions to achieving education, equity and employment for all
• The full meeting of the Commission revisited the issue of new broadband targets to help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• The meeting was conducted in association with the Global Education and Skills forum
• In 2015, 44 percent world population remains offline, including 36 percent of LDC population while there are 200 million fewer girls and women online than boys and men
• The Broadband Commission works to ensure that no one is left behind by leaving no one off-line

Points to note

• Broadband Commissioner- Sunny Varkey
• Next meeting will be conducted in September,2016
• Venue of next meet- New York