Internet Universality Indicators
The concept of?Internet Universality?summarizes UNESCO’s updated positions in the digital age, pointing to the four fundamental R.O.A.M principles, according to which the Internet should be?human Rights-based, Open,?Accessible to all and?nurtured by Multi-stakeholder participation.
UNESCO works to encouraged interested Member States and all stakeholders to support and conduct national assessments of Internet development, on a voluntary basis, with the Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators”.
The conduct of these assessments aim to:
- Develop a clear and substantive understanding of the national Internet environment and of Internet policies contributing to sustainable development;
- Assess such environment and policies in relation to the implementation of UNESCO’s R.O.A.M. principles;
- Formulate policy recommendations that can help improve Internet development in the country.
Facts and Figures
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Episode 1: This episode gives a general introduction to AI and UNESCO’s ROAM-X principles.
The animation series were created based on the UNESCO publication Steering AI and Advanced ICTs for Knowledge Societies – a Rights, Openness, Access, and Multi-stakeholder Perspective to promote a better understanding of guiding human-centred and ethical principles underpinning any development of AI. Each episode contains a key message illustrated from the publication.
