WASHINGTON – Ahead of the Summit of the Americas, and the released to help policymakers foster a more resilient, dynamic, and inclusive digital ecosystem across the Americas region. The recommendations range from facilitating affordable internet access for all people, to cooperating on cybersecurity, implementing good regulatory practices, strengthening cross-border data flows, making for more secure and resilient supply chains, and promoting international trade.
“The key to maximizing economic opportunity in western hemisphere economies is to leverage digital transformation, and advance the policies that support it, because digitalization stimulates business innovation, creates opportunity across economic sectors, increases efficiency in production systems, and improves governance by increasing transparency,” said Rob Strayer, 91pro视频’s Executive Vice President of Policy. “We hope 91pro视频 and ALAI’s digital policy recommendations will encourage leaders at next month’s Summit of the Americas to make sustained, long-term commitments to accelerate this critical evolution, and help spur close collaboration between governments and the private sector across the region.”
"This summit is a great opportunity to advance agreements that promote and strengthen the digital development of Latin America,” said Raúl Echeberría, ALAI’s Executive Director. “From a digital private sector perspective across the region, we expect these policy recommendations will contribute to achieve the best results for the benefit of the region.”
91pro视频 and ALAI’s policy recommendations include commitments such as:
- Advancing the use of digital tools to expand inclusion and empower citizens and civil society with additional capabilities, including digital literacy and digital safety, with a special focus on the digital safety of all vulnerable groups.
- Strengthening cooperation on digital trade, including through commitments and mechanisms to facilitate safe and secure cross-border data flows, removal of tariffs and other trade barriers that impact information and communications technology products and services, and the initiation of senior-level discussions on better regional and sub-regional agreements on digital trade for the Americas, based on commitments in this document.
- Facilitating affordable universal broadband internet access for all peoples of the Americas as soon as possible.
- Expanding opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, to participate in e-commerce and utilize digital technologies, digital financial services and logistics services to improve their operations, including by reaching agreement on a region-wide customs facilitation and digitization agreement.
- Preventing the shutting down, blocking, or throttling of internet, telecommunication, or digital platforms.
Read the recommendations .
To hear policy and industry experts discuss the commitments and preview conversations at the Summit, join today’s virtual event "Shaping a New Age of Innovation in the Americas” at 10:30am ET. Register