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Chapter 7The framework will encourageand facilitate businesses andservices providers to develop newwireless services and applications,or utilize TVWS to supplementand enhance existing networks.Business applications may includeM2M communications, smartmetering, outdoor environmentand security monitoring services.Further opportunities which localSMEs and start-ups can explorethrough license-exempt use ofTVWS spectrum include: TVWScomponents and device designand manufacturing; applicationsand services development;consulting; and system integration.Source: Mr. Leong Keng Thai, Deputy ChiefExecutive/Director-General (Telecomsand Post), Infocomm DevelopmentAuthority (IDA) of Singapore.7.2Promote Education for All (EFA), including the useof broadband, as well as the skills and talentsnecessary for broadbandAs explored in Chapter 5,in crafting their post-2015development priorities, countries,and particularly developingcountries and LDCs, should:• foster digital inclusion byintroducing policies and initiativesensuring that every citizenhas access to quality digitaleducation and rich digital contentin local languages and accessibleformats, including to OER.• Enable young people to acquirehigh-level skills and confidenceto successfully develop smartmobile applications for achievingsustainable development,and increasing ICT-enabledyouth employment.• Assess competencies ofcountries to carry out Mediaand information literacy (MIL)initiatives and competencies ofkey professionals and teachers• Put in place adequate policiesto attract, recruit and supportquality teachers, who are digitallyconfident and well-prepared tomake innovative and effective useof ICTs and digital resources.• Make girls’ and women’saccess to ICTs, and particularlybroadband, a key pillar of thepost-2015 global developmentagenda, to narrow thegap in terms of access toand use of technology.• Encourage PPPs in order tobuild capacity and ensureequitable access to technologicalinnovations to fostersustainable socio-economicand human development.The Broadband Commissionalso advocates the promotion ofScience, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics (STEM) in primaryand secondary education, as wellas open education networks forinnovators and entrepreneurs.84