IICD Recommendations for Rio+20

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IICD's recommendations about using ICT for sustainable development, presented to the Dutch national platform Rio+20. This platform was set up as a preparation for the UN conference on sustainable development (held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012).

IICD believes that the introduction and use of appropriate ICT solutions can and does contribute to socio-economic development and helps to create opportunities for people to shape their own individual future and that of society around them. This document contains a list of recommendations how ICT can be used for sustainable development.

Sectors covered include: Agriculture, Economic Development, Education, Gender, Health, and Livelihood opportunities.