{"id":80724,"date":"2021-02-05T18:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=80724"},"modified":"2021-03-01T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:52:50","slug":"world-economic-forum-launches-edison-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/world-economic-forum-launches-edison-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"World Economic Forum launches &#8220;EDISON Alliance&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The World Economic Forum has announced the launch of an Essential Digital Infrastructure and Services Network(EDISON) Alliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Essential Digital Infrastructure and Services Network(EDISON) Alliance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: To work towards ensuring global and equitable access to the digital economy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How will it ensure equitable access to the digital economy?<\/strong> The alliance will work with governments and industries. It will accelerate digital inclusion and will ensure cross-sectoral collaboration between the technology industry and other critical sectors of the economy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advisory Board<\/strong>: An expert group of Champions Leaders board will advise and support the Alliance. The board will be chaired by Verizon\u2019s Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretariat<\/strong>: The World Economic Forum (WEF) will serve as the secretariat and platform for the Alliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What was the need of the alliance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access to digital technologies has enabled many to work, learn and live during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>However, the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing digital gaps and inequalities in the global population.<\/li>\n<li>Some 3.6 billion people remain offline and broadband services are too expensive for 50% of the population in developed countries. This hampers access to health, education, and economic inclusion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Economy\/world-economic-forum-launches-cross-sector-alliance-to-close-digital-divide\/article33686683.ece\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The World Economic Forum has announced the launch of an Essential Digital Infrastructure and Services Network(EDISON) Alliance. About Essential Digital Infrastructure and Services Network(EDISON) Alliance: Aim: To work towards ensuring global and equitable access to the digital economy. How will it ensure equitable access to the digital economy? The alliance will&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/world-economic-forum-launches-edison-alliance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World Economic Forum launches &#8220;EDISON Alliance&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,9],"tags":[1420],"class_list":["post-80724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-ir_3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700981191},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}