- Huawei and its global partners hosted a media roundtable at HAS2023

At a media roundtable held yesterday at Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2023, 
Huawei and its global partners shared the latest TECH4ALL practices and 
discussed how digital technology enables a more inclusive and sustainable 
digital world.

During the session, several of Huawei's global TECH4ALL partners also made 
updates on projects that are currently running across the globe. A key message 
was that for each project, the powerful combination of technology and 
partnerships has been fundamental to driving positive outcomes.

"All our efforts in TECH4ALL initiatives have only been possible due to the 
combination of technology and partnerships," said Jeffrey Zhou, President of 
ICT Marketing for Huawei in his opening remarks at the roundtable.

Since the initiative's launch in 2019, Huawei has worked closely with 
governments, customers, international organizations, research institutes, and 
NGOs to make the social value of digital technology as far-reaching as possible.

Driving Equity and Quality in Education

To drive inclusion and help build sustainable futures, TECH4ALL education 
projects have so far reached 220,000 beneficiaries globally. Priority 
beneficiaries are remote and rural communities and underserved groups, 
including women and girls, unemployed youth, people with disabilities, the 
elderly, and K12 students and teachers.

During the roundtable, YouChange China Social Entrepreneur Foundation shared 
its vision underlining how technology-based support platforms empower 
early-career teachers in rural areas by providing online training to develop 
their professional capabilities and confidence.

"The greatest development is the development of human beings. In the future, we 
would love to continue working with Huawei, enhancing rural education through 
technology," said Hui Ling, Secretary General for YouChange China Social 
Entrepreneur Foundation.

Conserving Nature with Technology

In the area of sustainability and nature conservation, TECH4ALL projects have 
helped conserve biodiversity efficiently and manage natural resources 
sustainably in 46 protected areas across the globe, including 5 pilot projects 
under the Tech4Nature partnership set up in 2020 between Huawei and 
International Union for Conservation of Nature.

"When we talk about biodiversity and area-based conservation, technology can 
really help us in assisting in monitoring and strengthening reporting on 
biodiversity, climate and area-based conservation targets," said Khalid Pasha, 
Asia Coordinator, IUCN Asia Regional Office.

During the roundtable, TECH4ALL partner C Minds shared on the Mexico 
Tech4Nature project. Launched in May 2022 with IUCN, C Minds and other local 
partners, the project is harnessing the power of AI and community centered 
approaches to safeguard biodiversity in the Dzilam State Reserve, including the 
endangered North American jaguar.

"The use of technologies provides the ability to scale up conservation action 
to unprecedented levels and ensure shorter time frames, which we achieved in 
this case, that the results of years of manual tagging and data interpretation 
were achieved in less than 1 year of working together with technology and 
partnerships. It also provides the ability to create transparent and measurable 
impact," said Regina Cervera Pacheco, Project Coordinator for C Minds.

Using ICT to Boost Rural Development

ITU-D also attended the session to update on the Smart Village Pakistan 
project. Launched in January 2023, this project model accelerates the impact of 
multiple SDGs by increasing last-mile access and provides remote villages with 
access to a range of digital services, including e-health, e-education, and 
e-commerce with a view to improving the quality of life and economic 
opportunities.

"Pakistan is ITU's first smart village programme in Asia Pacific under the 
Smart Villages and Smart Islands initiative. We are very proud of partnering 
with the Government of Pakistan and Huawei in this. These kinds of pilots also 
bring in new partners, who can bring about even bigger changes. I'd like to 
thank all those who have stepped in to make this a success." said Ashish 
Narayan, Program Coordinator at the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the 
Pacific.

With the TECH4ALL partners at the media roundtable clearly showing what working 
together with common goals can achieve in practice, Huawei hopes to continue 
enabling inclusion and sustainability through innovative technologies and 
long-term partnerships.

About Huawei TECH4ALL

TECH4ALL is Huawei's long-term digital inclusion initiative and action plan. 
Enabled by innovative technologies and partnerships, TECH4ALL is designed to 
help promote inclusion and sustainability in the digital world.

For more information, please visit Huawei TECH4ALL website at 
https://www.huawei.com/en/tech4all

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