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SHENZHEN, China, April 22, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- 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

Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HUAWEI_TECH4ALL

SOURCE Huawei

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   Caption: Huawei and partners held TECH4ALL roundtable on Day 2 at HAS 2023