h) the Young ICT Policy Leaders initiative launched at this conference, which gives young professionals the opportunity to participate, through national delegations, in ITU events and conferences, resolves 1 that ITU continue to engage with in outreach, through communications, capacity building and research, from the perspectives of digital inclusion; 2 that ITU promote innovation, entrepreneurship and skills development, in order to provide tools for self-empowerment of youth and their satisfactory participation in the digital economy and all aspects of society; 3 that ITU should promote partnerships with academia for the purpose of youth development; 4 to accord high priority to the incorporation of young professionals in the human resources and operations of ITU; 5 to continue the work being done at ITU, and particularly in BDT, to help empower youth through ICTs by promoting policies that improve socio-economic conditions for youth, particularly in developing countries; 6 to maintain a youth perspective in the implementation of the ITU strategic plan and financial plan for as well as in the operational plans of the and the General Secretariat; 7 that there is a need for ITU to investigate, analyse and further understand the impact of telecommunication/ICT technologies on youth; 8 to maintain the ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition on a yearly basis; 9 that all activities foreseen in this resolution should fall within the existing financial resources of the Union; 10 to note that age groups of youth shall be defined on a case-by-case basis depending on the nature of ITU activities, instructs the Council 1 to build on the initiatives carried out over the past four years and to accelerate youth empowerment in ITU as a whole, within existing budgetary resources, so as to ensure capacity building and promotion of youth; 2 to consider involving youth in the celebrations of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day in accordance with Resolution 68 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and launching a special recognition award for young people who make outstanding contributions in the field of ICT, instructs the Secretary-General 1 to continue to ensure that the youth perspective is incorporated in the work programmes, management approaches and human resource development activities of ITU, and to submit an annual written report to the Council on progress made; 2 to report to the next plenipotentiary conference on the results and progress made on the inclusion of a youth perspective in the work of ITU, and on the implementation of this resolution;
h) the Young ICT Policy Leaders initiative launched at this conference, which gives young professionals the opportunity to participate, through national delegations, in ITU events and conferences, resolves 1 that ITU continue to engage with in outreach, through communications, capacity building and research, from the perspectives of digital inclusion; 2 that ITU promote innovation, entrepreneurship and skills development, in order to provide tools for self-empowerment of youth and their satisfactory participation in the digital economy and all aspects of society; 3 that ITU should promote partnerships with academia for the purpose of youth development; 4 to accord high priority to the incorporation of young professionals in the human resources and operations of ITU; 5 to continue the work being done at ITU, and particularly in BDT, to help empower youth through ICTs by promoting policies that improve socio-economic conditions for youth, particularly in developing countries; 6 to maintain a youth perspective in the implementation of the ITU strategic plan and financial plan for as well as in the operational plans of the and the General Secretariat; 7 that there is a need for ITU to investigate, analyse and further understand the impact of telecommunication/ICT technologies on youth; 8 to maintain the ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition on a yearly basis; 9 that all activities foreseen in this resolution should fall within the existing financial resources of the Union; 10 to note that age groups of youth shall be defined on a case-by-case basis depending on the nature of ITU activities, instructs the Council 1 to build on the initiatives carried out over the past four years and to accelerate youth empowerment in ITU as a whole, within existing budgetary resources, so as to ensure capacity building and promotion of youth; 2 to consider involving youth in the celebrations of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day in accordance with Resolution 68 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and launching a special recognition award for young people who make outstanding contributions in the field of ICT, instructs the Secretary-General 1 to continue to ensure that the youth perspective is incorporated in the work programmes, management approaches and human resource development activities of ITU, and to submit an annual written report to the Council on progress made; 2 to report to the next plenipotentiary conference on the results and progress made on the inclusion of a youth perspective in the work of ITU, and on the implementation of this resolution;
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