The Broadband Commission Working Group on 21st Century Financing Models for Sustainable Broadband Development has provided governments and policymakers with a set of policy recommendations for fostering innovative broadband funding, financing and investment strategies.

The Working Group on Child Online Safety produced a report that brings together the available evidence on the scale and nature of the risks and harms children face online, and provides actionable recommendations to minimize risks and threats, while simultaneously being able to capitalize on the benefits the expansion of broadband will bring to children, particularly those in developing countries.

The Working Group on Broadband for All: A Digital Infrastructure Moonshot for Africa was formed as a multistakeholder consultation group to engage key ICT industry partners, estimate the investment needs, and prepare a roadmap to help countries and development actors coordinate, accelerate and prioritize their efforts to help reach the SDGs by improving digital infrastructure in Africa.

The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s 2017 Working Group on Education examined how digital skills and competencies could be defined and developed within and beyond formal curricula.

The mission of the Broadband Commission is to bridge the digital divide and boost the importance of broadband on the international policy agenda. It accomplishes this through impactful public private partnerships, thought leadership, and actionable policy recommendations.