On March 27, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 60/252, proclaiming May 17 as World Information Society Day (#internetday), to promote the proper use and disseminate the enormous benefits of the Internet and digital technologies to people around the world.

In each of the editions, the #internetday Impulse Committee (IC), made up of more than 50 social organizations, chooses a theme on which to focus actions and activities to celebrate the event. The theme chosen for the 2022 edition is "Internet and digital technologies for older people and healthy aging" proposed by the ITU and unanimously approved at the Impulse Committee meeting of June 24, 2021.

On this occasion, iCmedia has joined this #ManifestoMayoresDigitales proposing 10 measures to facilitate access and use of digital technologies for older people and contribute to their empowerment.

Consult the complete Manifesto here

DECALOGUE OF MEASURES

1) Promote social attitudes based on full respect for their dignity, freedom, interests, preferences and their right to participate and have an effective social life so that the elderly and, among them, the elderly people with disabilities, are contextualized in the Digital Society, so that they can occupy the role that corresponds to them, in equal conditions.

2) To respect and enforce what has already been approved in the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as in Spanish and European Union legislation regarding the obligations of accessibility and absence of barriers in devices, applications and services that make up digital technologies.

3) Promote, encourage and defend that technological devices, products, applications and services are accessible to all people, with special attention to the Internet, so that it maintains its universal and accessible design for any type of elderly person and provides them with the same facilities as the rest of the population.

4) Develop initiatives andpublic aid plans to provide the elderly with the necessaryknowledge and skills so that they can independently use digital tools: devices, applications and services and thus guarantee an equal experience of use. Support and encourage activities in the Digital Skills centers so that seniors acquire autonomy in all facets of digital reality.

5) Promote the safe use of digital technologies for seniors by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills, with specific cybersecurity awareness projects and campaigns, which increase the level of protection against Internet threats and help them to prevent possible cyberincidents.

6) Invest in analysis, studies and research to anticipate and adequately respond to the demands and needs of the elderly in the digital society, providing them with realistic funding through specific support plans.

7) Enhance the importance of senior talent and experience to give them a place in society, seeking formulas, through digital technology, so that older people can continue to contribute talent and experience.

8) Avoid discrimination and algorithmic bias on grounds of age or disability in the new applications of Artificial Intelligence. Encourage social algorithms with ethical, responsible and inclusive criteria that serve as a framework for guidance and prescription so that Artificial Intelligence has a social aspect.

9) Pay special attention to new legislative reforms in the field of digital technologies, supporting them and providing them with adequate resources to make them viable and effective for the elderly.

10) Promote specific support and training plans to encourage and facilitate the use of technologies by the elderly: that public policies, strategies, action plans, laws and non-discriminatory regulations that promote and guarantee the full enjoyment of all their rights and fundamental freedoms are approved and implemented, allowing the whole of society to be connected.