Best Current Practices for Digital Sovereignty and Meaningful Connectivity through Circular Management of User and Network Devices
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| Authors | Leandro Navarro , Mireia Roura , Eduardo Rodriguez , Viviana Ambrosi | ||
| Last updated | 2025-12-18 | ||
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Abstract
This document describes Best Current Practices (BCP) for improving meaningful connectivity and digital sovereignty through the circular management of end-user and network devices. It addresses a foundational but often overlooked dependency of Internet access deployments: the availability, repairability, governance, and lifecycle management of devices required to meaningfully use access networks. Based on operational experience from deployments in Spain, Argentina, and Senegal—including eReuse.org, EKOA/UNLP, Solidança, TAU/RAEE, and Hahatay—this document identifies practices that have demonstrated positive access, social, and environmental outcomes. These practices complement research within the IRTF GAIA Research Group by documenting reproducible operational approaches that increase the sustainability, autonomy, and long-term viability of Internet access in underserved contexts, and therefore contribute to facilitate "the unconnected" to connect.
Authors
Leandro Navarro
Mireia Roura
Eduardo Rodriguez
Viviana Ambrosi
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