{"id":4504,"date":"2025-06-02T09:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdpa.govmu.org\/mdpa\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:30:17","slug":"it-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdpa.govmu.org\/mdpa\/index.php\/it-day\/","title":{"rendered":"MDPA Promotes Digital Sustainability to Mark \u2018IT Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4504\" class=\"elementor elementor-4504\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a23f446 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a23f446\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4003d69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4003d69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>MDPA Promotes Digital Sustainability to Mark \u2018IT Day\u2019<\/strong><\/h4><p>The Mauritius Digital Promotion Agency (MDPA) proudly participated in the <strong>Community Digital Empowerment \u2018IT Day\u2019<\/strong> held on <strong>Saturday, 31st May 2025<\/strong> at <strong>Coeur De Ville, Flacq<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The event brought together community members, youth, and partners to explore the transformative power of technology at the grassroots level. MDPA highlighted initiatives, which focuses on giving a second life to refurbished computers and laptops. This initiative not only supports education, NGOs, and small businesses, but also contributes significantly to <strong>reducing electronic waste<\/strong> and promoting <strong>digital sustainability<\/strong>.<\/p><p>By encouraging the reuse of digital equipment, the programme exemplifies a circular economy approach to technology ensuring that innovation goes hand in hand with environmental responsibility.<\/p><p>We extend our gratitude to all participants, stakeholders, and supporters who helped make this initiative a success.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b597e1b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b597e1b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-421c3e7 elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"421c3e7\" 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