Third Thematic Workshop of the Infrastructure Financing and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Network of Asia and the Pacific Increasing access to cost-effective digital healthcare through ICT infrastructure in rural and remote areas: The role of Public-Private Partnership Virtual Meeting, MS Teams12:00 -16:0030 September 2021ESCAP partners with the China Public-Private Partnerships Center (CPPPC) under the Ministry of Finance and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to realize the promise of telemedicine in rural and remote areas via more resilient Information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure development. ESCAP is committed to addressing key challenges in preparing bankable infrastructure projects and implement concrete solutions to financing quality infrastructure that is inclusive, sustainable, and resilient. Based upon the interests and suggestions raised by the member States during the Second Thematic Workshop, ESCAP is organizing the subsequent Third Thematic Workshop with a more specific focus on the digital healthcare sector and telecommunications sector on strategies to uptake cost effective telemedicine innovations in rural, remote and disaster-prone areas in Asia and the Pacific region. It will also provide capacity building to PPP units to advance pilots and projects to build more resilient ICT infrastructures to ensure that no one is left behind. The main sessions of this workshop are as follows: I. Discuss pathways to advance telemedicine innovations, and building more resilient ICT infrastructure in the face of disaster vulnerability II. Elaborate development partner strengths and call upon private sector expertise III. Share best practices from the region IV. Elaborate the role that PPP needs to play to move this work forward