[kictanet] Online Discussions:-Internet Governance, Mon 11th Aug-Fri 22nd Aug 2008

[waudo siganga]

Congratulations for this initiative Walu - and also for structuring the
discussion so well. I am looking fwd to contributing.
Waudo

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:03:43 -0700 (PDT), "John Walubengo"
<jwalu at yahoo.com> said:
> Hey All,
> 
> Its about time we embarked on one of the scheduled discussions. I am
> pleased to announce that from next week we shall kick-off the discussion
> on Internet Governance (IG).  This time around, leading contributors
> shall be nominated to attend the 1st Regional East African, IG Workshop
> to be announced soon after the discussions.
> 
> The Objectives and Program outlines are presented below for your
> preparations and planning.
> 
> Online Deliberations:-Internet Governance (IG)
> 
> The Objectives of the Online Deliberation will include:
> *To Raise Awareness of Internet Governances (IG) Issues
> *To Establish which IG issues are relevant to Kenyans(E.Africans)
> *To Build consensus and positions on the relevant IG issues
> 
> The General Program outline is given below (10Days, 2Weeks)
> 
> *General Background & Rationale of IG (1Day)
> -History
> -Why IG
> -Current Status
> 
> *The Infrastructure issues of IG (3Days)
> -IP Addresses/DNS (Who Assigns, Allocates & Manages?)
> -Internet Interconnection Tariffs (who pays for internet
> Interconnection?)
> -Internet Security (Who controls Spam, encryption etc)
> 
> *The Legal issues of IG (2Days)
> -Jurisdiction & Arbitration (who resolves e-disputes)
> -Copyright & IPR (are they pro or anti-development?)
> -Privacy and Data Protection (how is the e-Citizens data
> abused/protected?)
> 
> *The Economic Issues of IG (2Days)
> -eCommerce (Taxation and international legislation)
> -Consumer Protection (who protects the eBuyer?)
> -ePayments (what are the existing forms of ePayments?)
> 
> *The Socio-Cultural Issues of IG (2Days)
> -Content Control vs Freedom of Expression
> -Multi-lingual Challenges (is the Internet English?)
> -eLearning (are we losing our culture?)
> 
> *Closure & Way Forward (1Day)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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