[kictanet] Kenya Internet Governance Forum (Kenya IGF) - Tomorrow

Harry Hare harry at africanedevelopment.org
Mon Oct 13 10:25:45 EAT 2008


Just a reminder for those wishing to attend this forum and also to confirm
that the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication and
the Director General of Communication Commission of Kenya have confirmed
their participation.

If you have not confirmed your participation, and you wish to attend, please
do so before the end of business today to help us with the planning.

Kindest Regards
Harry
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Dear Colleagues

The Kenya ICT Board (KICTB) in conjunction with the Kenya Network
Information Centre (KENIC), the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), the
East African ICT for Development Network (EA ICT4D) and other participating
organisations are pleased to announce the Kenya Internet Governance Forum
(Kenya IGF) to be held on the 14th of October, 2008 at the Jacaranda hotel
in Westlands. The Kenya IGF will offer a central forum through which
Internet stakeholders in Kenya can contribute to the global Internet
Governance Forum.
 
The Kenya IGF is a follow up to the KICTANet mailing list discussions on
Internet Governance, which were held in August 2008, and aimed at beginning
to identify and explore national level Internet Governance issues.
 
The national forum aims at:
·       creating awareness on IGF issues,

·       instituting a consensus building process to develop a common
understanding of Kenyan Internet Governance issues and

·       building policy capacity in order to enable meaningful participation
in global Internet policy, governance and development.

 
The outcome of the Kenya IGF will be collated with that from the other
national IGF¹s which will take place in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, to form
the agenda for the East African IGF (EAIGF) scheduled for 10th-12th November
2008, Nairobi Kenya.
 
As a key player in the Internet industry, it is my pleasure to invite you to
the Kenya IGF. Below is a summary of the programme:

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08:45 - 09:00   Registration
09:00 - 09:10   Opening Remarks  - Paul Kukubo, CEO, KICTB
09:10 - 09:30   What is internet governance and why should we care? -  Brian
Longwe/KENIC   
09:30 - 10:00   Kenyan stakeholders IG issues: KICTANet  Online Discussion
Report; validating issues discussed
                          John Walubengo/Mwende Njiraini
10:00 - 10:10   Government & the IGF   Charles J. K. Njoroge, Director
General, CCK   
10:10 - 10:30   Official Launch of Kenya IGF  - Dr. Bitange Ndemo, PS,
Ministry of Information & Communications
10:30 - 11:00   Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30   So what are Kenya¹s Priority IG issues?  Issue
Prioritization & Consensus   - KICTANet/KENIC
11:30 - 12:00   What Policy and Technical capacity do we need to engage?
Identifying Issues for Capacity Building
                        John Walubengo/Mwende Njiraini
 12:00 - 12:30   Closing Remarks/Vote of Thanks  - EAICT4D Harry Hare
12:30   Lunch      
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Kindly confirm your participation by sending an email to
<evelyne at kictanet.or.ke>
 
 
Regards,
 
Harry Hare

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