[kictanet] Invitation: 2009 EA-IGF, 7-9 September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

[Solomon Mburu]

I also concur with Walu on this. The deliberations out of the on-going
EAIGF, will make our East African voice be heard at the
internationational level.

On 07/09/2009, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> McTim,
>
> thanx for your observations.  i think what Vincent meant was the bigger
> picture which is that for our issues to be 'felt' or 'heard' at a global
> level, it counts to speak as a Region.
>
> And so according to me one major outcome from the ongoing meeting is to
> learn from each other and arrive at what you might call an E.African
> view/position on the various burning issues under CyberSecurity, Domain
> mngt, Infrastrucutre (e.g. undersea cable), Local Content, etc.
>
> walu.
>
>
> --- On Sun, 9/6/09, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Invitation: 2009 EA-IGF, 7-9 September 2009,
>> Nairobi, Kenya
>> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 9:00 PM
>> Hi Vincent,
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Vincent Ngundi<vincent at kenic.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> > The expected outcome of this will be a framework that
>> ushers the region into
>> > the digital economy. The outcome will also be a
>> negotiating platform during
>> > the fourth United Nations Internet Governance Forum
>> (UN IGF) taking place in
>> > Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2009,
>>
>> Can you clarify this please? AFAIK, the IGF is NOT a
>> negotiating body.
>>
>> Our output could be an "input" for discussion, but there is
>> no process
>> or way to negotiate anything at the IGF (which has, after
>> all, no
>> "authority" to compel anyone to behave in a certain way).
>>
>> See you at the jacaranda tomorrow!
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where
>> it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
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