[kictanet] INVITATION TO THE 2010 KENYA INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (KENYA IGF): ADVANCING THE INTERNET GOVERNANCE DEBATE IN KENYA: STRENGTHENING EAST AFRICAS CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES

[Joe Kiragu]

The Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), the Kenya ICT Action Network
(KICTANet) and other participating organisations wish to invite you to the
2010 Kenya IGF to be held at the Panafric hotel in Nairobi, on the 29th of
July 2010 7.00 Am to 1:00 Pm

The 2010 Kenya IGF is a follow up to the 2009 national IGF and the
regional East Africa Internet Governance Forum 2009 (EA-IGF2009), as well
as preparation for the EA-IGF 2010.

The national and the regional forums aim at creating awareness,  
instituting a consensus building process to develop a common understanding
of local IG issues as well as building capacity in order to enable
meaningful participation in global Internet policy, governance and
development processes and initiatives.
The Kenya IGF will therefore provide Kenyan Internet stakeholders with an
opportunity to increase understanding of Internet governance issues and
the links with socio-economic, political and cultural development and 
strengthen the internet governance community of practice evolving in the
East Africa region.

Further, Kenya has expressed interest in hosting the 2011 global United
Nations Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF) the Kenya  and EA IGF  will
support the goals of the IGF and the continued evolution of the open,
multi-stakeholder internet.

The outcomes of the K-IGF will be submitted and presented at the 2010 East
Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF 2010) to be held in Kampala,
Uganda from the 11th to the 13th of August 2010 and subsequently to the
global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting to be held in Vilnius,
Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010.



On behalf of all participating organizations, it is my pleasure to invite
you to the Kenya IGF. More information can be found on the National IGF
website http://www.eaigf.or.ke/nigfs/kigf.html

For planning purposes, kindly send an email to kenya at eaigf.or.ke
confirming your attendance.




for
Sammy Buruchara
Chairman
Kenya Network Information Centre




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