[kictanet] EAST AFRICAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2010; STRENGTHENING EAST AFRICA’S CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES 11-13 August 2010, Kampala, Uganda.

Wed Jun 2 11:48:33 EAT 2010

Dear All, organizing EA-IGF team,

I support the call for remote participation, it is a way to fill in the
gaps.
As we know, there are those who are following the deliberations and are not
able to make it to the venue, and can still make objective contribution to
the debate/forum.

there are many online tools available for this purpose, if you need help let
me know.

Kind Regards,

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for this Alice and and all members  in the organising team, we
> have certainly come a long way, this program is rich and very relevant
> to the times, to sum it up, it is an excellent job, just a request
> that you may consider factoring  in remote participation, i am sure
> there are many of us who would like to research more on the subject
> matters and give our input during the meeting.
>
> Regards
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 7:01 PM, alice <alice at apc.org> wrote:
> > *_EAST AFRICAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2010;_* *_STRENGTHENING EAST
> > AFRICA’S CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES 11-13 August 2010, Kampala,
> Uganda._*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > **
> > The 2010 East African Internet Governance Forum (2010 EA-IGF) will take
> > place on 11-13 August, 2010 at the Imperial Royale hotel in Kampala,
> Uganda.
> > This third EA-IGF is hosted by the Uganda Communications Commission
> (UCC),
> > I-Network Uganda, Collaboration on International ICT policy for East and
> > Southern (CIPESA), and Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET).
> >
> > Under the theme “*Strengthening East Africa’s Critical Internet
> Resources”*,
> > participants will this year address and discuss the governance of
> Critical
> > Internet Resources (CIRs) in East Africa. Particular focus has been given
> to
> > three key CIRs that have been identified as cross-cutting.Past EA-IGFs
> > identified issues of *ccTLD management and ownership, transitioning to
> IPv6,
> > and the importance of national and regional IXPs* as crosscutting issues
> > that needed to be addressed both at the national and regional levels. The
> > 2010 meeting will therefore provide comprehensive consideration to
> > addressing ccTLD management in East Africa. Research findings on ccTLDs
> will
> > be shared based on the five priority issues effecting ccTLDs identified
> by
> > the 2008 and 2009 EA-IGFs; Cybercrime, Policy and Regulation of ccTLDs,
> > ccTLDs and consumer rights, and key issues that affect access to
> Broadband
> > and Internet and how these affect the management and coordination of
> ccTLDs.
> > The challenges and effective strategies for transitioning to IPv6 will
> also
> > be discussed.
> >
> > This year’s access theme will examine the status of broadband in East
> > Africa, noting achievements, hurdles to be overcome and plans for the
> > immediate future. Security and privacy session will address Cybercrime
> and
> > how it affects women differently among other Cybercrime concerns. The
> 2010
> > EA-IGF will introduce a new session focusing on emerging issues for the
> > Internet society of East Africa. Policy and regulatory framework issues
> > around cross-border/regional ICT certification and the role of youth in
> > advancing the Internet Governance debate in East Africa.  The meeting
> will
> > also discuss the review and future of the global UN IGF process. The
> EA-IGF
> > supports the continuation and extension of the mandate of the IGF and
> also
> > supports Kenya’s expression of interest in hosting the 2011 IGF
> >
> > A *parliamentary and IG session* will be held on 13 August and will
> review
> > the declarations made during the 2009 EA-IGF held in Nairobi as well as
> > address emerging IG issues. The session will be attended by
> parliamentarians
> > from the five East African countries as well as from the United Kingdom.
> >
> >
> > The outcomes of the EA-IGF will be submitted to the fifth UN Internet
> > Governance Forum taking place in Vilnius, Lithuania 14 – 17, September
> 2010.
> > Further, the proceedings will be presented at other national and regional
> > forums in Africa.
> >
> >
> > For each thematic session, representatives from each country will provide
> > their national perspective on the theme, identifying/sharing key issues,
> > challenges and recommendations.
> > *What is the EA-IGF***
> > The EA-IGF was convened in 2008 by the Kenya ICT Action Network
> (KICTANet)
> > as a multi-stakeholder process with the aim of ensuring meaningful
> > participation of  East African internet stakeholders in internet
> governance
> > policy processes. The EA-IGF is open to representatives from government,
> > civil society, academia, private sector, media, consumer groups, other
> > entities and individuals interested in Internet Governance issues. This
> > regional IGF process brings together participants from Rwanda, Tanzania,
> > Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and South Sudan to identify, explore and build
> > consensus around common Internet policy priority issues in the region.
> >
> > The EA-IGF model sees each country begin the process with online
> discussions
> > to identify the Internet policy issues most important to them, followed
> by a
> > face-to-face national IGF meeting. These national processes then fed into
> > the regional meeting, the EA-IGF. The outcomes of the national and
> regional
> > processes have then been very successfully shared at two global IGFs.
> While
> > the EA-IGF is informed by IGF it does not mimic the global process. The
> > national IGFs, which form the building block for the regional EA-IGF,
> > identify issues that are unique and important to their local situations
> and
> > needs.
> >
> > The goal of the EA-IGF is to create a Community of Practice that will be
> a
> > sustaining foundation for meaningful participation of East African
> > stakeholders in Internet public policy debates at the national, regional
> and
> > international level.
> >
> >  *The 2010 EA-IGF is supported by*
> >
> > ·       Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
> >
> > ·     Collaboration on International ICT policy for East and Southern
> Africa
> > (CIPESA)
> >
> > ·       I-Network Uganda
> >
> > ·       Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
> >
> > ·       International Development and Research Centre (IDRC)
> >
> > ·       Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA)
> >
> > ·       Nominet United Kingdom
> >
> > ·       AT&T
> >
> > ·       AfriNic
> >
> > ·       AfTLD
> >
> > ·       Internet Society (ISOC)
> >
> > ·       Centre for Global Communications (GLOCOM)
> >
> > ·       Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
> >
> > ·       Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF)
> >
> >
> >
> > *To register for this event or obtain additional information, please
> visit
> > the meeting website at **http://www.eaigf.or.ke*
> >
> >
> >
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