[kictanet] Taking Care of the Future

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From: Alice Munyua <alice at apc.org>
Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:20:09 
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Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: [kictanet] Invitation to join dialogue on African civil society's,
 engagement with internet governance processes

(apologies for cross posting)

Dear friends and colleagues

INVITATION TO JOIN ONLINE DIALOGUE!

We invite you to join an online dialogue among African civil
society, media and other people who care about a free, open and
accessible internet to share their  views and increase their
understanding of current trends in internet  regulation and governance.

The UN's Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution in 2012 that
'human rights apply online as well as offline'. We need to be aware of
this and help promote the application of this decision at all levels of
internet policy and regulation.

The dialogue should help us consider questions such as:

1. What are the implications of the HRC resolution for our work?

2. How does it relate to broader debates on human rights, governance and
development?

3. What do you think are the fundamental principles that should frame
and guide the decision-making processes that shape the evolution of the
internet - at infrastructure level as well as at access and usage level?

4. What are your suggestions to improve the participation of African
constituencies in the coordination of the internet global resources as
well as in related policy-making processes?

5. What are the specific changes you would like to see, if any, across
the range of entities and processes that carry out the governance of the
  internet?

Aside from these broader questions it is also crucial that we consider
upcoming processes such as  the African Internet Governance Forum (Oct),
the global Internet Governance Forum (Nov) and the  review of the
International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) at the
ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) (Dec).

It is hoped that this platform will strengthen African civil society's
engagement with internet governance processes at national, regional and
global levels and enable us to contribute to shaping the future
development of the internet and the telecommunications networks most of
us depend on for access.

To join this discussion do one of the following:

1) Go tohttps://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig  and follow the
instructions to join the mailing list.
2) Write to Mawaki Chango atmawaki at apc.org  and he will add your email
to the list.
3) Visit our background page
http://africa-ig.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_Page  to learn more about
this process.

Looking forward to hearing your views and questions. Remember there is
no such thing as a 'stupid question'! Don't feel intimidated by jargon
and concepts that you don't fully understand. As a community of African
internet users we will be able to learn from one another.

Staff and members of the Association for Progressive Communications will
help facilitate this discusssion. Participants are free to post in
English and French. We will develop regular summaries and post them in
both languages.

Warm regards from the APC Africa policy team

Mawaki Chango
Emilar Vushe
Anriette Esterhuysen

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