[kictanet] Announcing the Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2013

[Barrack Otieno]

Dear Lister's,

We would like to inform you that the Kenya Internet Governance Forum will
be held on July 26th 2013 at the Strathmore University Business School. The
Kenya Internet Governance Forum brings together stakeholders from the
Public , Private Sector , Technical Community and Academia to discuss
issues critical to the governance and management of Internet resources
locally.
The theme of this years meeting will be Vision 2030, Harnessing the Power
of the Internet. The forum will be organized by the Internet Society Kenya
Chapter with the support of its partners.
We would like to invite all stakeholders to participate in the forum.
To register please visit the event website http://www.kenyaigf.or.ke/, the
draft program is available on the website. There are limited places and
registration will be on a first come basis.

*Background *

IGF Mandate

Paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda:

72. We ask the UN Secretary-General, in an open and inclusive process, to
convene, by the second quarter of 2006, a meeting of the new forum for
multi-stakeholder policy dialogue—called the Internet Governance Forum
(IGF). The mandate of the Forum is to:


   -     Discuss public policy issues related to key elements of Internet
   governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security,
   stability and development of the Internet;
   -  Facilitate discourse between bodies dealing with different
   cross-cutting international public policies regarding the Internet and
   discuss issues that do not fall within the scope of any existing body;
   -     Interface with appropriate inter-governmental organizations and
   other institutions on matters under their purview;
   -  Facilitate the exchange of information and best practices, and in
   this regard make full use of the expertise of the academic, scientific and
   technical communities;
   - Advise all stakeholders in proposing ways and means to accelerate the
   availability and affordability of the Internet in the developing world;
   -     Strengthen and enhance the engagement of stakeholders in existing
   and/or future Internet governance mechanisms, particularly those from
   developing countries;
   -  Identify emerging issues, bring them to the attention of the relevant
   bodies and the general public, and, where appropriate, make recommendations;
   -  Contribute to capacity building for Internet governance in developing
   countries, drawing fully on local sources of knowledge and expertise;
   - Promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS
   principles in Internet governance processes;
   - Discuss, inter alia, issues relating to critical Internet resources;
   - Help to find solutions to the issues arising from the use and misuse
   of the Internet, of particular concern to everyday users;
   -     Publish its proceedings

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/aboutigf
We look forwad to your participation in the event.

-- 
Barrack O. Otieno
+254721325277
+254-20-2498789
Skype: barrack.otieno
http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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