[kictanet] KIGF Call For Topics

Nancy marangu marangukn at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 15:05:44 EAT 2022


Dear Rosemary,

Hope you are well. I would suggest to include the topic on Digital
inclusion for persons with disabilities.

Warm regards,

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 11:46 AM Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Happy Easter Listers,
>
> The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that
> brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and Internet
> policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a
> knowledge-sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both
> the public and private sectors.
>
> The national forum also feeds into the regional and global IGFs through a
> chain of reporting and representation to the regional and global IGFs to
> ensure bottom-up Internet policy development processes and a strong link
> between global and local internet policies.
>
> This year’s global IGF will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The global
> IGF theme is ‘*Resilient Internet for a shared sustainable and common
> future’.* The Kenya IGF theme is aligned to the global IGF theme and will
> respond to the local context including the upcoming 2022 general election.
> The Forum programme may be developed in line with the following global IGF
> sub-themes, but through multistakeholder dialogue, listers can choose
> topics that they feel are closer to home.
>
> 1.Connecting all People and Safeguarding Human Rights.
> 2. Avoiding Internet Fragmentation.
> 3. Governing Data Protection and Privacy.
> 4. Enabling Safety Security and. Accountability .
> 5. Addressing Advanced Technologies including AI.
>
> On behalf of the local Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), we'd be
> interested to hear your views on the issues and topics that are a priority
> for Kenya, and you think ought to be discussed during this year's Kenya
> IGF.
>
> The Kenya IGF shall be held on 30th June 2022.
>
> Rosemary Chemutai Koech-Kimwatu
> MAG Chairperson 2022
>
>
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