Thanks Mwende! Great work. Seems it was a very conc meeting.<br>Very interesting points in the way forward......even some consideration to diversifying participation. I hope that by the next regional IGF, given the very wide range of potential participants in EA, we can have more varied discussions....(other than country reports....) say for instance on projects being undertaken by wananchi in rural areas, human rights etc....<br>
I hope we shall also have developed remote participation. <br>Looking forward.<br><br><br>PS: I saw a debate about the .eac domain, every state wanting to host it...any agreement reached?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 August 2010 01:11, mwende njiraini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mwende.njiraini@gmail.com">mwende.njiraini@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear
all<br>
<br>
The following are highlights of dicussions that I captured from the just concluded 3rd EAIGF in Kampala, Uganda, which are also available on the following links:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/highlights-of-ongoing-east" target="_blank">http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/highlights-of-ongoing-east</a> <br>
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/3rd-eaigf-final-day-highlights" target="_blank">http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/3rd-eaigf-final-day-highlights</a></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>The <a href="http://www.eaigf.or.ke/" target="_blank">3<sup>rd</sup> East
African Internet Governance Forum</a> that began on 11<sup>th</sup> August
ended today Friday 13<sup>th</sup> August. The following are the
highlights the issues discussed at the forum. </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 1:
Official Opening</span></b><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 2: Reports
of national IGF process: </span></b><span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>The need to create value and awareness in order to engage the
private sector in IG discussion.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span><a href="http://www.uneca.org/index.htm" target="_blank">United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa</a> (UNECA) reported that:</span><span></span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>It would soon be launching a knowledge
management platform </span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>It working on evaluating Africa’s
participation in the WSIS and IGF process as well as seeking to establish
Africa’s position in light of discussions on the continuation of the IGF.
</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>Developing indicators on the implementation
of cybersecurity in ICT policies</span></li></ul></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 3: Cyber
Security Management: </span></b><span></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span>The forum acknowledged that
cybersecurity threats were on the rise as a result of increased usage and
access to broadband. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>The need for collaboration in
establishment of harmonized cybersecurity policies, legislation and
management frameworks specifically the creation of Computer Incident
Response Teams (CIRT</span><span>) was recognized.</span><span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 4:
Strengthening Critical Internet Resources: </span></b><span></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span>An appreciation of different ccTLD
management and governance structures in each country as these structures
were factors determined by the local context/circumstances </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>ccTLDs faced stiff competition from gTLDs
hence the need to “strengthening of ccTLDs” in terms of technical
excellence, governance and policy structures, quality of service and
price, marketing and branding</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>The pricing of ccTLD was determined by
numbers (critical mass=reduction in prices), nature of operation, need for
sustainability and perception of the value of ccTLD</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>A proposal to set up a working group to
discuss the viability/business model of DOT EAC (.eac) was considered
taking note of the proposed </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/dag-en.htm" target="_blank">ICANN new gTLD draft
applicant guidebook</a></span><span> and proposed</span><span> process which were lengthy, complex and expensive.</span><span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 5:
IPv6 Challenge</span></b><span></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Africa for historical reasons (late
adopters, relatively new RIR) has not exhausted its IPv4 address block.
Another factor of the relatively low utilization of IPv4 has been the
current network design employed by ISPs and network operators. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/" target="_blank">AfriNIC</a> </span><span> has therefore launched of the
‘No-NAT’ project</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>IPv6 presents Africa with an opportunity
to engage on the same footing as the rest of the world particularly in
light of the growth of the mobile sector by starting the transition to
IPv6 early/now!</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>The need to create</span><span> awareness, training and development of a transition strategy was
identified.</span><span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 6: Access
and affordability to Broadband</span></b><span></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Acknowledgement of the important of
establishing redundancy and resilience of the national, trans-national and
submarine fibre optic networks </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Proposal to ratify the </span><a href="http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf" target="_blank">United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea<span> (UNCLOS)</span></a><span> to
guarantee connection and transit to submarine cables for land-locked
countries in the East African region. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Recognition of the need for a regional
IXP through harmonization of regulatory frameworks (licensing requirements
and interconnection guidelines) to facilitate cross-border network
operators.</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 7: Emerging issues</span></b><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Creation of
viable framework for ICT skills enhancement. This would include
regional mutual recognition of IT certification to foster acquisition of
internationally compatible and competitive skills to take advantage of the
regional integration and globalization.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Recognizing
that the youth form over 50% of the population in East Africa, to forum
recognized the need to support youth in ICT entrepreneurship and
facilitate their engagement in the Internet-governance related policy
making processes.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Emphasis to
strengthen existing ccTLDs in light of other gTLD initiatives in the
continent including the Dot Africa initiative. The dot Africa was
presented as a compliment rather than a competitor to existing ccTLDs.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Code of Good
Practice and its application to Internet Governance<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"> </span>guidelines was presented. The aim of the code is to
improve information, participation, transparency<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">
</span>and inclusive engagement of IG-related entities in their
arrangements and practices.</span><span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span>Session 8: Way Forward</span></b><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Some of resolutions of the forum are paraphrased
below: </span><span></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0cm;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Formation of
a working group to develop strategies to strengthen ccTLDs in the region
in light of competition for gTLDs and determine the business case for the
.eac domain.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Registration
of the EAIGF domain name (.ug .tz .rw .bi) all pointing to <a href="http://www.eaigf.or.ke" target="_blank">www.eaigf.or.ke</a></span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>East African
countries ratify the <a href="http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf" target="_blank">United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea</a>
(UNCLOS). Relevant sections of the Convention in view of submarine
cables include Part VI; Article 79 and Part VII; Article 87(c) and Article
112.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> EAIGF
host a knowledge management repository for that IG-relevant information
from national and regional organisations in particular East African
Communications Organization (EACO)</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Support of
the creation of a regional exchange point and [<i>taking into cognizance
the local context develop harmonized IPv6 transition strategies</i>]</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Adoption of
unified strategies in initiatives including youth initiatives, mutual
recognition IT skills certification, new gTLDs, among others.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Utilize the
Code of practice as a tool for achieving balanced participation and carry
forward IG-related resolutions of and recommendations from organisation
and country in the region.</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> 4<sup>th</sup>
EAIGF to be hosted in Rwanda and a call for support for the Kenya’s bid to
host the UN-IGF in 2011 in the event that the UN-IGF’s mandate is extended.</span><span></span></li></ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span>Kind regards<br>
Mwende<br>
<br>
(Ps: I was unfortunately unable to twit)
</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span>Disclaimer: Views expressed here (except
those reported, quoted or referenced) are the author’s own</span></i><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Grace Bomu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nmutungu@gmail.com" target="_blank">nmutungu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks Walu,<br>yesterday I was just asking someone whether there is some way to participate remotely. This helps.<br>Who is in the Kenyan delegation? Perhaps we can follow their tweets for more customised info or info of particular interest to Kenyan youth.<br>
best!<br><br><br>rgds,<br>Grace<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On 13 August 2010 10:17, Walubengo J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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below the updates from the East African Internet Governance Forum in Uganda.<br><br>walu.<br>Alice: any major\key decisions coming out of the Kampala meeting?<br>
--- On <b>Wed, 8/11/10, I-Network Secretariat Eunice Namirembe <i><<a href="mailto:namirembe@i-network.or.ug" target="_blank">namirembe@i-network.or.ug</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">
<br>From: I-Network Secretariat Eunice Namirembe <<a href="mailto:namirembe@i-network.or.ug" target="_blank">namirembe@i-network.or.ug</a>><br>Subject: [i-network] East African Internet Governance Forum<br>To: "I-Network Uganda" <<a href="mailto:i-network@dgroups.org" target="_blank">i-network@dgroups.org</a>><br>
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 6:38 PM<br><br><div>Dear Members,<br><br>Like most of you may know already, The East African Internet Governance Forum is taking place now. You are invited to follow proceedings on Twitter @EA_IGF, read updates on the blog <a href="http://www.eaigf-uganda.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.eaigf-uganda.blogspot.com/</a> or follow participants updates on facebook when you search East African Internet Governance Forum and be part of the event.<br>
<br>You can also access day one presentations on the EAIGF website using this link <a href="http://www.eaigf.or.ke/eaigf/eaigf/2010-eaigf-presentation.html" target="_blank">http://www.eaigf.or.ke/eaigf/eaigf/2010-eaigf-presentation.html</a>.<br>
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