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<td>Invitation to the first African Internet Governance Forum
(AfIGF 2012) from 3 to 4 October 2012 in Cairo, Egypt</td>
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<td>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:56:30 +0300</td>
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<td>Makane Faye <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mfaye@uneca.org"><mfaye@uneca.org></a></td>
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<td>Makane Faye <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:faymakane@gmail.com"><faymakane@gmail.com></a>, sayele
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sayele@uneca.org"><sayele@uneca.org></a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fkurabachew@uneca.org">fkurabachew@uneca.org</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:KHushaidan@uneca.org">"KHushaidan@uneca.org"</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:khushaidan@uneca.org"><khushaidan@uneca.org></a></td>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:12pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font
size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dear Colleagues,<span
style="COLOR:black"></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) in
collaboration with the Government of Arab Republic of Egypt
through the Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology and the sub-regional IGFs will organize the first
African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2012) from 3 to 4
October 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The event is expected to bring
together participants from all over the continent to define
Africa’s collective common position on Internet Governance and
share best practices based on the results of national and
sub-regional consultations.</font></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:36.2pt;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"> </font></i></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt;VERTICAL-ALIGN:baseline"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3">Building on the United Nations (UN) Millennium
Development Goals, and the mandate given at the Second Phase of
the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis (WSIS), the
IGF is a United Nations led-activity initiated in 2006 as a
global platform for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on
prevailing and emerging issues on Internet governance in order
to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability,
and development of the Internet. </font></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:black"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="BACKGROUND:white"><font
size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The Internet Governance
space in Africa has been very active during the WSIS process
with regional meetings held from 2002 to 2005 in Bamako,
Accra, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Johannesburg, Douala and Tunis.
Moreover, within the IGF global initiative, Africa has
hosted IGF in Egypt (2009) and in Kenya (2011). </font></font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="BACKGROUND:white"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="BACKGROUND:white"><font
size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Presently, there are
five regional initiatives that are ongoing in Africa; which
include the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF),
the East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF), Forum de
Gouvernance de l'Internet en Afrique Centrale (FGI-CA), the
Southern Africa Internet Governance Forum (SAIGF) and the
North Africa Internet Governance Forum (NAIGF). These
sub-regional initiatives, which have organized meetings in
2012, together with AfIGF will support and promote the
consolidation of on-going national initiatives and also
reach out to continental and global stakeholders for
Africa’s better participation in IGF.</font></font></span></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Accordingly
and in view of the pivotal role that you and your institution
are playing in <span style="COLOR:black">the promotion of the
Internet Governance agenda, I am pleased to invite you, on
behalf of the Director of the ICT and Science and Techology
Division of ECA, </span>to participate in AfIGF 2012.</font></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;TEXT-INDENT:0.5in;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New
Roman">Please note that the Forum will bring together
representatives from governments, businesses and
non-governmental organisations for two days of intensive <span
style="COLOR:black">discussions about the state of Internet
Governance in Africa and developing strategies on best
practices. The Forum will also attract participation from
related international and regional organizations and
partners. Moreover, AfIGF 2012 is the first of its kind
addressing IG issues on the continent providing substantive
input to the global IGF process and Africa’s participation
in other international fora. </span></font></font></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;LINE-HEIGHT:13.9pt;TEXT-INDENT:36.7pt;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;LINE-HEIGHT:13.9pt;TEXT-INDENT:36.7pt;MARGIN:0in
0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
organizers would appreciate if you could kindly confirm your
participation by 20 August 2012. The registration form is
attached. The programme and list of hotels will be soon made
available at the conference website. Please circulate this
information to all your colleagues and network members.</font></p>
<p
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<p
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0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN"><font size="3"><font
face="Times New Roman">We hope to hear from you soon.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span
style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black">Makane Faye (Mr.)<br>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span
style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black">Officer-in-Charge, ICT
Policy and Development & E-Application Sections<br>
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)<br>
P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<br>
ECA New Building, Office 5S14<br>
Ext. 33563<br>
Tel: +251 11 5443563<br>
Fax: +251 11 5514416 / 0512<br>
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