Thanks Alice. I only wish this came a little earlier. You know the hustles of trips to such destinations esp if you have documentations that are not upto date. But keep us posted on discussions as you've always done. Andrew Alice Wanjira <alice@apc.org> wrote: LONDON, UK -- The London School of Economics Department of Information Systems and the Association For Progressive Communications invite you to a forum on: Internet Governance Workshop on Rights and Development Saturday July 1st, 2pm to 5pm, Old Theatre, London School of Economics and Political Science, WC2A 2AE In October 2006, over 1000 people - from Government, Industry, Civil Society, the 'technical community, United Nations Agencies and international organisations - will come together in Athens for the first 'Internet Governance Forum'. Agreement by 190 governments to establish an annual Internet Governance Forum was one of the most concrete outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society which concluded with the Tunis Summit, November 2005. The overall theme of the Athens IGF meeting will be 'Internet Governance and Development' and will address global public policy issues such as 'Openness, Security, Diversity and Access' in relation to governance of the internet. It will prioritise 'capacity building' in all of it's work and aims to incorporate a human rights based approach to it's work. Two of the most controversial human rights issues that are likely to be addressed by the IGF are freedom of expression and privacy. We are organising this meeting to feed into this new process. The London School of Economics (LSE) Department of Information Systems and the Association For Progressive Communications will host a public forum in preparation for the IGF, to address questions such as: * rights, development and internet governance: are rights integral to the 'development'process or a by-product? Can we codify human rights which are applicable to the Internet? * privacy: can the renewed emphasis on security emerging from the anti-terrorism and cybercrime agendas be resolved with privacy rights? Can privacy be built into security requirements? * freedom of expression: is it possible to establish constructive dialogue with industry, activists and governments on rights and responsibilities that will ensure an 'irrepressible' internet? * your right to be involved: how can civil society organisations engage in formal governance processes and what knowledge can they bring to the tables? The Aarhus Convention grants public rights and imposes on Parties and public authorities obligations regarding access to information and public participation and access to justice - can we develop a mechanism like this for internet governance? http://www.unece.org/env/pp/welcome.html Guest speakers will include: * Markus Kummer; Coordinator of the IGF Secretariat * Michael Stanley-Jones; Environmental Information Management Officer with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva and principal officer of the Aarhus Convention Task Force on Electronic Information Tools and the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers * Jerry Fishenden, National Technology Officer, Microsoft UK * A representative from Amnesty UK, Irrepressible Campaign (to be confirmed) * Simon Davies, Visiting Fellow at the LSE and Director of Privacy International Author: --- (APCNews) Contact: communications@apc.org Source: APCNews Date: 06/29/2006 Location: LONDON, UK Category: Internet Governance _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@kictanet.or.ke http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrew.limo%40yahoo.com --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.