Good morning,

Welcome to the final day of the IG online discussion, 2009!

The Internet Governance Forum is scheduled to be held for first time in Africa at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (http://igf09.eg/). This presents an excellent opportunity to raise issues that are of importance to the continent, our region and country.

Some of the themes proposed to be discussed in the upcoming 4^th IGF and contained in IGF-Programme, Format and Schedule for the 2009 meeting (http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2009/progpaper/ProgrammePaper.01.05.2009.rtf) include:

Internationalization of critical Internet resources management/Managing critical Internet resources
Balancing privacy, openness and security
Access
Round table discussions: on the empowerment and protection of children online, the accessibility for people with disabilities, multilingualism and access to local content.
Workshops: Access, Critical internet resources, Diversity, Openness, Security, Capacity building and Development. (Workshop proposals: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009ListView)

The forum will also provide an opportunity to discuss Paragraph 76 of the Tunis Agenda “examine the desirability of the continuation of the Forum”

What method should be used to assess the impact of the internet governance debate through the two phases of World Summit on Information Society in Geneva, 2003 and Tunis 2005 and the 1st to the 3rd IGF?
What do you think needs to be addressed in the remaining two IGFs?
How can we as Kenyans, effectively participate at the 4^th IGF and translate the lessons learnt?
Do you think that the IGF should continue after the 5th IGF?

You are encouraged to make your comment on day’s and any other of the previous days’ discussions.

Kind regards

Mwende

Disclaimer: Views expressed here (except those quoted or referenced) are the author’s own