Invitation to join dialogue on African civil society's, engagement with internet governance processes
(apologies for cross posting) Dear friends and colleagues INVITATION TO JOIN ONLINE DIALOGUE! We invite you to join an online dialogue among African civil society, media and other people who care about a free, open and accessible internet to share their views and increase their understanding of current trends in internet regulation and governance. The UN's Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution in 2012 that 'human rights apply online as well as offline'. We need to be aware of this and help promote the application of this decision at all levels of internet policy and regulation. The dialogue should help us consider questions such as: 1. What are the implications of the HRC resolution for our work? 2. How does it relate to broader debates on human rights, governance and development? 3. What do you think are the fundamental principles that should frame and guide the decision-making processes that shape the evolution of the internet - at infrastructure level as well as at access and usage level? 4. What are your suggestions to improve the participation of African constituencies in the coordination of the internet global resources as well as in related policy-making processes? 5. What are the specific changes you would like to see, if any, across the range of entities and processes that carry out the governance of the internet? Aside from these broader questions it is also crucial that we consider upcoming processes such as the African Internet Governance Forum (Oct), the global Internet Governance Forum (Nov) and the review of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) (Dec). It is hoped that this platform will strengthen African civil society's engagement with internet governance processes at national, regional and global levels and enable us to contribute to shaping the future development of the internet and the telecommunications networks most of us depend on for access. To join this discussion do one of the following: 1) Go tohttps://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig and follow the instructions to join the mailing list. 2) Write to Mawaki Chango atmawaki@apc.org and he will add your email to the list. 3) Visit our background page http://africa-ig.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_Page to learn more about this process. Looking forward to hearing your views and questions. Remember there is no such thing as a 'stupid question'! Don't feel intimidated by jargon and concepts that you don't fully understand. As a community of African internet users we will be able to learn from one another. Staff and members of the Association for Progressive Communications will help facilitate this discusssion. Participants are free to post in English and French. We will develop regular summaries and post them in both languages. Warm regards from the APC Africa policy team Mawaki Chango Emilar Vushe Anriette Esterhuysen --
Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Alice Munyua <alice@apc.org> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:20:09 To: <bitange@jambo.co.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Invitation to join dialogue on African civil society's, engagement with internet governance processes (apologies for cross posting) Dear friends and colleagues INVITATION TO JOIN ONLINE DIALOGUE! We invite you to join an online dialogue among African civil society, media and other people who care about a free, open and accessible internet to share their views and increase their understanding of current trends in internet regulation and governance. The UN's Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution in 2012 that 'human rights apply online as well as offline'. We need to be aware of this and help promote the application of this decision at all levels of internet policy and regulation. The dialogue should help us consider questions such as: 1. What are the implications of the HRC resolution for our work? 2. How does it relate to broader debates on human rights, governance and development? 3. What do you think are the fundamental principles that should frame and guide the decision-making processes that shape the evolution of the internet - at infrastructure level as well as at access and usage level? 4. What are your suggestions to improve the participation of African constituencies in the coordination of the internet global resources as well as in related policy-making processes? 5. What are the specific changes you would like to see, if any, across the range of entities and processes that carry out the governance of the internet? Aside from these broader questions it is also crucial that we consider upcoming processes such as the African Internet Governance Forum (Oct), the global Internet Governance Forum (Nov) and the review of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) (Dec). It is hoped that this platform will strengthen African civil society's engagement with internet governance processes at national, regional and global levels and enable us to contribute to shaping the future development of the internet and the telecommunications networks most of us depend on for access. To join this discussion do one of the following: 1) Go tohttps://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig and follow the instructions to join the mailing list. 2) Write to Mawaki Chango atmawaki@apc.org and he will add your email to the list. 3) Visit our background page http://africa-ig.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_Page to learn more about this process. Looking forward to hearing your views and questions. Remember there is no such thing as a 'stupid question'! Don't feel intimidated by jargon and concepts that you don't fully understand. As a community of African internet users we will be able to learn from one another. Staff and members of the Association for Progressive Communications will help facilitate this discusssion. Participants are free to post in English and French. We will develop regular summaries and post them in both languages. Warm regards from the APC Africa policy team Mawaki Chango Emilar Vushe Anriette Esterhuysen -- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Alice Munyua <alice@apc.org> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:20:09 To: <bitange@jambo.co.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Invitation to join dialogue on African civil society's, engagement with internet governance processes (apologies for cross posting) Dear friends and colleagues INVITATION TO JOIN ONLINE DIALOGUE! We invite you to join an online dialogue among African civil society, media and other people who care about a free, open and accessible internet to share their views and increase their understanding of current trends in internet regulation and governance. The UN's Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution in 2012 that 'human rights apply online as well as offline'. We need to be aware of this and help promote the application of this decision at all levels of internet policy and regulation. The dialogue should help us consider questions such as: 1. What are the implications of the HRC resolution for our work? 2. How does it relate to broader debates on human rights, governance and development? 3. What do you think are the fundamental principles that should frame and guide the decision-making processes that shape the evolution of the internet - at infrastructure level as well as at access and usage level? 4. What are your suggestions to improve the participation of African constituencies in the coordination of the internet global resources as well as in related policy-making processes? 5. What are the specific changes you would like to see, if any, across the range of entities and processes that carry out the governance of the internet? Aside from these broader questions it is also crucial that we consider upcoming processes such as the African Internet Governance Forum (Oct), the global Internet Governance Forum (Nov) and the review of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) (Dec). It is hoped that this platform will strengthen African civil society's engagement with internet governance processes at national, regional and global levels and enable us to contribute to shaping the future development of the internet and the telecommunications networks most of us depend on for access. To join this discussion do one of the following: 1) Go tohttps://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig and follow the instructions to join the mailing list. 2) Write to Mawaki Chango atmawaki@apc.org and he will add your email to the list. 3) Visit our background page http://africa-ig.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_Page to learn more about this process. Looking forward to hearing your views and questions. Remember there is no such thing as a 'stupid question'! Don't feel intimidated by jargon and concepts that you don't fully understand. As a community of African internet users we will be able to learn from one another. Staff and members of the Association for Progressive Communications will help facilitate this discusssion. Participants are free to post in English and French. We will develop regular summaries and post them in both languages. Warm regards from the APC Africa policy team Mawaki Chango Emilar Vushe Anriette Esterhuysen -- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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