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Bangladesh Consultation on Fourth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

Bangladesh Consultation on Fourth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held on 31st October at Bangladesh Computer Council, Dhaka. Mr. Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications attended the workshop as the Chief Guest while Mr. Akram H Chowdhury, MP, Chairperson, Center for e-Parliament Studis attended as the moderator of consultation. The consultation jointly organized by Computer Jagat, Bangladesh NGOs Network… Continue

Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on November 6, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

IGF process

Hello , Allow me to present my thanks to Diplo for this brilliant initiative. The process on Internet Governance knew a significant progression in certain countries with key questions about intellectual property,data protections, cybersecurity…. But it is advisable to note that the majority of the African countries are always absent in this debate. IGF 2009 in Africa is a very good opportunity for African countries to bring their view compared to experience gained in using digital technology. Is… Continue

Added by SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN on November 5, 2009 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Internet Censorship in Ukraine

Ukraine may adopt a law that will enable ISPs to monitor user's and block their access to some online content. P.S. The presidential elections are in January 2010. Here is the information from http://bmeyes.blogspot.com/2009/10/ukrainian-404-error-for-everybody-404.html… Continue

Added by Mojito on October 31, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

CALL TO THE ICANN BOARD TO CORRECT PROBLEMS WITH THE NCSG CHARTER, AND...

1 18 August 2009 TO: THE ICANN BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MR. ROD BECKSTROM, ICANN PRESIDENT AND CEO RE: CALL TO THE ICANN BOARD TO CORRECT PROBLEMS WITH THE NCSG CHARTER, AND TO ADDRESS CONTINUING MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT NONCOMMERCIAL INVOLVEMENT IN ICANN This letter comes from nearly 150 individual and organizational members of ICANN’s Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC). It is also endorsed by public interest groups outside of NCUC. We are all deeply concerned about the July 30, 2009 ICANN Boar… Continue

Added by Hojatollah Modirian on October 30, 2009 at 6:24pm — No Comments

IG Youth E-consultation

The Youth and IG Team is gathering inputs and feedbacks from youth and the entire IG community. These information will allow you to contribute for a suitable IG youth strategy. Please take just 10 minutes to your precious time to fulfil the short questionnaire available at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KrbuILlnM7lR_2fEAcETcoOw_3d_3d We need your voice ! Deadline: 4th Nov. Continue

Added by Pascal G. Bekono on October 29, 2009 at 8:42pm — 1 Comment

Fourteen Lessons from the Internet Governance Forum

FOURTEEN LESSONS FROM THE INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM This post is one of the texts featured in the forthcoming publication "IGF: Identifying the Impact" that will be launched at the IGF meeting in Sharm El Sheikh. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF - the principal global body in the field of Internet governance) has introduced some innovative approaches in managing global policy processes. Some of these may be useful for other polic… Continue

Added by Jovan on October 28, 2009 at 6:01pm — No Comments

WAIGF Communiqué

Shared by our colleague Lillian Sharpley (pdf file attached:WAIGF Communique.pdf )

WAIGF Communiqué 14-16 October 2009 Accra, Ghana “Promot… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on October 26, 2009 at 1:16pm — 1 Comment

Twitter #ICANN

ICANN meeting is being intensely reported on Twitter and we organized a tool to visualize all tweets with the #ICANN hashtag here:

http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on October 26, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

West Africa Internet Governance Forum

a week ago, I was on my way back from West Africa, in Accra, Ghana to be precise.....form representing the five East Africa Countries (Kenya, Uganda,Tanzania,Burundi and Rwanda) in the forum. I had an awesome time, apart from the time changes that gave me a very difficult time to adjust......the forum was a great success. I have always had the passion for capacity building . I fostered the partnership between KICTAnet(http://www.kictanet.or.ke/) and Dip… Continue

Added by Judi on October 25, 2009 at 11:29pm — No Comments

the second East Africa Internet Governance Forum.

In September 7th – 9th was the set date for the EA-IGF to take place in Nairobi, Kenya….today the 1st of September 2009 the person incharge of logistics is unwell. .....talk about an unfortunate scenario......So I had to step in and do logistics….ensure everyone expected in the country got here…. had their tickets, arranged their pick-ups and has a room…..WOW…talk about sleepless nights! http://www.eaigf.or.ke/tl.html Initially my task as part of th… Continue

Added by Judi on October 25, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Making Policy - Science or Arts (negotiations)? Can we measure policy?

You must have been in the situation that you read something you disagree with from a person whom you appreciate or admire. Should we trust that person or our logic? It happened to me while reading an interview with Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. He is a great person in many respects, since his early days in Novell. His achievement in Google are amazing. "But" he said, or at least as it was reported by the Washington Post: With Google's vast power for capturing and remembering data, Schmidt… Continue

Added by Jovan on October 25, 2009 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Diplo @ "The Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet Politics"

Great news! This evening, at a ceremony in the French National Assembly, Diplo received an award as one of “The Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet Politics” given by PoliticsOnline. Other laureates include Google and Twitter.

The D… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on October 23, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Newcomers from Saint Lucia

Several of the students from the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) where I teach have expressed an interest in Internet governance issues. I recommended that they should join the Diplo ning because it would be a good place to learn more. Please make them feel welcome and help them if they have questions. So far I think we have Meghan and Orrisha but I believe there are more to come. My colleague Monique is also here now. So soon we will need an SALCC Group :-) Best wishes to all Deirdre Continue

Added by Deirdre Williams on October 23, 2009 at 3:29am — 1 Comment

II LAC Preparatory IGF Meeting: the report

If you are doing a comparate study of different regions and their perspectives on the Internet Governance themes or specifically interested to find more about how Latin America and the Caribbean is taking a leading role, this report shared by Carlos Afonso is a must-read.

The audio and video has already bee… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on October 19, 2009 at 5:51pm — No Comments

An Attempt to Explain the Internet Governance Forum

A few days ago, over a glass of beer, I tried to explain to a friend of mine what I do. This was not an easy task. Since he is a programmer, I thought it would be easier to explain the Internet Governance part of my work to him (rather than the diplomatic part), including the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The start of my explanation was not promising. He had many questions. After a few beers, my reputation started to shake. But necessity is the mother of invention, so I decided to explain the… Continue

Added by Jovan on October 16, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Diplo Professional Development Workshops

Upcoming Workshops in November 2009 » Public Speaking: Prepared and Impromptu » Time (Stress) Management and Crisis Communication DiploFoundation's series of Professional Development Workshops is a result of many years of experience in the… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on October 16, 2009 at 11:11am — No Comments

Survey invitation for a research project on intellectual property right on the Internet

Dear Diplo Internet Governance Community, I would like to invite you to voice your opinions on copyright issues in cyberspace and thus participate in the research project of a young Bulgarian researcher. “Intellectual property rights on the Internet: issues and challenges” is the provisional title of the MA thesis research of Nikolay Kolev. The project aims to summarize the global debates related to intellectual property rights in the age of web 2.0 and the different policy responses at nationa… Continue

Added by Maya Fadeeva Nikolova on October 15, 2009 at 8:47pm — No Comments

Twitter aggregates from WAIGF

For all who want to follow the West Africa Internet Governance Forum, you can visit the following link http://bit.ly/oRBF4 Thanks Continue

Added by Charles Amega-Selorm on October 15, 2009 at 5:08pm — 1 Comment

[Interview] Guilherme Almeida de Almeida, Brazil

BRASILIA (Diplo) - Crowdsourcing being used by the government to enact a new law? This innovative approach is being taken in Brazil and Guilherme Almeida de Almeida (Diplo IGCBP 2006 Alumnus) tells ho… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on October 15, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Privacy and Our Survival Instict - "To See and Not To Be Seen"

To see and not to be seen is the survival principle in nature. The game between predator and prey is as old as nature. Plants and animals try to camouflage and increase chances for survival in spite of the Darwinian predicament of the survival of the fittest. Humans are no different. Since the early days, the key for survival was to see prey and not be seen by predators, and with the development of civilization later on, by other humans. Military history is the history of camouflage and deceptio… Continue

Added by Jovan on October 14, 2009 at 12:25pm — No Comments