Over 2,000 participants from more than 100 countries descended on Nairobi for the 2011 United Nations Internet Governance Forum, to engage in discussions and knowledge sharing. The increasing attendance at the IGF meetings demonstrate that the Forum continues to be useful and of value to attendees. One of the fundamental characteristics of the IGF is that it is an open, non-binding, multi-stakeholder and bottom up forum. The Forum is unique...
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I have had a chance to attend a workshop on Access and Diversity of Broadband Internet Access Center for Science, Development and Media studies on the first day of IGF 2011. The key discussion revolved around the fact that access to Internet is a fundamental human right and the measures that some of the governments have taken in order to provide this fundamental right to their citizens. The panelists of the workshop further reinforced that...
Posted: Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
The future of IGF is related with the issue of Internet, freedom and human rights.
So here are my few thoughts.
- If you ask me a question as: Do you think “Internet” should be free like air and water?
- My answer is: “You are asking me wrong question!”
- Why, the term “Internet” and “Water” or “Air” are different and can not be compare. We can only...
Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2011
During this session the main points of discussions were what the main outcomes of IGF are, the main impact of IGF and what issues of IGF should be improved for future. One of the positive aspects of IGF is to have meetings in different continents, which should be continued in future. IGF should continue to be nonbinding, free from any constrains, so to benefit from multi-stakeholder dialogue. Several issues had been raised on how to improve...
Posted: Friday, September 30th, 2011
Viruses, malware, identify theft and online fraud are buzzwords that delineate the nefarious risks and activities which are common place in todays Internet. Both sober and engaging, workshop 115 on cybercrime strategies, the Commonwealth IGF cyber crime initiative and the main session on Openness, Security and Privacy addressed some of the concerns regarding the security of the current Internet infrastructure.
Workshop 115 and the...
Posted: Friday, September 30th, 2011
Internet, a technologically complex global communication network and information medium is a chaos, when viewed from multi-stakeholder perspectives. The issues of Internet Governance (IG) are as new as the technology itself in some parts of the world, particularly in developing countries like the Pacific Islands where I am. Imagine trying raising awareness and engaging people on IG issues in such regions where the reliable internet...
Posted: Friday, September 30th, 2011
This was one of the questions addressed during the Managing critical internet resources plenary session, in the context of a discussion on a recent draft proposal of India, Brasil and South Africa (already widely known as the IBSA proposal).
According to this document, the three governments are arguing that “an appropriate body is urgently...
Posted: Friday, September 30th, 2011
Internet, a technologically complex global communication network and information medium is a chaos, when viewed from multi-stakeholder perspectives. The issues of Internet Governance (IG) are as new as the technology itself in some parts of the world, particularly in developing countries like the Pacific Islands where I am. Imagine trying raising awareness and engaging people on IG issues in such regions where the reliable internet...
Posted: Friday, September 30th, 2011
This was one of the questions addressed during the Managing critical internet resources plenary session, in the context of a discussion on a recent draft proposal of India, Brasil and South Africa (already widely known as the IBSA proposal).
According to this document, the three governments are arguing that “an appropriate body is urgently...
Posted: Friday, September 30th, 2011
On the third day of multistakeholder forum discussions at the IGF 2011, interconnection of fiber optic connectivity across the African region is again coming into focus. Many countries in Africa with direct access to the coast line have achieved submarine cable landings that link the countries direct to the rest of the world. Even with these positive developments, it has been noted that African countries still spend approximately 1.8 million...
Posted: Thursday, September 29th, 2011