SA Internet Governance Forum opens tomorrow
The Department of Communications South Africa with the endorsement of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) will host their very first South African Internet Governance Forum (SAIGF) from 1-3 September 2011.
The SAIGF is jointly convened by the NEPAD Agency, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Southern Africa NGO Network (SANGONeT).
Objectives of the forum will be to contribute to the establishment of a coordinated, structured and coherent framework for dealing with Internet Governance issues in the SADC region.
Moreover, the forum is intended to increase awareness of Internet Governance issues in Southern Africa, to facilitate the participation of a broad range of SADC stakeholders ahead of the Global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 27-30 September 2011, and to build capacity of SADC stakeholders and to create a systematic, national, regional and global Internet Governance policy dialogue process within the SADC region.
Key outcomes of the forum will be the establishment of a framework for the SAIGF and the articulation of a regional position for the global IGF in Nairobi.
The forum will take place at The Hilton Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg at 8.00am.
To RSVP, contact Keitumetse Hlahatsi on az.vog.cod@estemutieK.
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