Status:
IGF Theme(s) for workshop: Internet Governance for Development [IG4D] cross cutting priority
Main theme question address by workshop: Thematic Cluster 2 "Enabling Environment" (Q1 & Q2), IG4D Thematic Cluster 3 - "Infrastructure" (Q1)
Concise description of the proposed workshop:
The spread of Internet access and its penetration into all parts of the world is a vital project, and one that relies heavily on the effective knowledge sharing between developed and developing regions.
Over the past few years a number of sub regional initiatives have emerged within both AfriNIC’s and the RIPE NCC’s service that attempt to address the full spectrum of Internet related issues, whether technical (through trainings and courses on infrastructure building and growth delivered by initiatives such as the (NOGs) Network Operator Groups) or Internet Governance and policy related initiatives (through sub regional (IGFs) Internet Governance Forums).
This workshop will attempt to bring together organizations, experts and regional representatives from different Internet stakeholders and sectors, that have developed innovative projects, forums and strategies for building human Internet capacity in various regions (both developed and developing), with the goal of identifying strategies and tools to facilitate more effective training, education and capacity building programs around the world.
This workshop will also shed more light on the legal and regulatory measures taken by developing countries to encourage investment in innovation and in infrastructure growth, with the goal sharing best experiences that may benefit other regions address their own limitations.
Background Paper:
Name of the organiser(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Researchers, ICT companies (members of the CEO coalition), NGOs, European Commission
Have you, or any of your co-organisers, organised an IGF workshop before?: Yes
Please provide link(s) to workshop(s) or report(s):
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=Workshops2011View&wspid=64
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2011View&wspid=63
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2011View&wspid=202
Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
Paul Rendek - The RIPE NCC
Hisham Ibrahim - AfriNIC
Representative from the Arab IGF
Representative from the European Commission
Representative from the NOG technical community
Name of Remote Moderator(s):