Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008

‘How to take your Internet Further’

Report from the result of the Workshop #51, Wednesday December 3, 16.00.

Introduction

ISOC-ECC held a workshop on 3 December at the third United Nation conference on Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad India. The topic was How to take your Internet further. It was a joint workshop with Latin America, said Christopher Wilkinson who has organized the workshop. ISOC headquarters staff also expressed their support. It was very successful and all presenters made good presentations with participants' involvement during the Question and Answer session.

The workshop had been organised and financed in cooperation between several ISOC-ECC Chapters and ISOC Headquarters. Particular thanks go to ISOC-Ecuador for joining the project together with ISOC-HQ support.

Results of the workshop:

• Chapters build a relation with the authorities. This pays off when policy and legislations questions are actual for a country.

It is important to have a multi stakeholder participation when you work with the interest in the future so all important questions and aspects come into the play

• that four chapters presented their experience of how Internet has developed in their respective countries.

That ISOC is an multi stakeholder organisation with a big 'hugh' and every one fits in. Internet is for all!! We shared our visions for the future and gave references to www-links for more material and e-mail contacts.

We urged the people attending to contact their local chapters. If they don't have one, it takes only 25 people and bylaws to start the process to form a chapter.

The participating Chapters this time were:

ISOC-Sweden: Östen Franberg, Position Sweden development as an Internet country. Briefly mention project, result in 10 focus areas ‘Sweden as a prominent internet nation in 2015.

ISOC-Italy: Stefano Trumpy, Position Italian internet community by interacting with international bodies to bring forward and further research important areas for Italian Industry. Guide government and authorities in use and deployment of important Internet functions.

ISOC-Bulgaria: George Sadowsky, (standing in for Veni Markovski) Internet Policy in Bulgaria: What is the effect on the infrastructure and what effect will it have for planning the future of Internet.

ISOC-Ecuador: Anita Sanchez Digital Inclusion 2000-2009; making users aware about Internet. 2008-2010; governing the Internet, rights and support the enterprise-sector.Several organisations want ISOC-ECC to organise a joint seminar for the next IGF in Egypt, November 2009. In a closing comment on the workshop, Christopher Wilkinson said that a larger group of ISOC Chapters could participate next time. Practical arrangements would be worked out in due course, taking account of available resources.

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