News
Monday 1 October 2012
Who can submit a proposal? What are the criteria?
How do I submit a bid?
By sending the proposal to the following email address judy@fossfa.net, chair@fossfa.net
When will I know the result?
15th January 2013
Can one country host WAIGF twice?
All countries within the region have equal chances to bid. Two countries can join forces and host as well.
When exactly is 6th WAIGF ?
All countries within the region have equal chances to bid. Two countries can join forces and host as well (...)
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Saturday 21 April 2012
Douala, Cameroon is hosting the Central Africa Internet Governance Forum from May 29th to 31st 2012.
To ensure the success of this important event, the Organising Committee is calling for papers on specific topics (see attached document [french]).
The deadline for the submission of proposals is April 30, 2012, 0:00 GMT.
Please send your proposals (ShortBio, Photo, Communication, Contact) to igf-ac-2012-appel-a-communication (at) antic.cm
The list of selected experts will be published (...)
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Friday 9 December 2011
DiploFoundation is currently accepting applications for course participants for the 2012 Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP12). This online programme is designed to improve Internet policy and IG-related knowledge and skills for participants from both developed and developing countries and to assist them in participating in the global decision-shaping debates on IG. The programme also facilitates community building among individuals with different national, cultural, and (...)
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Tuesday 1 November 2011
Who can submit a proposal? What are the criteria?
When will I know the result?
15th January 2012
Can one country host WAIGF twice?
So far, WAIGF has been hosted in:
All countries within the region have equal chances to bid. Two countries can join forces and host as well.
When exactly is 5th WAIGF ?
Most preferably, before the Global IGF (November 2012), but the hosting country will give us the exact date.
When is the last date for sending your bid?
31st December (...)
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Saturday 26 March 2011
The Sixth Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 27-30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON).
The proposed main theme of the meeting is: ’Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation’.
And the sub-themes are:
The IGF Secretariat web site has a preparatory page where you can get useful informations about the process, calls for workshop proposals...
To get up to date, follow these (...)
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Friday 10 December 2010
In an extraordinary meeting on 6 December, 2010, the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) decided to create a Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) with a membership made up only of governments.
is this the Future IGF? read further on the link given, below.
http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2710
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Monday 29 November 2010
The IGF multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) meeting took place on 23 November 2010 in Geneva and a summary meeting report prepared by the MAG and the IGF secretariat is available on the IGF website at:
http://intgovforum.org/cms/2010/MAG.Summary.23.11.2010.pdf
Open consultations also took place on 22/11/2010 at the same place and the man item was review of the Vilnius meeting (Stocktaking), The transcripts are accessible from
www.intgovforum.org.
The UN General Assembly is expected (...)
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