THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, SOUTH AFRICA, WITH THE ENDORSEMENT
OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) WILL HOST THE
INAUGURAL SOUTHERN AFRICAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (SAIGF)
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Pretoria, South Africa – SAIGF is jointly convened by the NEPAD
Agency, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the
Southern Africa NGO Network (SANGONeT). 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 (September
27-30).
The objectives of this forum would 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 in Nairobi, Kenya, and, lastly to build capacity of SADC
stakeholders and to create a systematic, national, regional and global
Internet Governance policy dialogue process within the SADC region.
This high level forum attracts also delegates and speakers from other
regions such as West and East Africa.
EVENT DETAILS:
Venue: The Hilton Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg.
Date: 01- 03 September 2011
Time: 08h00
To confirm attendance, please contact
Flore Kamdomg on fkamdomg@eafricacommission.org or 0767959646
For more information please visit www.ngopulse.org/saigf