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Subject: Internet Governance Priorities in Asia-Pacific: Online Forum
From: "Dieter Zinnbauer UNDP/APDIP" <dieter@apdip.net>
Date: Thu, January 6, 2005 9:33 pm
Announcing "Priorities in Internet Governance for the Asia-Pacific Region
(IGOVAP): An Online Forum", Jan 13 - Feb 17, 2005]
(with apologies for duplicates)
UNDP's Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) is
organising an online debate to facilitate discussion about Internet
governance issues and the concerns and needs of AP region stakeholders.
Regional perspectives developed in this debate will help target future
research efforts and provide input to the World Summit on the
Information Society process and the Working Group on Internet Governance
(WGIG) established by the United Nations Secretary General. The debate is
an integral part of and sets the stage for APDIP's Open Regional Dialogue
on Internet Governance (ORDIG). Other major activities under ORDIG, which
is supported by the International Development Research Centre of Canada
and in which the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific
(UN-ESCAP), the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) and DIPLO
Foundation are partners, include a regional
multi-stakeholder survey and a community-managed portal on Internet
governance priorities for the Asia-Pacific region, as well as research on
best practice policies and the development of Internet governance training
materials.
APDIP invites all Asia Pacific region stakeholder from government,
business and civil society to join the online forum, participate in the
conversation and help identify priority concerns and best practices in
Internet governance for the Asia-Pacific region.
The forum will be launched on Jan 13 and run for five weeks to Feb 17. An
interim rapporteur's report of the debate will be directly forwarded to
the second meeting of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance in
Geneva in mid-February. The ideas and resources suggested during the forum
will also inform the resource collection for the Internet
governance portal that will be developed in parallel to the forum
To register:
either
- go to URL
<http://igov.apdip.net/opening_discussion/subscribe/formmailer> and fill
out the online form
or
- send an email to <igovap-request@lists.apdip.net>
with the word 'subscribe' in the subject line and provide the following
information in the message body:
First Name:
Surname:
Organizational affiliation:
Country of residence:
Email:
Website URL (optional)
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The public archive of the forum is at URL
<http://lists.apdip.net/pipermail/igovap/>
For more information about the IGOVAP mailing list contact Adam Peake
(list moderator) <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>, for more information about APDIP and
the ORDIG initiative contact Dieter Zinnbauer <dieter@apdip.net>,
Internet Policy Advisor, UNDP-APDIP <dieter@apdip.net>
For more information about:
APDIP <http://www.apdip.net>
APNIC <http://www.apnic.net> and
IDRC <http://www.idrc.ca>
DIPLO Foundation <http://www.diplomacy.edu>
UNESCAP <http://www.unescap.org>
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Dieter Zinnbauer (PhD)
Internet Policy Advisor
UNDP-APDIP
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel.: +603-20959122 (General)
Fax: +603-20939740
URL: www.apdip.net
Email: dieter@apdip.net