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INAUGURAL SOUTHERN AFRICAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (SAIGF) | 31 August 2011 |
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)
Pretoria, South Africa 31st August 2011- 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. It will be held in Hilton Hotel, Sandton-Johannesburg from the 1st to 3rd September 2011. For more information, please visit: www.ngopulse.org/saigf To confirm attendance, please contact Flore Kamdomg on fkamdomg@eafricacommission.org or 0767959646
For media queries, please contact Gilles Eric Foadey at erickf@nepad.org or 0835559696
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