[WSIS CS-Plenary] Workshop on IG as a tool for participation - 31 Oct. 2006, 13:30-15:00

[CONGO - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

Find below the announcement a workshop organised on Tuesday 31 October
13:30-15:00 at the Internet Governance Forum in Athens.

 

Best.

 

 

 

 

 

Inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forum

Athens - Greece

 

The Conference of NGOs in consultative Relationship with the United Nations
(CONGO)

Invites you to a workshop on 

 

 

 

 

Internet Governance as a tool 

for participation

(Democratization and empowerment)

 

 

 

Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 

13:30-15:00

Room I (Aphrodite C)

Divani Apollon Palace, Vouliagmeni (Athens)

 

 

Interveners:

 

. Ambassador Janis Karklins (Permanent Representative of the Republic of
Latvia to the UN in Geneva)

. Ms. Titilayo Akinsanmi (WSIS YC / Global Teenager Project, Member of the
IGF Advisory Group)

. Ms. Chat Garcia Ramilo (Association for Progressive Communications) 

. Mr. Rik Panganiban (Social Science Research Council, New York)

. Mr. Axel Plathe (UNESCO)

. Ms. Miriam Sapiro (Summit Strategies International, LLC) 

. Mr. Teanau Tuiono (Indigenous Caucus)

 

 

 

Moderator:

 

. Renate Bloem, President of CONGO

 

 

Internet Governance policies and practices can play a major role in
promoting and shaping participatory and inclusive mechanisms for democratic
practices. It also can deeply contribute to the empowerment of various
groups and communities, at the local, national, regional and international
level. This workshop will further explore ways to improve how Internet
Governance policies and practices could promote the use of the Internet by
all users to increase their ability to participate in public debates and
policy processes and to benefit from empowerment.

 

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