<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Lillian Sharpley <<a href="mailto:lillian@afrinic.net">lillian@afrinic.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">June 3, 2010 10:45:49 AM GMT+04:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:af12-announce@afrinic.net">af12-announce@afrinic.net</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[Af12-announce] EA-IGF, 11 - 13 August 2010, Kampala, Uganda</b><br></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Dear Colleagues,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">*_EAST AFRICAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2010;_* *_STRENGTHENING EAST AFRICA’S CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">11-13 August 2010, Kampala, Uganda._*<br><br>* *<br><br>The 2010 East African Internet Governance Forum (2010 EA-IGF) will take place on 11-13 August, 2010 at the Imperial Royale hotel in Kampala,<br>Uganda. This third EA-IGF is hosted by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), I-Network Uganda, Collaboration on International ICT<br>policy for East and Southern (CIPESA), and Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET).<br><br>Under the theme “*Strengthening East Africa’s Critical Internet Resources”*, participants will this year address and discuss the<br>governance of Critical Internet Resources (CIRs) in East Africa. Particular focus has been given to three key CIRs that have been<br>identified as cross-cutting. Past EA-IGFs identified issues of *ccTLD management and ownership, transitioning to IPv6, and the importance of<br>national and regional IXPs* as crosscutting issues that needed to be addressed both at the national and regional levels. The 2010 meeting<br>will therefore provide comprehensive consideration to addressing ccTLD management in East Africa. Research findings on ccTLDs will be shared<br>based on the five priority issues effecting ccTLDs identified by the 2008 and 2009 EA-IGFs; Cybercrime, Policy and Regulation of ccTLDs,<br>ccTLDs and consumer rights, and key issues that affect access to Broadband and Internet and how these affect the management and<br>coordination of ccTLDs. The challenges and effective strategies for transitioning to IPv6 will also be discussed.<br><br>This year’s access theme will examine the status of broadband in East Africa, noting achievements, hurdles to be overcome and plans for the<br>immediate future. Security and privacy session will address Cybercrime and how it affects women differently among other Cybercrime concerns.<br><br>The 2010 EA-IGF will introduce a new session focusing on emerging issues for the Internet society of East Africa. Policy and regulatory framework<br>issues around cross-border/regional ICT certification and the role of youth in advancing the Internet Governance debate in East Africa. The<br>meeting will also discuss the review and future of the global UN IGF process. The EA-IGF supports the continuation and extension of the<br>mandate of the IGF and also supports Kenya’s expression of interest in hosting the 2011 IGF.<br><br>A *parliamentary and IG session* will be held on 13 August and will review the declarations made during the 2009 EA-IGF held in Nairobi as<br>well as address emerging IG issues. The session will be attended by parliamentarians from the five East African countries as well as from the </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">United Kingdom.<br><br>The outcomes of the EA-IGF will be submitted to the fifth UN Internet Governance Forum taking place in Vilnius, Lithuania 14 – 17, September<br>2010. Further, the proceedings will be presented at other national and regional forums in Africa.<br><br>For each thematic session, representatives from each country will provide their national perspective on the theme, identifying/sharing key<br>issues, challenges and recommendations.<br><br><br>*What is the EA-IGF*<br><br>* *<br><br>The EA-IGF was convened in 2008 by the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) as a multi-stakeholder process with the aim of ensuring<br>meaningful participation of East African internet stakeholders in internet governance policy processes. The EA-IGF is open to<br>representatives from government, civil society, academia, private sector, media, consumer groups, other entities and individuals<br>interested in Internet Governance issues. This regional IGF process brings together participants from Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya,<br>Burundi and South Sudan to identify, explore and build consensus around common Internet policy priority issues in the region.<br><br>The EA-IGF model sees each country begin the process with online discussions to identify the Internet policy issues most important to<br>them, followed by a face-to-face national IGF meeting. These national processes then fed into the regional meeting, the EA-IGF. The outcomes<br>of the national and regional processes have then been very successfully shared at two global IGFs. While the EA-IGF is informed by IGF it does<br>not mimic the global process. The national IGFs, which form the building block for the regional EA-IGF, identify issues that are unique and<br>important to their local situations and needs.<br><br>The goal of the EA-IGF is to create a Community of Practice that will be a sustaining foundation for meaningful participation of East African<br>stakeholders in Internet public policy debates at the national, regional and international level.<br><br><br>*The 2010 EA-IGF is supported by*<br><br>· Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)<br><br>· Collaboration on International ICT policy for East and Southern<br>Africa (CIPESA)<br><br>· I-Network Uganda<br><br>· Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)<br><br>· International Development and Research Centre (IDRC)<br><br>· Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA)<br><br>· Nominet United Kingdom<br><br>· AT&T<br><br>· AfriNIC<br><br>· AfTLD<br><br>· Internet Society (ISOC)<br><br>· Centre for Global Communications (GLOCOM)<br><br>· Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)<br><br>· Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF)<br><br><br><br>*To register for this event or obtain additional information, please visit the meeting website at **<a href="http://www.eaigf.or.ke*">http://www.eaigf.or.ke*</a><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sincerely,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sent on behalf of EAIGF.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Af12-announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Af12-announce@afrinic.net">Af12-announce@afrinic.net</a><br>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/af12-announce<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>