DotConnectAfrica
has sent its contribution to the global internet governance conference on March
2014. This meeting will focus on the elaboration of principles of Internet
governance and the proposal for a roadmap for future development of this
ecosystem on the Multistakeholder model and its effectiveness in the changing
Scope and Oversight Roles of ICANN in Internet Governance and DNS Management.
The Global
Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance will focus on
crafting Internet governance principles and proposing a roadmap for the further
evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem. The meeting is scheduled
for this week April 23rd and 24th 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and will be live
webcast enabling remote participation. The meeting follows an initiative
proposed by CGI.br and /1net. #netmundial2014.
The goal of
the MetMundial is to consolidate proposals the goal of bringing together
representatives of civil society, private sector, academia and technical
community to establish strategic guidelines related to the use and development
of the Internet in the world, NETmundial was concept into committees format,
each one with representatives of the involved stakeholders, distinguished
experts, aiming to give guidelines and organize the meeting.
The meeting
is organized in a partnership between the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
(CGI.br) and /1Net, a forum that gathers international entities of the various
stakeholders involved with Internet governance.
DotConnectAfrica
since its inception in 2006 has been an active part of the DNS industry and
have continuously contributed to the Internet Governance debate, be it one led
by organizations like the ITU WCIT Draft of the future ITRs in November
2012 and ITU CWG-Internet: Public Consultation of March 2014, the African Union Cyber
Security Draft Convention in October 2013 and conferences like the 2013 Transform Africa
Heads of State Summit in Kigali Rwanda on New
SmartAfrica Manifesto to Accelerate Socio-Economic Development.
DotConnectAfrica appreciates the Multistakeholder approach in developing
strategies for a better future of internet governance.
Please see our contributions here
