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color=#0000ff> Bangladesh Consultation on Fourth Annual Meeting of the
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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Consultation on Fourth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
held on 31<SUP>st</SUP> October at Bangladesh Computer Council,
Dhaka.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Mr.
Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Ministry of
Post and Telecommunications </SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">attended
the workshop as the Chief Guest while Mr. Akram H Chowdhury, MP, Chairperson,
Center for e-Parliament Studis attended as the moderator of
consultation.</SPAN><SPAN
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consultation jointly organized by Computer Jagat, Bangladesh NGOs Network for
Radio and Communication (BNNRC), Center for e-Parliament Studies and J.A.N
Associates Ltd. This entire program was live casted through the website of
Computer Jagat and facilitated online visitors to visit and post through online
forum. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Three
papers were presented to discuss the global, regional and national issues
pertaining to IGF, to initiate discussion among civil society, government,
technologists, research scientists, industry, media and academia. Mr. Md.
Saifuddin Khalid, Lecturer, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) presented
focusing the global issue, Mr. Tarique M. Barkatullah, Senior Systems Analyst,
Bangladesh Computer Council talked on national issues, and Mr. T. I. M. Nurul
Kabir, CEO, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Spinnovation</SPAN><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN
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on the action plan for reaching national and international
goals<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">In
the open discussion session a significant number of action oriented suggestion
were made to achieve national and IGF goals. The Bangladesh Working Group on IGF
will be publishing report on the feedback from the Internet Stakeholders in
Bangladesh.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Member of Parliament (MP), Policy–Makers and Representatives from Government,
Media, Academia, CSOs, and Corporate Sector participated in the Bangladesh
Consultation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><STRONG>Bazlu</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR>______________________<BR>AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<BR>Chief Executive Officer<BR>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)<BR>&<BR>Member, Strategy Council<BR>UN-Global Alliance
for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<BR> <BR>House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli,
Dhaka-1207 <BR>Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<BR> <BR>Phone:
88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501<BR>01711881647 Fax:
88-02-9138501-105<BR> <BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net">ceo@bnnrc.net</A>, <A
href="mailto:bnnrc@bd.drik.net">bnnrc@bd.drik.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.bnnrc.net">www.bnnrc.net</A><BR></DIV><BR><BR></BODY></HTML>