[bestbits] Invitation to the Freedom Online Coalition Open Forum at the IGF (Day Three, 12:00-13:00)

[Aditi Gupta]

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the *Freedom Online Coalition*
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/>*,* you are cordially invited to
join us at the *FOC Open Forum <http://sched.co/4c1W>* on IGF Day Three ,
taking place from 12:00 to 13:00 on Thursday <http://sched.co/4c1W>,
November 12 <http://sched.co/4c1W>, in workshop room 3. For more details,
please see below.


We hope to see you there!


On behalf of the FOC Support Unit,


Aditi


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*Freedom Online Coalition Open Forum*



*12 November 2015 – 12:00-13:00*



*Workshop Room 3*


The Freedom Online Coalition <https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/> (FOC)
is a partnership of governments who abide by the principle that “human
rights apply online as they do offline”, and are committed to working
together to support and protect Internet freedoms worldwide. The FOC was
established at the inaugural Freedom Online Conference in The Hague in
2011. Today, the Coalition has 28 members, spanning from Africa to Asia,
Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East.

By joining the Coalition, its members commit to upholding and advancing the
Coalition’s shared goals and values, as stated in the FOC Founding
Declaration (Freedom Online: Joint Action for Free Expression on the
Internet
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1-The-Hague-FOC-Founding-Declaration-with-Signatories-as-of-2013.pdf>),
the Nairobi Terms of Reference
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Nairobi-Terms-of-Reference.pdf>,
and theTallinn Agenda
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/FOC-recommendations-consensus.pdf>
.

Coalition members will give updates on the work of the Coalition since IGF
Istanbul and the activities of the three working groups (WG 1 – An Internet
Free and Secure
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/how-we-work/working-groups/working-group-1/>
; WG 2 - Digital Development and Openness
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/how-we-work/working-groups/working-group-2/>
 and WG 3 – Privacy and Transparency Online
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/how-we-work/working-groups/working-group-3/>)
 on key issues of concern to Internet freedom.

At this IGF Open Forum, we invite the IGF community to engage in a Q&A with
FOC member states, the FOC Secretariat and the co-chairs of the Working
Groups on Coalition activities.
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