[governance] Re: [igsd] Summary and Thanks - e-conference on Internet Governance and Sustainable Development

[annan ebenezer]

 On the representations  on ICT   fora , I   would agree with you in  asking that it be looked at .It is becoming a regular affair that every ICT gathering (in any form and nature ) is held  outside africa.
 I hope some of these would be  brought  closer to Africa.Where held abroad, a special dispensation should be given to  Africa- like you said our african regulatory bodies,private sector,NGO,interest bodies, amongs others could be reached  to support.
knowledge (information) which  is a potent resource holds the key to unlocking our development. We  can't afford to compromise the  inclusion paradigm

 I   wish the international bodies would  see through some of the challenges they would put across as per the issue  being put across and afford  the call   a duty.
 After all, our knowledged society (brain drain comes to mind) have always  been "poached" by the developed society.
you will choose to make this arguement  unintelligent piece  but it is my worry and it it open to further discussion.
I don't look forward to paul rubbishing it like he did for the CIR !

what do you think?
ebenezer

 we need to build on our capacity as a people and as a continent!




kwasi boakye-akyeampong <kboakye1 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: With the governments I think there is. All governments have drafted National ICT documents. If we can press the right buttons, we can get them to support some of these initiatives. Believe most of these governments are not tyrants as we are wont to suggest. Some of the bad policies are due to ignorance; the issue of VOIP in Ghana is a typical example.

So Norbert, my answer to your question is yes.

Kwasi

Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote: Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong  wrote:

> So what I am proposing is for these regional capacity building
> centres to be set up for all year training and capacity building
> training activities that will help select people to represent the
> regions at International conferences; those the region is confident
> enough to represent them and  to have a message. They will be
> required to submit a report upon return. And while the International
> event is taking place, we can have participation from others at the
> center. This center will serve both ICANN, IGF, and any other
> Internet Governance related activities in their respective
> regions. The centres can get funding from their governments and
> other bodies to train journalists in IG related issues.

Are there sufficient incentives for these "governments and other
bodies" to fund such centres in the first place, and to make the
centres operate with integrity, i.e. so that they select
representative who are truly representative of the respective 
regions rather than of some influential special interests?

Greetings,
Norbert.


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Norbert Bollow                       http://Norbert.ch
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Working on  establishing a non-corrupt and
truly /open/ international standards organization  http://OpenISO.org
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