Public Policy 

It came to my mind that most of the big ideas in this process are coming from the Civil Society, the private sector and the Internet community. CS has been organizing a number of meetings regarding different subjects: Internet governance, privacy, childhood, gender issues, education, digital divide and press freedom, just no name a few. [...]

I congratulate ourselves on participating in the WSIS processes. However, if its not TOO LATE it is definately late enough to cause Alarm. We should have participated in the WSIS and WGIG at a much earlier stage to make its presence felt in the International Community. It is very late that we are participating in [...]

Les réunions de la Société civile africaine se tiennent tous les jours de 11h à 12h et réunissent les différents participants pour faire le point sur la présence Africaine dans les différents ateliers et analyser la contribution Africaine aux documents examinés par les plénipotentiaires. ISOC est présent à travers les différents ambassadeurs présents à Genève [...]

Not much has been going on in Nations this week: Even acknowledging that we may be attending at the beginning of an historical process, the initial enthusiasm falls quickly into the slow rhythm and slumber of government negotiations and discussions. At the same time I am writing these lines, Ambassador Kahn [Chairman of the Subcommittee [...]

ISOC today presented a statement to Sub-committee A on Internet Governance. The full text is available here in PDF, Doc and text formats.

this ambassadors program is definitely a good idea and a right start. at the same time, it seems to me that more interconnected networking work and interactions among isoc regional chapters shall be encouraged and conducted so that we can really help the internet community to understand the WSIS process and its public policy implications [...]

ISOC WSIS Ambassador program is definitely a major step in the ISOC program to bring the global participants and contributing in the WSIS process at a greater aspects. I like to express my gratitude to the ISOC leaders and also welcome the Ambassadors to start their new journey towards making the internet more useful for [...]

The third WSIS PrepCom opened today in Geneva and will run until September 30th.

Following ISOC’s recent announcement of the ISOC WSIS Ambassador program we have received a large number of applications from well-qualified ISOC members around the world. The evaluation process is now complete, and we are delighted to announce that the following individuals have been selected to participate in the upcoming Prepcom 3 of WSIS in Geneva: [...]

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