Your Excellency Secretary-General Guterres, Your Excellency the High Commissioner for Human Rights, We write to…
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 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.
The World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) is a high-level international meeting organized every four years by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a specialized agency of the UN. It provides a venue for governments and Sector Members of the ITU (mostly from the telecoms and tech industries) to discuss key policy issues in today’s telecommunications and information and communication technology (ICT) environment. The theme of the 2013 WTPF, which we be held in Geneva from May 14-16, is internet-related public policy. Official website: http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/
The Stockholm Internet Forum is a multi-stakeholder conference that aims to deepen the discussions on how freedom and openness on the Internet promote economic and social development worldwide. It was held for the first time in April 2012. The Forum aims to bring together policymakers, civil society representatives, activists, business representatives and technical community representatives. Freedom and openness, respect for human rights, innovation and global development are the key concepts for the Forum.The conference has two main themes this year: Internet Freedom and Security, and Internet Freedom and Development. For more information, visit the conference website: http://www.stockholminternetforum.se/
CSTD is a UN-housed body that provides the General Assembly and ECOSOC with high-level advice on relevant science and technology issues. It’s 16th annual session will address 1) Science, technology and innovation for sustainable cities and peri-urban communities, 2) Internet broadband for an inclusive digital society, and 3) Progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). In addition, the Commission will hear presentations on national science, technology and innovation policy reviews. The participants will include representatives of Governments, civil society, the private sector and international organizations. For more information, please visit http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=213
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Best Bits mailing listBest Bits was a global civil society network on the topic of Internet governance, that was formed in 2012 and closed in 2019. Many of the former members of Best Bits participate in the Internet Governance Caucus.