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Capacity Building in Underserved Regions

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**Coffee will be served before the workshop**

Session 241

11:00–13:00, Monday, 12 June 2017 Room C1, ITU Tower Thematic Workshop

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Harnessing the potential of Government officials for participation in Internet Governance

This session will be a roundtable discussion in the form of a multi-stakeholder dialogue on capacity development initiatives by the ICANN Community, and in particular the Government Advisory Committee, and other organisations, to work on specific issues of interest for governments in underserved regions with respect to the development of the Internet and specific policy and regulatory issues pertaining to it.  

The session will reflect on successful recent meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, in Nadi, Fiji, and others with governments and other stakeholders and discuss how this approach could be replicated in other underserved regions in general.

A diverse range of stakeholders will be involved in the session.

Moderator

Moderator Alice Munyua, ICANN GAC USR Co Chair

Speakers/Panellists

 Panelists:

  • Thomas Schneider, OFCOM Switzerland
  •  Susan Telschter, ITU, Siwtzerland
  • Khaled Koubaa, ICANN Board
  •  Anne-Rachel Inne, ICANN, Niger
  • Jovan Kurbalija, DIPLO, Switzerland
  •  Representative of AUC, Ethiopia
  • Representative of Kenya Government

Session's link to WSIS Action Lines

  • AL C1 logo C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C4 logo C4. Capacity building
  • AL C6 logo C6. Enabling environment
  • AL C11 logo C11. International and regional cooperation

This session ties into Action line 1) The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development, Action Line 4) Capacity building and Action line 6) Enabling environment

Session's link to Sustainable Development Process

  • Goal 4: Quality education logo Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals logo Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

This session and the work on capacity building at all levels ties into lifelong learning as technologies and their use evolve, to allow policy development to be just as agile in covering some of the challenges that we face going forward. It is an area that also requires cooperation and partnerships so we can cover all aspects of the challenges to come. 

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