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WTISD 2009: Worldwide Initiatives |
During this year’s WTISD, ITU calls upon all stakeholders (policy makers,
regulators, operators and industry) to promote the adoption of policies and
strategies that will protect children in cyberspace and promote their safe
access to online resources. We invite you to consider organizing
programmes in your country to mark WTISD 2009 with a focus on
the theme of Protecting Children in Cyberspace. It
would be useful to involve all sections of society to formulate
awareness and consensus on the issues underlying the theme.
Read more
about ITU's call for action
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Africa
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African Information Security Association (AISA)
AISA is organizing the
“Protecting Children and Young People Online” forum to promote the
adoption of policies and strategies that will protect children in
cyberspace and promote their safe access to online resources. All key
stakeholders are involved in the “Protecting Children and Young People
Online” initiative – children, parents, students, educators, business
owners, civil society, etc. AISA plans to examine the role of different
stakeholders and existing initiatives, as well as the development of
Practical “Online Children protection” strategies. The forum takes
place at the AISA Secretariat, Jidaw Systems Limited, Lagos, Nigeria on
May 19, 2009, 10 a.m. The forum is open to the public and interested
participants need to register before the event through the
Jidaw office.
Arab States
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Arab
ICT Organization
AICTO will celebrate the day by organizing in partnership with ITU a
conference under the theme "Protecting Children in Cyberspace" as well
as an exhibition showing the latest technologies in the relevant field.
Date: Saturday 16 May 2009
Place: Elgazala Technopark, Tunis, Tunisia
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The Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement (SMWIPM)
On the occasion of WTISD 2009, the Cyber Peace Initiative will avail the
1st Arab Family Safety Kit on line free of charge to Arabic speaking
countries. The kit was arabized and localized with the help of the
Insafe program and includes material that caters to the whole family.
The parents' manual addresses carers' concerns and offers them a
glossary of internet and computer related terminology, while the
children's manual offers exercises, games and puzzles to disseminate the
culture of safety in a friendly way. The kit, originally, produced by
Insafe, aims at rendering the experience of on line safety learning an
entertaining and instructive one for the whole members of the family.
The Cyber Peace Initiative will also hold a number of awareness sessions
during the WTISD 2009 week, by its youth internet safety focus group
(net- Aman) and its parents internet safety focus group.
Europe
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European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
On the occasion of WTISD 2009 ENISA is promoting a set of security posters aim
at raising awareness of parents to enhance the safety of children using
virtual worlds and the Internet. ENISA believes that awareness of what
children can do online and parental involvement are crucial. Parents
must be educated, empowered and engaged to ensure truly positive and
valuable experiences for their children, while reinforcing safety online
habits in the process. The
posters can be downloaded for free.
Latin America
- Iberoamerican
Internet Users Association
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Internet Day is an on-line project which has emerged
from society, on account of society, and for society. It is
free, and open to anyone who wishes to take part.
One of the key features of Internet Day is the total freedom
of all groups to decide what to do, how to do it, and who
their activities will target. Everyone can take part, each
person decides to what extent they will be involved, and
everyone is as important as everyone else, regardless of the
size or number of proposals they put forward.
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Internet World 2009: The Internet World 2009 is an
international forum for new ideas and experiences, offered
by international experts from renowned career at topical
issues involved in designing strategies to end inequality in
access to new technologies. Internet World just
online wants to
meet the needs of a market with trends towards globalization
and integration needs.
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Online concert and International Musical Composition Contest:
If you compose, play an instrument, sing or conduct a orchestra, you can
participate in this contest. Just upload a video in Youtube playing the
works proposed. This is a unique way to experience and bring music
closer all Internet users. Composers, musicians, performers and
directors, all ages, nationalities and specialties are invited to
participate. The composition award consists of 3.000 €. The video with
the most votes online will be awarded with a laptop and a digital video
recording camera of the latest generation.
South Asia
South Asia Mobile Forum (SAMF) intends to celebrate World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day with a great enthusiasm by
organizing a round table discussion on “protecting the child in cyber
space”. The discussion will be attended by personnel from the telecom
sectors and internet service providers, as well as representatives from
the government and leading journalists. The details for discussion will
contain:
• Cyberspace and cyber criminality
• Protecting children in the cyber space
• Practical tools to help minimize risk to children
• Present scenario of the exposure to cyberspace of the Bangladeshi
children.
The Chairman of South Asia Mobile Forum, Mr. Mehboob Chowdhury, will be
the moderator for this round table discussion.
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Australia
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ACMA Cybersafety Program
On the occasion of WTISD 2009, ACMA conducted a series of activities in the week following
the 17th May:
- An 'Internet Safety Awareness' Presentation for students, staff
and parents at a primary school in Macksville, New South Wales.
This program discussed how children use technology, including:
potential risks faced by children online and effective strategies
for helping keep young people safe online.
- Two one-day 'Professional Development Progams for Teachers'
in Victoria and Western Australia, in which teachers explored: how
children use technology, digital literacy, cyberbullying, identity
protection, and the legal responsibility of schools to minimise
risk.
- Four 'Cybersmart Detectives' events for primary school age
children in Victoria,Western Australia, and on Cocos Island.
Cybersmart Detectives is an interactive online activity for primary
school students to learn about internet safety. They work in teams
to investigate and solve an internet-themed problem, guided by
internet safety experts.
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
On the occasion of WTISD 2009, BNNRC will organize 6 divisional seminar
and publish a booklet a leaflet a post card and a poster
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Bangladesh
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
This year,
Bangladesh will celebrate WTISD in Chittagong. The theme is “Protecting children in
cyberspace”. To popularize the concept, building the awareness and to
ensure youth participation, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory
Commission (BTRC) has chalked out an elaborated a programme for two days
(17-18 May 2009) to observe this event. Keeping “Digital Bangladesh” and
“Vision 2021″ in view, the observance of WTISD-09 shall comprise an ICT based exhibition, Seminar, ICT classes and various online/offline
competitions at IEB, Chittagong. The purpose of this event is to
encourage the citizens of Bangladesh to contribute in building an ICT
based nation. The idea is to connect the unconnected and bridge the gap
between lighted and unlighted in the field of ICT knowledge.
Bolivia
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Prefectura del Departamento de Cochabamba
Como Dirección de Seguridad Ciudadana se ha realizado un ciclo de conferencias
el lunes 18 de mayo de 9 a 12,
relativas al tema de este año "Proteger a los niños en el ciberespacio", con
participacion de exposiciones del ministerio de educacion, universidades y la
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones.
Cameroon
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i-Vission International
This year,
i-Vission International in partnership with The Commonwealth Club of
the University of Douala will be celebrating the World Telecommunication
and Information Society Day in line with the theme proposed by the ITU
Council "Protecting children in cyberspace”. A seminar will be organized
to empower the citizens on cyber criminality as a whole, and the ways
through which children are exploited in the Cameroonian context. The
roots of cyber criminality and how to be protected from the traps of
these intercontinental criminals, with case study on our children, shall
be uncovered by experts of the sector.
Programme
China
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Communications
Association of Hong Kong (CAHK)
CAHK, with the support of the Office of the Telecommunication Authority
in Hong Kong and her members in the communication industry, is
organizing a series of events to celebrate
WTISD-Hong Kong 2009. The series of events for 2009 will focus on
the local youth and will include 4 Panels: Comic Drawing Competition,
Geo-caching Hunting Competition, 2009 CAHK Trophy - ICT Quiz Competition,
and Communications Tours with CEO talks in career development. A Launch
and Prize Presentation Ceremony will be held on 16 May 2009 to gather
the government officials, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
participants and groups of young people from high schools and
universities. The event will offer an opportunity to raise public
awareness of protecting children in cyberspace and getting to know more
about our future knowledge owners' ability and application
skills on ICT initiatives.
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HiPiKids
On the occasion of WTISD-09, HiPiKids is launching
HiPiCUBE Kids' Internet Operating System in Beijing China. HiPiKids was
founded in 2008 as a technology company focusing on operating a better
Internet for children via a proprietary Kids Internet Operating System
and Internet devices such as mobile phones, desktop computers, laptops,
netbooks, MID or a SoC Flash drives.
Congo (Democratic Republic of)
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Cabinet du Vice Premier Ministre Chargé de la Reconstruction
19 mai 2009, conférence débat au sujet de la journée Mondiale des
Télécommunications en RD Congo.
Thème : La Protection des Enfants dans le Cyberespace.
Lieu : Salle de Conférence Internationale au Ministère des Affaires étrangères ,
Kinshasa-Gombe.
Presentation Enfance et cybersécurité [PowerPoint format]
Dominican Republic
France
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Internet Sans Crainte
Internet Sans Creinte
is the French national programme to raise awareness of the online risks
among young people. It represents France in the European project
Safer Internet Plus which gathers 26 countries from the European
Union. This year, on the occasion of WTISD, Internet Sans Creinte
is promoting a special
programme for teenagers between the ages of 12 and 16.
India
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Institution of
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
IETE, Computer Society of India, and Institute of Engineers have
organized a
programme on the theme of WTISD 2009 on 17th May 2009 at Vasvik Hall, Race
Course Vadodara, 6.30 to 8.30 pm. Dr. Chaitanya S Buch, Chairman of the Computer
Society of Vadodara will deliver a talk on child online protection solutions to the members of all the 3 organizations
as well as to the public at large.
Invitation and programme
- Odisha Telecom Development Forum (OTDF)
Taking into
account the theme of WTISD-09 "Protecting children in cyberspace", a
small group of telecommunications background people along with other
inter-sectoral background citizens have thought to celebrate WTISD 2009
in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, under the title ODISHA TELECOM
DEVELOPMENT FORUM (though initially informal will be formalized after
its first preparatory meeting). OTDF has proposed to observe and celebrate WTISD to
create public awareness on the following:
- Create public awareness on the issues related to protecting
children in cyberspace and to identify policies, best practices,
tools and resources for adaptation/use in their countries.
- Support ongoing work aimed at developing Guidelines on protecting
children online for policy makers and regulators.
- Identify risks and vulnerabilities to children in cyberspace as the
Internet and other online resources continue to expand.
- Build resource repositories for common use.
- Promote capacity building aimed at strengthening global response in
protecting children as they venture into cyberspace.
OTDF aims and objectives
The Institution of Engineers (India) - Orissa State Centre
Orissa State Centre organized a programme on 17 May 2009 on the theme of WTISD 2009
. The main goal
of the programme was to educate teenagers about cybercrime. Dr R. M. Patnaik,
past Chairman of the Centre, was the Chief Guest who delivered a talk on the
theme. Awareness to parents and the
role they should play to protect the children of cybercrime was also discussed.
Indonesia
- Sending broadcast short messages to customers in order to remind
them of the WTISD 2009 celebration;
- Distributing pamphlets and conducting a talk show discussing
the importance of using safe Internet;
- Conducting socialization to schools and workshop taking the theme of
applying healthy, safe and wise internet;
- Publishing the topic about healthy and safe internet to protect
children in Indosat website and about educational as well as regulatory
programs in DG Postel website to promote the theme of 2009 WTISD
Protecting children in cyberspace;
- Organizing a contest for people to create a logo, mascot and jingle
taking the topic of healthy and safe internet for children; and,
- Gathering around 500 people consisting of the regulators,
telecommunication operators and other players in telecommunication
community as well as concerned society to celebrate the WTISD 2009 on 17
May 2009. One of the main programs in the gathering is to demonstrate
the using of healthy and safe internet for children.
Japan
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ITU
Association of Japan (ITU-AJ)
In conjunction with the
Ceremony hosted by ITU in Geneva, ITU-AJ organizes each year a
Celebration for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day to
raise the visibility if ITU among Japanese people and to reward those
who have contributed to the ITU related work. This year, in particular,
Prof. Hiramatsu, former chairman of SG1 of ITU-T, was honored with MIC
MInister's award.
Lebanon
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Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
(TRA) of Lebanon
After having dedicated its efforts in
2008 to support the access of persons with disabilities to
communications services, the TRA has taken the step to promote internet
parental protection in 2009, and is organizing in coordination with the
Higher Council of Child protection in Lebanon, a round table at the TRA
premises on Thursday, May 14th, at 10:30 AM, where Internet service
providers, NGOs and members of the legislative internet committees will
be sharing their vision of a protected internet space for children and
discussing the necessary measures to be undertaken.
Mauritania
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Secrétariat d'Etat Chargé de la Modernisation de l'Administration et des TICs
Dans le cadre de la célébration de la journée mondiale des télécommunications,
le Secrétariat d'Etat chargé de la modernisation de l'Administration et des
TICs organise le jeudi 21 mai 2009 une journée de débats sur le thème
l'Internet pour toute la famille et en toute sécurité. Plus de 400 partcipants
representants tous les acteurs impliqués dans ce processus sont attendus (
Administration, protection sociale, Education nationale, Police, Justice, les
religieux, les parents d'elèves, les elèves, les fournisseurs d'accès, les
opérateurs télécoms, etc). Parallèment un espace de navigation avec la
distribution des outils de controle parentale a été ouvert au public.
Montenegro
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Montenegro Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (AGENTEL)
This year, the Government of Montenegro has marked the World
Telecommunication and information Society Day with the theme of
Child Online Protection, presenting a number of educational, marketing,
and PR activities. Also this Agency has recognized the importance of
child online protection and the safety and security of the information
society as the society of the present age, so it has been decided that
this issue should be included as one of the topics in panel discussions
of the Conference Regional Activities in Electronic Communications
Sector. AGENTEL will prepare the text "Memorandum of
Understanding
in the area of safe information society
and child online protection".
Nepal
Nigeria
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Hugtech Information Links (HIL)
Hugtech Information Links (HIL) is organizing on 17 May 2009,
on the occasion of the World Telecommunication and Information Society
Day the National Youth Summit on the Information Society : NAYSIS at the
Continuing Education Centre (CEC), University of Nigeria, Nsukka. This
event intends to step up the awareness and sensitization on the issues
and realities of the emerging information society in academic
communities.
NAYSIS 2009
Programme |
NAYSIS 2009 Executive Summary |
HIL: Organization profile
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Paradigm
Initiative Nigeria (PIN)
Noting that the theme of this year's celebration of WTISD is "Protecting
children in cyberspace" and that one of the key elements of the
PIN's Curbing Cybercrime in Nigeria campaign is to educate secondary school students about the ills of
cybercrime and the potentials of ICT application, while inviting them to
also pass on the same message to their peers, Microsoft Nigeria, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, and Champion Newspapers will visit
on 15 May 2009 a
secondary school in Nigeria (Laureates College, Lagos) along with
MISSPIN Campaign Ambassadors to discuss the need for positive use of ICT
by young people. Details of the visit, and other campaign updates, will
be published in a special WTISD report by
Champion Newspapers.
Oman
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Information Technology Authority (ITA)
On the occasion of
WTISD 2009, ITA will be visiting schools across the country with the aim
of raising awareness of students. Posters, pamphlets, and students kits
will be distributed in schools and awareness lectures will be conducted
for students and teachers.
ITA upholds the World Summit Information Society (WSIS) Declaration of
Principles, which includes international human right laws, a child
convention law, MDGs, etc ,and believes that awareness of what children
can do online as well as parental involvement are crucial.
ITA will also mark this day under the auspicious of the Minister of
Education and many other dignitaries, including a representative of
UNICEF who will give a speech. On this day, ITA will launch its Computer
Emergency Response Team, CERT, whose goals and mission include awareness
of child protection in cyberspace. Other interesting activities are:
students will perform a short drama of awareness, there will be a
competition of students on the best awareness poster message on child
protection. After its launching, ITA CERT will conduct a one year
campaign for students and parents using special education kits. Parents
too will be educated with special kits on how to best protect their
children while using the Internet.
See CERT kids
website
Pakistan
- Pakistan Fair & Exhibition Corporation
On the occasion of
WTISD-09, Pakistan Fair &
Exhibition Corporation organizes from 17-19 May 2009 the
Pakistan Telecom Expo and Conference (PTEC 2009). During this
year’s conference, PTEC calls upon all stakeholders (policy makers,
regulators, operators and industry) to promote the adoption of policies
and strategies that will protect children in cyberspace and promote
their safe access to online resources.
Peru
Philippines
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WTISD 2009 Philippine Initiative
In response to ITU’s Call for Action, the Philippines through the
Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) as lead
implementing agency, celebrated the World Telecommunication and
Information Society Day (WTISD) 2009 with a kick-off program on May
19, 2009 at the Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan City,
Philippines. The May 19, 2009 WTISD program also coincided with the
annual celebration of National Electronics and Telecommunications Week
(NETW) from May 17 to 23 under Proclamation No. 238, s.1988.
Simultaneous programs were held in other regions of the Philippines, specifically in Cagayan de Oro and Davao.
Poland
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Association of Polish Electrical Engineers
The Association of
Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP) has been organizing for many years in
Poland the celebrations of the World Telecommunication Day, and since
2007 of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
Moreover, since 1995, according to the agreement with the Ministry of
Communications, SEP is formally the main organizer of the celebrations
in Poland, while the Ministry of Infrastructure holds the honorary
patronage of the whole event. This year, SEP is organizing the following
events within the celebrations of the Day:
- III National Meeting of Students and Teachers of the Schools of
Communications "Protecting Children in Cyberspace" - 13 May
- II Inter-university Students' Scientific Conference "Protecting
Individual in Cyberspace" - 14 May
- X Round Table Conference "Poland on the way to Information Society
(IS) - security with regard to SI creation" - 15 May
The first and the second events are especially important, as their co-organizers are young people: students of the secondary schools,
universities and young research personnel. The central event of the celebrations is the Round Table Conference
"Poland
on the way to Information Society", held in the Column Hall of the
Polish Sejm under the patronage of the Speaker of the Polish Sejm. This
year's theme “Protecting children in cyberspace” is crucial in the
creation of a safe and secure society. These events are supported by the Prime Minister Office, the Government Plenipotentiary
for Gender Equality, and the Team of Anti-Discrimination Against Minors.
Qatar
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ictQATAR
Protecting Children in Cyberspace Drawing Competition: Safety on the
Internet is one of the areas handled by Q-CERT within Qatar. Q-CERT,
Qatar's center for information security, was created by the Supreme
Council for Information and Communications Technology (ictQATAR) to
safeguard and improve the security of information and communications
systems. Q-CERT works with government agencies, businesses, and the
citizens of Qatar to address cyber security risks, protect sensitive
information, and ensure the safety of our children on the Internet. One
of the main objectives of Q-CERT is to inculcate information security
awareness among different groups of society. Among the many different
ways of increasing awareness, one way is to get schools involved in
cyber safety. Q-CERT held an art competition to reveal the conceptual
understanding of online cyber threats by children. The goal was to know
whether children are aware of such threats and to encourage them to
research this topic for use in their drawings. This would cause them to
adapt their behavior accordingly, by taking these threats into account
when online. A number of schools participated by submitting hundreds of
expressive drawings in this competition. This indicates that many
children are aware of the online threats; however, as there was a
limited set of threats portrayed in the drawings, this indicated that
further awareness is required. As an appreciation of these efforts,
Q-CERT decided to reward the five children who submitted the best
drawings, with a laptop. For all the rest of the participants, Q-CERT
will be giving anti-virus software, with one year update subscription,
together with a special card that has information security safety tips;
these gifts will be sent to schools soon. All the drawings submitted
have been uploaded to an
online gallery.
The top five winners will be the first pictures to be displayed.
Russian Federation
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Safer Internet Day
The organizing committee of Safer Internet Day, supported by the
Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, put forward the proposal
that a Safe Internet Year be declared in the Russian Federation in 2009,
as part of which it is planned to carry out actions focusing on the
protection of children in cyberspace and promoting law-abiding behaviour
on the part of children and young people using the Internet.
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UN Information
Centre
From 12-15 May, in the framework of the
Expocomm-2009, an exhibition entitled "Territory of Safe
Internet" will be held. The National Organizing Committee for the Year
of the Safe Internet takes the lead in this endeavour. In this
context, a round table on "Protecting Children in Information Society" will take place on 14 May.
Senegal
Sudan
- Youth National Traning Center
Information is the infrastructure of today's world. Children are the
weakest segment of society and young people must work to raise awareness
of the importance of children, and help them to focus on awareness and
protection. The initiative of Sudan's Youth National Training Center is
to cellebrate WTISD by making technical presentations, workshops, and
cultural nights.
Suriname
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Telecommunications Authority Suriname (TAS)
In
response to ITU's Call for Action, TAS is making preparations for
activities around the theme "Protecting Children in Cyberspace".
The planned activities are as follows:
- Participation in an annual 4 days walk through the streets of
Paramribo promoting the theme;
- An essay competition for children (on the theme);
- A 15 minutes film to alert the youth of the possible dangers on
the Internet, so they can make proper use of it;
- A code of conduct;
- Handing out of the course: "Diploma Veilig Internet" (Diploma
Safe Internet) by the Minister of Transport, Communication and
Tourism to the Minister of Education. This course will have to be
adopted by the Ministry of Education for implementation in the
Surinamese education system.
Turkey
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Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA)
ICTA is organizing an international panel on the occasion of the
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on 15th May 2009
with the theme of “Protecting Children in Cyberspace” as proposed by the
ITU Council. The panel will provide an oppurtunity for various
stakeholders such as operators, service providers, NGOs and several
govermental agencies to discuss and exchange views on the protection of
children in cyberspace. The panel will be composed of two main sessions.
In the first session, the participants will discuss possible threats for
children and measures for protection under the theme of “Threats in
Cyberspace for Children and Awareness”. The second session of the panel
will further elaborate discussions under the theme “Global Strategies
and Solutions in Protecting Children in Cyberspace”. ITU will be
represented by Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al MORSHID, Director of the
Telecommunication Development Bureau. Mr. Al Basheer will be a keynote
speaker in the opening session of the event.
Uganda
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