The sixth annual meeting of the IGF will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 27-30 September 2011 with Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation as its main theme.
Internet access remains unavailable or unaffordable for many people, poverty and famine –currently plaguing Kenya’s next-door neighbour Somalia- persist in spite global and national commitments to meeting development goals. The free flow of information on the internet is increasingly challenged by walled gardens, by an over-emphasis on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights by those with vested interests in their enforcement and by policy-makers who forget their primary responsibility is to uphold and protect fundamental human rights.
In this document presented in the run-up to the IGF APC strongly supports the focus on access, development and freedoms but outlines a series of recommendations for IGF participants.
Clustered according to the IGF main themes, our priorities are:
Internet governance for development (IG4D)
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Increasing the participation stakeholders from developing countries in internet governance agenda setting and decision-making
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Greater focus on the impact of internet policy on sustainable development
Emerging issues
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Equitable access to the internet from a human rights perspective
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Conflict minerals and why they are important in internet governance
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Affordability, openness and network neutrality in the mobile internet
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Net neutrality
Managing critical internet resources
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Reform of internet governance institutions to ensure greater accountability, participation and transparency
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The ICANN reform process
Security, openness and privacy
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Internet intermediary liability
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Impact of internet restrictions in freedom of expression and association online
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Responding to online violence against women
Access and diversity
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Open spectrum and television white spaces: Creative regulation of wireless internet as a means of bridging the access gap
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Access to knowledge
Cross-cutting issues
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Human rights approach to internet governance: The relationship between human rights and internet regulatory environments
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Capacity building.