[Pal-dc] IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, 6-9 November 2012.

[Stuart Hamilton]

'Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social
Development'

 

The seventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/aboutigf>  (IGF) will take place from
6-9 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. The IGF is a UN-sponsored event to
discuss the main public policy issues related to the governance and
development of the Internet. It identifies and discusses key issues,
recognizes emerging trends, and forms recommendations that policy makers
worldwide take note of. Almost uniquely for an event of this importance,
all discussions take place in a multistakeholder environment where each
participant contributes on an equal basis.

 

IFLA has participated in the IGF and its regional events since 2008 with
the aim of ensuring that libraries are visible and active in the debate
on Internet governance. This year we will be represented at the forum by
Stuart Hamilton (Director, Policy and Advocacy) and Andrea Beccalli
(Manager, Projects). In addition, IFLA HQ staff will be joined by one of
the participants in the IFLA Leaders Programme
<http://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-international-leaders-programme-associate
s-announced> , Irina Trushina from the National Library of Russia.

 


The 2012 IGF main theme is 'Internet Governance for Sustainable Human,
Economic and Social Development'. IFLA will be promoting the role of
libraries as agents for development throughout the IGF's sessions and
workshops, but we will place special emphasis on the workshops around
the main session on


and diversity, including a workshop on Digital Inclusion and Public
Access to the Internet
<http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no130-digital-inclusion-and-public
-access-internet-what-policymakers-need-and-how-libraries->  which we
have organized with Electronic Information for Libraries
<http://www.eifl.net>  (EIFL) and the Internet Society
<http://www.internetsociety.org/>  (ISOC). This IGF will feature the
first meeting of the Dynamic Coalition for Public Access in Libraries
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/114-preparator
y-process/1003-dynamic-coalition-on-public-libraries> , a group of
interested organizations that has been set up by IFLA and EIFL to raise
the profile at libraries at the IGF and beyond. The IFLA representatives
will also be participating in sessions on Intellectual property rights
and freedom to share, capacity building Initiatives to include
vulnerable people in the Information society, and open government data.
You can find the briefs and background information for all of these
workshops on the IGF Website
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/116-workshop-p
roposals/1103-igf-2012-workshop-proposal--no-168-capacity-building-initi
atives-for-better-economic-and-social-inclusion-of-vulnerable-people-int
o-the-information-society> .


 


The best news is that you can get involved too. The IGF offers full
remote participation
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation>  to all its
events, as well as the possibility to join or host a remote hub
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation/hub-registration-20
12> . You can follow the debate, ask questions and share experiences.
Past IGFs have been notable for the numbers of people who have remotely
participated in the library-organised workshops, and we hope that you
will join us this year. The schedule for the IGF can be found here
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2012/IGF%20Schedule/IGF%202012%20schedul
e%20-%2010.pdf>  (PDF), and the workshops IFLA representatives are
involved in are:


*         Workshop 130: Digital Inclusion and Public Access to the
Internet: What Policymakers Need and How Libraries and other Community
Services can Deliver
<http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no130-digital-inclusion-and-public
-access-internet-what-policymakers-need-and-how-libraries->  (Tuesday
6th November, Room 7, 14.30pm Baku Time)


*         Workshop 146: Intellectual Property Rights and the Freedom to
Share: are the Two Compatible
<http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no146-intellectual-property-rights
-and-freedom-share-are-two-compatible> ? (Thursday 8th November, Room 4,
11am Baku Time)


*         Workshop 168: Capacity building Initiatives for better
economic and social inclusion of vulnerable people into the Information
society
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/116-workshop-p
roposals/1103-igf-2012-workshop-proposal--no-168-capacity-building-initi
atives-for-better-economic-and-social-inclusion-of-vulnerable-people-int
o-the-information-society>  (Wednesday 7th November, Room 10, 11am Baku
Time)


*         Workshop 189: Open Government Data For Citizens, By Citizens,
About Citizens?
<http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no189-open-government-data-citizen
s-citizens-about-citizens>  (Wednesday 7th November, Room 3, 16.30pm
Baku time)


 


We will do our best to bring you more information as the meeting
progresses. The IFLA team will be tweeting throughout the IGF and will
try to answer all your direct questions and bring your input to the IGF
as well. Please follow them on:


 


Stuart Hamilton: @ifladpa


Andrea Beccalli: @becktweet 


If you have any further questions, please contact
Stuart.Hamilton at ifla.org <mailto:Stuart.Hamilton at ifla.org> 


 

 

Stuart Hamilton

Director of Policy and Advocacy

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

 

00 31 70 314 0884

 

Twitter: @iflaspa

 

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