[Pal-dc] Community Networks in Africa, upcoming IGF events

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear Stephen

I will be at Eurodig for the first day, 6 June, and the pre-day 5 June.

Anriette Esterhuysen
APC

On 26/05/2017 13:41, Nicolas Pace wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-05-25 at 16:23 +0000, Stephen Wyber wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> The latest report from the Internet
>> Society<https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/cnafrica>, looking at
>> community networks in Africa may be of interest. This highlights the
>> role of communities in setting up their own networks, and overcoming
>> the challenges of doing so. It notes the importance of public access
>> centres, but also the focus on providing more than just access in
>> order to promote digital literacy and allowing people to take full
>> advantage of the potential of the Internet.
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Great to see that there is an active community in the Librarian group
> that is enthusiast about Community Networks.
> We have been also present in the IFLA-LAC meeting in Chile in March,
> and are open for other meetings that can help raise awareness of this
> topic around the Librarian community.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>>
>> Secondly, IFLA will be represented at EuroDIG (6-7 June, Tallinn,
>> Estonia) and the Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum (26-
>> 29 July, Bangkok). Let us know if you'll also be around!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> Stephen Wyber
>> Manager, Policy and Advocacy,
>> International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
>> (IFLA),
>> P.O. Box 95312
>> 2509 CH The Hague
>> Netherlands
>>
>> Stephen.wyber at ifla.org<mailto:Stephen.wyber at ifla.org>
>> Tel. 00 31 (0)70 314 0756
>> Fax. 0031 (0)70 383 4827
>>
>>
>>
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