Trade and Industry written question – answered at on 27 November 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to hold regional and national conferences before the next Internet Governance Forum in Brazil in November 2007.
DTI is not currently planning to hold regional or national conferences before the Internet Governance Forum in Brazil.
The world summit on the Information Society in November 2005 agreed to hold the forum as a way to improve understanding of the international public policy issues associated with the internet through multi-stakeholder dialogue. DTI held an initial consultation meeting in January 2006, but we have been keen to encourage UK stakeholders to take the lead: we want to see a strong industry and civil society engagement in the process.
This approach worked well for the first IGF meeting, with preparatory events organised by Nominet UK and the Oxford Internet Institute. The event 'The Parliament and the Internet: Workshop on Internet Governance' on
We propose to adopt a similar approach in preparation for the second meeting.
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