The Roundtable on Governance and Applications of ICTs for Achieving the MDGs in the Asia-Pacific region will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 10 December 2009. The themes of the roundtable are: Governance with effective applications of ICT to achieve the MDGs; Partnership building for good governance with the use of ICT to achieve the MDGs; Sub-national, national, and international networks of stakeholders capable of contributing to the establishment of a Knowledge Base on the uses of ICT for good governance and for achieving the MDGs.
Contact: Yoshinobu Yonekawa at yonekawa@un.org
The fourth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), organized by DESA through DPADM, will be held from 15 to 18 November 2009 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The overall theme of the meeting is Internet Governance - Creating Opportunities for All. The theme reflects the basic purpose of the IGF to develop a common understanding of how to maximize the opportunities the Internet provides, and how to address the risks and challenges, while also raising awareness of the development dimension of Internet Governance.
There are six items on the agenda: (1) managing critical Internet resources; (2) security, openness and privacy; (3) access and diversity; (4) Internet governance in light of WSIS principles; (5) desirability of the continuation of the Forum; and (6) impact of social networks.
Contact information: Wai Min Kwok at kwok@un.org