Entries from February 2007

February 27, 2007

Taking stock and the way forward

On 13 February a stock taking session took place in Geneva. The IGF website offers transcripts and audio recordings from the meeting.
A list of participants is available here.
The full transcript of the meeting is available for download and the Chairman’s closing remarks can be downloaded separately for easy access.
Audio recordings of the interventions [...]

February 21, 2007

Internet Governance Forum: Is It More Than Talk?

Internet Governance Forum: Is It More Than Talk?
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch
Multi-stakeholder “dynamic coalitions” of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) are pushing to have privacy, intellectual property, open standards and freedom of expression on the agenda of the second meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next autumn.
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February 13, 2007

FOEonline Coalition presented in Geneva – New Coalition founded

The ‘Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on the Internet (FOEonline)’ has been presented today by Christian Möller at the IGF stock-taking event in Geneva:
‘I would very briefly like to introduce the “Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on the Internet”.
Already, the 2003 Geneva Declaration [...]

February 12, 2007

Paris: New Media – The Press Freedom Dimension

The World Press Freedom Committee, the World Association of Newspapers/World Editors Forum and UNESCO are inviting to a conference on: New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension, Challenges and Opportunities of New Media for Press Freedom from 15 to 16 February 2007 at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.
The program can be found here.
If a couple of you [...]

February 8, 2007

Stock-taking Meeting in Geneva

A stock-taking session open to all stakeholders will be held on 13 February 2007 at the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office in Geneva (Room XX).
The aim of the meeting is to take stock of the Athens meeting, assess what worked well and what worked less well and make suggestions with regard to the preparation [...]

February 7, 2007

Heise: OSZE für Medienfreiheit im Internet

The Internet news service Heise is reporting on the FOE coalition, the IGF and the workshop on ‘Global Dimensions of Internet Governance’ held at Graz University last month (German only):
OSZE für Medienfreiheit im Internet