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Arab IGF tackles a wide spectrum of issues of regulatory and policy nature within the sphere of Internet industry and Internet usage, including but not limited to: accelerating broadband penetration, development of its applications, promoting local content, user rights, policies for critical Internet resources, cybersecurity, protecting privacy, youth and the Internet, and innovation enabling Internet policies.<ref name="arabigf">[http://igfarab.org/En/index.jsp ArabIGF], ArabIGF.org. Retrieved 2015 November 14.</ref> | Arab IGF tackles a wide spectrum of issues of regulatory and policy nature within the sphere of Internet industry and Internet usage, including but not limited to: accelerating broadband penetration, development of its applications, promoting local content, user rights, policies for critical Internet resources, cybersecurity, protecting privacy, youth and the Internet, and innovation enabling Internet policies.<ref name="arabigf">[http://igfarab.org/En/index.jsp ArabIGF], ArabIGF.org. Retrieved 2015 November 14.</ref> | ||
==Meetings== | |||
* AIGF-IV: Beirut, 2015<ref name="about"></ref> | |||
** Hosted by Ogero Telecom and under the joint patronage of the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications, at the Movenpick Hotel in Beirut, during 17-18 December 2015. | |||
* AIGF-III: Beirut, 2014 | |||
* AIGF-II: Algiers, 2013 | |||
** Under the auspices of His Excellency Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Second Annual Meeting of the ArabIGF was held under the overall theme: "Partners for Development" in the Nations Palace in the capital city of Algeria in the period from 1 to 3 October 2013 | |||
* AIGF-I: Kuwait, 2012 | |||
** Under the patronage of His Highness the Kuwait Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Subah, the Kuwait Information Technology Society hosted the First Annual Meeting of the ArabIGF in the State of Kuwait in the period from 9 to 11 October 2012. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 14 November 2015
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| Industry: | Internet Governance |
| Founded: | 2012 |
| Website: | IGFArab.org |
| Twitter: |  Arab @IGF Arab
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The Arab Internet Governance Forum, or Arab IGF was established in 2012, following a resolution issued in 2005 at [[WSIS|World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)]. It follows the model of IGF and encompasses all the main players in the field of internet golicy, including government organizations, the private sector, civil society, technical communities, and the like.[1]
Arab IGF tackles a wide spectrum of issues of regulatory and policy nature within the sphere of Internet industry and Internet usage, including but not limited to: accelerating broadband penetration, development of its applications, promoting local content, user rights, policies for critical Internet resources, cybersecurity, protecting privacy, youth and the Internet, and innovation enabling Internet policies.[2]
Meetings edit
- AIGF-IV: Beirut, 2015[1]
- Hosted by Ogero Telecom and under the joint patronage of the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications, at the Movenpick Hotel in Beirut, during 17-18 December 2015.
- AIGF-III: Beirut, 2014
- AIGF-II: Algiers, 2013
- Under the auspices of His Excellency Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Second Annual Meeting of the ArabIGF was held under the overall theme: "Partners for Development" in the Nations Palace in the capital city of Algeria in the period from 1 to 3 October 2013
- AIGF-I: Kuwait, 2012
- Under the patronage of His Highness the Kuwait Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Subah, the Kuwait Information Technology Society hosted the First Annual Meeting of the ArabIGF in the State of Kuwait in the period from 9 to 11 October 2012.
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 About Forum, ArabIGF.org. Retrieved 2015 November 14.
- ↑ ArabIGF, ArabIGF.org. Retrieved 2015 November 14.