Colombia. Bogotá will host for the third time events related to Internet Governance, where national and international experts will discuss issues such as Gender Equity, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Access for Inclusion and Development and Smart Cities, among others.
This event is organized by the Colombian Internet Governance Board -http://gobernanzadeinternet.co, made up of different government actors, among which the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC), the <civil society, the private sector and academia stand out.
The 3rd Governance Forum will be held at the Universidad del Rosario, in the Jockey Club Auditorium located in Carrera 6 No. 15-18. Bogotá Colombia and will be attended by 120 people.
Admission to the event is free, prior registration on the website http://gobernanzadeinternet.co/evento2016/, where you can consult the agenda and exhibitors, among other topics. It will be possible to participate remotely in case you cannot attend in person or be in cities other than Bogotá.
It is important to note that Internet Governance is the development and application by governments, the private sector, academia and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making processes and programs, which shape the evolution and use of the Internet.
The discussion on Internet Governance is developed through global, regional and national forums, in which recommendations are established that tend towards the massification of the Internet and the identification of best practices applicable to the countries' own models of technological development.
These spaces began at the Information Society Summit in Tunis 2005, where the governments of the world created the Internet Governance Forum http://intgovforum.org, as a mechanism for the participation of various sectors interested in the subject such as civil society, academia, the private sector and governments themselves.
In Latin America, Colombia – along with Mexico and Brazil – is one of the countries that has led the debate on Internet Governance with the participation of actors from different sectors in a Working Group that meets every two months to analyze the progress on this issue.
About the Internet Governance Roundtable Colombia
At the Colombia Internet Governance Roundtable, government, civil society, academia and the private sector join forces to shape the evolution and use of the Internet in the country.
In it participate (but not limited to these actors):
Government: Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies and the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC).
Private sector: Google Colombia, Twitter Colombia, Intel Colombia, Telefónica Colombia and CO Internet SAS.
Civil society: Karisma Foundation, Colnodo, Youth Observatory, Foundation for Freedom of the Press, Internet Users Association and the Association Academic Study and Research Group in Law, Economics and Business in the Information Society (ageia.densi).
Academy: Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Externado, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano.
This table is an open space in which all organizations and people interested in the issue of Internet governance in the country have a place. To participate in the Bureau you can register on the mailing list through the webhttp://www.gobernanzadeinternet.co site; read on the same site the most recent Minutes of the meetings and attend these meetings according to the schedule.
