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report on the tanzania internet government
forum workshop held on october 22 2008
the world summit on the information society (wsis) held in tunis, tunisia, in november 2005 recommended the establishment of national internet governance forums in all itu member states. As a follow-up to the wsis pronouncements, the global forum for multi-stakeholders policy dialogue called the internet governance forum (igf) was held in athens, greece, in november 2006.
The internet governance forum (igf) is an annual event where people with a stake in the internet discuss its future governance. Most representatives are from governments and companies. Amnesty takes part to make sure that individuals who use the net get some say in the debate, and hammer home the importance of human rights, especially freedom of expression.
The igf is an official un event but it is innovative in that it is 'multi-stakeholder' - ngo representatives have as much right to be heard as government ministers and business executives. However the igf is not able to make decisions, it is purely a discussion forum, which is supposed to inform decisions made by governments and others.
It was in this regard that the kenya ict action network (kictanet), swopnet and tanzania global learning centre had a workshop dedicated to discussing national and regional issues pertaining to internet governance at the moevenpick hotel on 22nd october 2008 similar workshops were also held in the east african countries of kenya, uganda and rwanda ,
the objectives of the workshop were, among others, to raise awareness of internet governances (ig) issues among policy makers and stakeholders in the east african region , to establish which ig issues are relevant to tanzanians and east africans , to build consensus and national and regional positions around relevant ig issues , to share the outcomes of the national forum with the east african regional forum to be held in november 2008 in nairobi.
The keynote speaker at the event was dr zaipuma yonah ,the head of ict at the ministry of infrastructure and development in tanzania , eng kowero the head of communication in the same ministry ,mr hassan the chairman of east african ict4developemnt network , adam mambi , mr gregory from tanzania isp association .
The intended audience for this workshop were internet governance stakeholders from the government, private sector, civil society and academia who are interested in the development of the internet, building capacity and policies. It also acted as a platform to allow stakeholders to enhance their role in the ongoing global internet governance dialogue.
Dr zaipuma yonah ,the head of ict at the ministry of infrastructure and development in tanzania outlined the key action lines of the igf plan that tanzania needs to attend . These included the following:
1. Role of governments and all stakeholders in promotion of icts for
development, under which was the need to develop national e-strategies,
including the necessary human capacity building and establishment of one public-private partnership or multi-stakeholder partnership as a showcase for future action.
2. Information and communication infrastructure an essential foundation
of the is: Take action in order to support an enabling and competitive
environment for the necessary investment in ict infrastructure and for
the development of new services. The new communications policy (yet
to be announced) takes care of this.
3. Access to information and knowledge: Develop policy guidelines for
development & promotion of public domain information, which have
implications for the official secrets, access to information bill,
among others; and create need for establishing multi-purpose
community public access at affordable rates or free of charge.
4 capacity building: Develop domestic policies to ensure that icts are
fully integrated in education and training at all levels including in
curriculum development, teacher training, institutional administration
and management & in support of the concept of lifelong learning
5. Building confidence and security in the use of icts; prevent the use of
information resources and technologies for criminal and terrorist
purposes while respecting human rights.
6. Enabling environment: Use icts to support good governance, correct
market failures, maintain fair competition, to attract investment, to
enhance the development of the ict infrastructure and applications, to
maximise economic and social benefits, and to serve national priorities.
7. Develop ict applications in the areas of government operations, and
services, health care and health information, education and training,
employment, job creation, business, agriculture, transport,
environmental protection and management of natural resources, disaster
prevention, and culture, and to promote eradication of poverty and other
agreed development goals.
8. Cultural diversity identity, linguistic diversity and local content: Accord
high priority to the creation, dissemination and preservation of
educational, scientific, cultural and recreational content in diverse
languages and formats so as to build an inclusive information society in
tanzania.
9.
media: Freedom to seek, receive, impart and use information for the
creation, accumulation and dissemination of knowledge; media should
responsibly use and treat information with the highest ethical and
professional standards.
10. Ethical dimensions of the is: The use of icts and content creation
should respect human rights and fundamental freedoms of others,
including personal privacy, and the right to freedom of thought,
conscience, and religion in conformity with relevant international
instruments. International and regional cooperation: Raise the relative priority of ict projects in requests for international cooperation and assistance on infrastructure development projects from developed countries and international financial
institutions.
At the end of the forum some people feel much of the issues above are only relevant for developed countries and in reality are not key to internet usage in tanzania. In the run-up to the igf due in india in december 2008, swopnet and its partners would be happy to hear what tanzanian stakeholders (private sector, governmental, ngo, academia, etc) think are the issues that need to be addressed for tanzania to make greater and more inclusive use of the internet.
The forum also formed groups which addressed each of the objectives of africa and tanzania issues at the igf . The group work was discussed and adopted by the plenary.
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