Networking, Evaluation

LACNIC together with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the NUPEF Institute, the Information Society, AHCIET, ECOMLAC, the Electronic Government and Computers National Office of Peru, the Telecommunications Ministry of the Republic of Colombia and the Internet Society (ISOC) organized the Fifth Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum which will be held in Bogota, Colombia on 24-26 September.

As in previous editions, the purpose of the meeting was to provide a space for multistakeholder political dialogue where governments, the private sector, the technical community, academia, and civil society organizations can share and discuss their points of view. The region has made progress in understanding the challenges currently posed by Internet governance; further debate contributed to identify regional priorities and broaden the region’s participation at the 2012 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which met in Baku, Azerbaijan in the month of November.