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UNESCO and WSIS

Towards Knowledge Societies

UNESCO Open Forum: towards open, transparent and inclusive governance of the Internet
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Attracted around 70 participants and gathered seven experts, the UNESCO Open Forum successfully took place on 16th September at the fifth meeting of the Internet governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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The freedom of expression and to privacy issues have already been discussed at two workshops, this Open Forum was dedicated to other key IGF topics: multilingualism in cyberspace, Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Access to scientific information (OA), Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and accessibility for marginalized groups.

Moderator:
Mr Jānis Kārkliņš, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information (ADG/CI), UNESCO

Introductory remarks:

Session 1. Multilingualism in cyberspace
Speakers:

  • Mr Baher Esmat from ICANN Middle East, presented the Egyptian success story in the IDNccTLD Fast Track Process.

  • Mr Daniel Pimienta, President of FUNREDES (Fundacion Redes y Desarrollo) Saint Domingue, Dominican Republic, presented a UNESCO sponsored study entitled “Twelve years of measuring linguistic diversity in the Internet: balance and perspectives”.
    View the PowerPoint Presentation made by Mr Pimienta.

    • Session 2. Open access to scientific information and open educational resources
    Speakers:

  • Mr Indrajit Banerjee, Director of the UNESCO Information Society Division, introduced UNESCO Open Suite Initiative.

  • Mr Abel Packer from the SciELO.org Open Access (OA) initiative introduced SciELO and its pioneering work.
    View the PowerPoint Presentation made by Mr Packer.

    • Session 3. An initiative on developing inclusive information policies using ICTs in education for persons with disabilities
    Speakers:

  • Mr Axel Leblois, Executive Directo of the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communications Technologies 9G3ict, presented an advocacy initiative of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development.
    View the PowerPoint Presentation made by Mr Leblois.

  • Ms Anja Kovacs from the Centre for Internet and Society (India), spoke about ICT enabled education initiatives for persons with disabilities in the Asia Pacific region.
    View the PowerPoint Presentation made by Ms Kovacs.