Bangladesh Consultation on Fourth Annual Meeting of the
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Mr.
Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Ministry of
Post and Telecommunications attended
the workshop as the Chief Guest while Mr. Akram H Chowdhury, MP, Chairperson,
Center for e-Parliament Studis attended as the moderator of
consultation.
The
consultation jointly organized by Computer Jagat, Bangladesh NGOs Network for
Radio and Communication (BNNRC), Center for e-Parliament Studies and J.A.N
Associates Ltd. This entire program was live casted through the website of
Computer Jagat and facilitated online visitors to visit and post through online
forum.
Three
papers were presented to discuss the global, regional and national issues
pertaining to IGF, to initiate discussion among civil society, government,
technologists, research scientists, industry, media and academia. Mr. Md.
Saifuddin Khalid, Lecturer, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) presented
focusing the global issue, Mr. Tarique M. Barkatullah, Senior Systems Analyst,
Bangladesh Computer Council talked on national issues, and Mr. T. I. M. Nurul
Kabir, CEO, Spinnovation Ltd.
focused
on the action plan for reaching national and international
goals
In
the open discussion session a significant number of action oriented suggestion
were made to achieve national and IGF goals. The Bangladesh Working Group on IGF
will be publishing report on the feedback from the Internet Stakeholders in
Bangladesh.
Distinguished
Member of Parliament (MP), Policy–Makers and Representatives from Government,
Media, Academia, CSOs, and Corporate Sector participated in the Bangladesh
Consultation.