[Chapter-delegates] Supporting public access

[Imran Anwar]

That is a well written and thoughtful piece. Some aspects may be simplistic and overly optimistic.

 

However, as I often say, “If we do not aspire to incredible ideals we will not even achieve tolerable imperfections.”

 

Imran Anwar

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COO PKNIC

Director ISOC-NY

 

From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Joly MacFie
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 4:55 PM
To: ISOC Chapter Delegates
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Supporting public access

 

Mark Perkins does a remarkable job of posting Internet policy related items  to our Linked-in group.

 

Today he came up with this one:

 

IFLA, along with the Association for Progressive Communications ( <http://www.apc.org/> APC) and the Technology and Social Change Group ( <http://tascha.uw.edu/> TASCHA) at the University of Washington have prepared a briefing paper “Public access: Supporting digital inclusion for all – Maximising the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for inclusive social and economic development”. The paper was produced for the Commission on Science and Technology for Development ( <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx> CSTD), Seventeenth Session which IFLA attended between 2-16 May 2014 in Geneva.

 

The report (which is almost an infographic) can be found at

http://www.ifla.org/node/8626 and is also available in French and Spanish.

 

 

I believe this  is an important issue, and the Internet Society should lend its support, both vocal and technical, to promoting public access to the Internet, especially in underserved communities. The report provides useful data points.

 

j

 




 

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