[Chapter-delegates] News from Madrid

[Rudi Vansnick]

Dear Joyce,
Dear colleagues,

As you may have seen in the press Belgium had again troubles with air traffic, reason why I had to cancel my participation in the meeting in Madrid, which I really regret. Yesterday and today we had heavy debates in parliament as was now discovered the issues with security at the Brussels airport was known for at least one year. Even the EU commission made report to the Belgian government. And as I discovered during the past 2-3 weeks many issues and breaches of cybersecurity took place, I’ve requested a meeting with some people of the parliament in order to highlight and request urgency in proceeding to a hearing on the reasons why our CERT fails in performing as is required.

Thus, this demonstrates the way ISOC Belgium is following from nearby the issues related to security of our internet users. I will report back as soon as possible.

Again regretful being absent in Madrid.

Rudi Vansnick


> Op 14 apr. 2016, om 16:37 heeft Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> A warm hello from the European Chapter Advocacy meeting in Madrid.
> We are having 22 chapters in the room, a total of 25 people, including our newest Chapters in Europe, Talgat from Kazakstan and Bermet from Kyrgyzstan. 
> Check the attached picture for a feel of the room.
> 
> From ISOC Global Engagement team we have Raul Echeberria, Frederic Donck, Tommi Karttaavi and myself, and Konstantinos Komaitis joined us from the Public Policy team as well.
> 
> After a great welcome reception, where old and new friends met informally, the discussion started this morning.
> The new format of the Chapter Workshops, focusing more on Policy issues has produced not only updates from the various Chapters on how they work with government, but also some very interesting local perspectives on Encryption and Blocking and Filtering. 
> 
> We heard and shared some great examples on what to do, what not to do, and came up with some suggestions on how to address certain issues.
> 
> The discussions will not stop here and I’m sure we will continue the conversations online going forward.
> 
> I will let others who are here in Madrid chime in, but wanted to share the good vibe.
> 
> Warm regards
> Joyce
> 
> 
> 
> — 
> Joyce Dogniez, CMM
> Director of Chapters
> Internet Society
> 
> dogniez at isoc.org
> Mob: +352 621 266 189
> Skype: joycedogniez
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