I recently concluded a two-day seminar-workshop on Accounting basics for non-accountants in my city. This was organized by the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry in cooperation with a local association of food producers in my province. With more than 30 participants, mostly entrepreneurs in the food business and some NGOs, the two-day workshop on [...]
OK this is my first posting on this blog and I would kind of like a personal touch to it. Today I will have a look at the recently touted overhauling of the Internet (whatever that means).
On June 26, 2008 the ICANN board took some decisions, which in the opinion of many writers, would have [...]
On June 16, 2008, more than 150 participants from 15 countries gathered in Seoul, South Korea, for the Civil Society – Labor Forum “Making the Future of the Internet Economy Work for Citizens, Consumers, and Workers. The event was organized by the Public Voice coalition, the Trade Union Advisory Committee, and the OECD Civil Society Reference [...]
With the slogan “Shaping Policies for Creativity, Confidence and Convergence in the Digital World”, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held the 2008 Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy in Seoul, South Korea on June 17 and 18. The Meeting, which was the first OECD Ministerial Meeting held in Asia, [...]
The Civil Society has recommended to the OECD, through a report read by Mr. Marc Rotenberg of EPIC last June 17, that an advisory committee be established in the OECD such as TUAC and BIAC for the technical and business stakeholders, respectively. Mr. Angel Gurria, OECD Secretary General, gave his response to this in the [...]
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak attended the opening ceremony of the OECD Ministerial Meeting. Security was tight at the event. Also in attendance were OECD Secretary General Mr. Angel Gurria of Mexico and Korea Communications Commission Chief Mr. See Joong CHOI.
As for the formal panel discussion today, I have enumerated some thoughts here:
[1] Ms. [...]
Ahn Neyong Ha Seyo (Hello!) from Korea !
The Korean government through the Korea Communications Commission did a wonderful job of organizing the event. I have to commend the organizers for sticking to the time limit for each session so everything was always on schedule.
I just want to share my impressions on the OECD [...]
May 26 (First Day)
I followed the IPv6 Pratictal Tutorial, where it was possible to understand all myths and realities about the transition of IPv4 to IPv6.
It is a fact that the IPv4 pool is running out (the end is expected to 2010 or 2011) due to the multiple equipments connected to Internet nowadays (computer, PDA, [...]
[on behalf of Katitza Rodriguez Pereda]
Dear all,
A diverse group of civil society groups have worked on a joint Civil Society Declaration to the OECD 2008 Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy, which is currently taking place in Seoul. It raises a number of issues of major importance to the civil society community and [...]
The 2008 IGCBP brings local and regional issues into the focus and is improved by the introduction of several bilingual groups (English and Arabic, French, Portuguese or Spanish), enabling the participants to map the IG field in their native language. The advanced course and the research phase aim at reinforcing the discussions on advanced topics [...]
