DotKids News_201409_IGF

The 9th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2 to 5 September 2014. IGF is annually held, and run by the IGF Secretariat, with the purpose to support the United Nations Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) with regard to convening a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. IGF serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet.

DotKids Foundation has participated and contributed in multiple ways, including speaking as workshop panelists and co-hosting workshops, to share our views on child-friendly Internet, child online safety and child & youth participation in Internet Governance in various related workshops, please find some of the workshop report below.

IGF 2014 Pre-Event: Governance in a Mobile Social Web – Finding the Markers
Workshop Details
Session Report

WS1: Protecting Child Safety AND Child Rights
Session Information

Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Safety: ‘Disrupting and reducing the availability of child sex abuse materials on the Internet – How can technology help?’
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WS56: Researching children’s rights in a global, digital age
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Best Practice Forum – Online child protection
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WS173: Youth involvement in Internet Governance
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