[Community] Fwd: [NRIs List] Invitation to IGF 2021 NRIs Collaborative Session: Smart policies to empower local solutions to connect everyone

[NIGF SECRETARIAT]

[You Are Invited]

All stakeholders are kindly invited to join the collaborative session 
organized by several national, regional, sub-regional and youth IGFs, 
hosted at the next week's 16th Internet Governance Forum in Katowice, 
Poland:

IGF 2021 NRIs Collaborative Sessions
Smart policies to empower local solutions to connect everyone. Special 
focus: people living in remote and rural areas [1]
Wednesday 8 December 2021, 15:15-16:15 CET
Online and in Katowice in Multifunctional Hall A3

AGENDA

  	* Welcome from the moderator
  	* Open exchange on the following policy questions with open floor 
segments in between:
  	* Mapping the connectivity status in rural and remote areas. Why do 
connecting those communities matter? Sharing experiences from NRIs 
communities. [10 min] Speakers reflect on what was said during the open 
floor and deliver remarks on:
  	* Driving access in rural and remote areas: what's smart to do and 
how?
  	* Conclusion: What next? What could we do, as individuals and as NRIs?
  	* Closing

SPEAKERS

  	* Tanzania IGF, Ms. Catherine Kimambo, Coordinator,  Basic Internet 
Foundation (onsite)
  	* Ghana IGF, Hon. Samuel Natey George, Member of the national 
Parliament, Republic of Ghana (onsite)
  	* Côte d'Ivoire IGF, Ms. Gertrude Kone Kouassi,Executive Director, 
National Union of Telecommunications Companies, (onsite)
  	* Cameroon IGF,  Ms. Lydienne NTOGUE, Ministry of Post and 
Telecommunication, (onsite)
  	* Haiti IGF, Stephanie Joseph, Chair, ISOC HAITI (online)
  	* Moldova IGF, Ms. Galina Climov, Executive director, Alliance of 
Organizations of People with Disabilities, Republic of Moldova, (online)
  	* Colombia IGF, Julián Casasbuenas G. (onsite)

Moderator: Ms. Jane Coffin (online)
Rapporteur: Lily Edinam Botyoe, Ghana IGF / Ghana Youth IGF Coordinator 
(onsite); and Ines Hfaiedh, Tunisia IGF (onsite)

The calendar invite is attached and please share this invitation with 
your networks.

Best regards,
IGF 2021

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