Indicator: Number of Internet users per hundred population, aggregate and disaggregated, by frequency of use
B.4 What barriers to access are identified by users and non-users of the Internet?
(...) Indicator: Perceptions of barriers to Internet access and use, and of stated values of Internet access and use, disaggregated by gender
D.3 Do people in all age groups make use of the Internet to the same extent?
(...) Indicator: Proportion of Internet users with particular skills, by skill type, aggregate and disaggregated
UNESCO INTERNET UNIVERSALITY INDICATORS – CROSS-CUTTING INDICATORS
GROUP A – GENDER
A.1.
Language:English
Score: 582832.3
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https://en.unesco.org/sites/de...ault/files/ui_c2_es_sub019.pdf
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Internet Policies, Governace and Activities
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Home : Office of the Secretary-General : Corporate Strategy Division
Management of Internet Names and Addresses
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006)
Internet-related Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the ITU 2006 Plenipotentiary Conference , including:
DECISION 9 (GT-PLEN/A) (Antalya, 2006): Fourth World Telecommunication Policy Forum
RESOLUTION 101 (Rev. Antalya, 2006): Internet Protocol-based networks
RESOLUTION 102 (Rev. (...) Council Document 2005/32: ITU activities related to Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks and management of Internet domain names and addresses; including activities related to Internet governance (PDF)
Council Document 2004/28: Report on Resolution 101 (Minneapolis, 1998): Internet Protocol (IP)-based Networks; Resolution 102 (Rev.
Language:English
Score: 582811.33
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https://www.itu.int/osg/csd/mina/
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Internet Accessibility
Internet Accessibility Continental Comparison
Marcus Leaning
Professor of Digital Media Education
University of Winchester
U.K.
INTERNET USER The ITU defines an internet user as an “individual who can access the Internet, via computer or mobile device, within the home where the individual lives”. (...) Internet Access: Oceania
28,180,356 current internet users – 69.6% penetration.
Language:English
Score: 582738.9
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https://en.unesco.org/sites/de...s/milweek17_marcus_leaning.pdf
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Demande de Participation aux Evnements Parallles
1 A parallel event to be held during the World Summit on the Information Society at Tunis
Presented by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (www.cpsr.org),
in cooperation with the Secretariat of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (www.wgig.org)
Reforming Internet Governance:
Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance---
Book Release Event
Wednesday. (...) TREVOR CLARKE
Internet Governance and International Law JOVAN KURBALIJA
Internet Governance: Strengths and Weaknesses from a Business Perspective AYESHA HASSAN
Self Regulation After WGIG PENG HWA ANG
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The Development Dimension
Driving the Public Policy Debate: Internet Governance and Development HOWARD WILLIAMS
Encouraging Internet Public Policy Development and Capacity Building in Developing Countries: Lessons from the FLOSS Community CHENGETAI MASANGO
The Case for National Internet Governance Mechanisms WAUDO SIGANGA
Challenges for Africa OLIVIER NANA NZEPA
Challenges for the Caribbean JACQUELINE MORRIS
Options for Institutional Change
The Need for International Internet Governance Oversight ABDULLAH A. ALDARRAB
Internationalized Oversight of Internet Resource Management QIHENG HU
A Scenario for a New Internet Governance CARLOS AFONSO
DeMystification of the Internet Root: Do we Need Governmental Oversight?
Language:English
Score: 582675.05
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https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/tunis/events/docs/CPSR.pdf
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Web Site Revamp
www.internetsociety.org
Opportunities and challenges of ecommerce for African SME
Workshop on E-Commerce, Development and SMEs
Dawit Bekele, Director, African Region Bureau, Internet Society
I
Internet Society and Capacity Building in Africa
The Internet Economy
•$2.3 trillion in 2010 and estimated to reach $4.2 trillion in the G-20 economies by 2016
•$8 trillion dollars exchanges hands globally each year through e-commerce
•In developed countries Internet contributed to 21% of the GDP growth in the last 5 years
•In emerging countries such as China, India and Brazil Internet contributed to 11% of the GDP growth in the last 5 years
•Source: Mckinsey, Internet's Impact on Aspiring Countries & The Great Transformer: The Impact of the Internet on Economic Growth And Prosperity
Internet Society and Capacity Building in Africa
E-commerce and SMEs
•Among SMEs, 2.6 Internet jobs for each job lost to technology-related efficiencies
•150,000 Internet-related businesses start up each year in emerging and developing economies
•The impact of internet on SMEs is mainly on non pure Internet players
•SMEs that use web technologies extensively grow more than twice as much as those that don’t
•Source: Mckinsey, Internet's Impact on Aspiring Countries & The Great Transformer: The Impact of the Internet on Economic Growth And Prosperity
Internet Society and Capacity Building in Africa
Successful African E-commerce
•Selling arts and crafts
•Entertainment
•Clones of successful e-businesses
•Diaspora oriented
Internet Society and Capacity Building in Africa
Opportunities
•Fast growth of Internet penetration in Africa
•Improving infrastructure in Africa
•Africa leapfrogging technologies
•Quickly growing market in Africa
•Innovative payment systems
•E-commerce opens larger, more prosperous markets
•Increasing technical competence
Internet Society and Capacity Building in Africa
Challenges
•Inadequate policy and legal framework
•Bureaucracy and lack of government support
•Electronic payment systems not developed everywhere
•Lack of supportive industry (ex. (...) Street names)
•Cyber criminality
•Unreliable infrastructure (ex. lack of IXPs)
Internet Society and Capacity Building in Africa
Conclusions and Recommendations
-E-commerce is critical for SMEs in developing world
-Some windows of opportunity might be closing
-Recommendations
– Insure that the Internet supports innovation by remaining
open
– Support the trustworthiness of the Internet
– Learn from best practices to remove barriers
– Develop supportive industries and infrastructure
www.internetsociety.org
Thank you.
Language:English
Score: 582570.26
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https://www.wto.org/english/tr...wit_bekele_opportunities_e.pdf
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McKnight
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy Tufts University
www.murrow.org
Internet & Telecoms Convergence Consortium Massachusetts Institute of Technology
itel.mit.edu
Murrow Center 2000
OutlineOutline
nn Introduction: Murrow Center, Internet & Introduction: Murrow Center, Internet & Telecoms Convergence ConsortiumTelecoms Convergence Consortium
nn What is Internet Telephony? (...) Internet Telephony?IP Telephony vs. Internet Telephony?
(...) Phone (VOP?)
nn Radio on the Internet is what?Radio on the Internet is what? nn TV on the Internet is regulated by whom?
Language:English
Score: 582348.14
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https://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/iptel/workshop/mcknight.pdf
Data Source: un
Executive Summary: Challenges to the Network: Internet for Development 1999
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Challenges to the Network:
Internet for Development, 1999
October 1999
Updated for Telecom 99
International telecommunication Union
Executive Summary
The advent of the Internet has been variously described as being as important for society as the development of the personal computer, the telephone or even the printing press. (...) For those who have started to use the Internet, and have gone beyond the initial frustrations associated with using any new technology, the Internet can do all these things and more.
(...) Barriers to Internet commerce are to some extent the same as those for Internet use in general.
Language:English
Score: 582246.1
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https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/...ications/inet/1999/ExeSum.html
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The most important software standards for the Internet are comprised in the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP).
(...) Arabic: 2.17 مزود خدمات الإنترنت
2.18 Internet exchange point / IXP
Physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers (ISP) exchange Internet traffic between their networks (autonomous systems).
(...) Arabic: 2.18 نقطة تبادل إنترنت
2.19 Internet Protocol Suite
Computer networking model and communication protocols combining numerous technical standards used in the Internet and other networks based on the Internet Protocol Suite.
Language:English
Score: 582023.4
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https://en.unesco.org/glossari...ucture%20and%20standardization
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Internet heads South
Latin America is getting feverish about the Internet. (...) What is driving this rush to the Internet? Falling prices are an important factor. Internet access charges are dropping, more flexible pricing plans have been introduced and local telephone call charges have been reduced for Internet usage in some countries. (...) TELECOM in Colombia has a Social Internet programme to take the Internet to all Colombian municipalities.
Language:English
Score: 581818.36
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https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/...mericas/2000/sum_e/am00_5.html
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Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet)
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Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet)
Background & Scope
This CWG was established as a separate group by Council Resolution 1336 , in accordance with Resolutions 102 and 140 of the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference. CWG-Internet is limited to Member States, with open consultation to all stakeholders.
(...) Majed Al Mazyed (Saudi Arabia)
Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet) is open only to ITU Member States with open consultation to all stakeholders.
Language:English
Score: 581799.46
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https://www.itu.int/council/groups/CWG-internet/index.html
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