The Group of Organizers of LACIGF are pleased to announce the realization of the Seventh Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to be held in July 2014, date to be confirmed.

As in the previous editions, the purpose of the meeting is to provide a space for multi-stakeholder political dialogue between governments, the private sector, the technical community, the academia, and civil society organizations. The region has made progress in understanding the challenges currently posed by Internet governance and further debate will contribute to consolidate agendas, initiatives and policies to respond to regional priorities. The regional meeting on Internet governance also points to broaden the region's participation at the 2014 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which will be held in August in Istanbul, Turkey.
 
Likewise, as in previous editions, one of the meeting's goals is to inform the region's stakeholders on the issues and trends observed in the debates and discussions of the global IGF. The process of regionalizing the discussion around the agenda established by the IGF has been taking shape since 2008. For the 2014 edition of this event, the group of organizers is seeking an organization able to host the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum, which should happen in July.

More information: http://www.lacigf.org/en/lacigf7/index.html?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite