South Eastern European Dialogue (SEEDIG)

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Curious to know what happened at SEEDIG 2015? The meeting report is available.

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Take a look at the SEEDIG Messages.

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About

The South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance is a regional IGF initiative dedicated to open, inclusive and informal dialogue on Internet governance issues among all interested stakeholders in South Eastern Europe (SEE) and the neighbouring area. SEEDIG is scheduled to take place in Sofia, on 3 June 2015, as a pre-event to the eighth European Dialogue on Internet Governance – EuroDIG (4-5 June 2015), and is organised by a committee representing various stakeholder groups from the region, with the cooperation of the EuroDIG Secretariat, the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, and UNICART.

SEEDIG's overarching theme is "Multistakeholder Internet governance: from global debates to South Eastern European realities".

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Objectives

• Raise awareness and promote a better understanding of Internet governance among stakeholders from South Eastern Europe and the neighbouring area
• Build or strengthen the capacity of these stakeholders to actively participate in national, regional and international Internet governance processes
• Facilitate multistakeholder discussions and exchanges on Internet-related challenges and emerging issues that are particularly relevant to the region.

Programme outline

Time	Main track
08:00 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:30	Welcoming address Valery Borissov, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Bulgaria Sandra Hoferichter, EuroDIG Secretariat Iliya Bazlyankov, UNICART, Bulgaria Sorina Teleanu, SEEDIG organising committee / Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania
09:30 - 11:00	Introduction to Internet governance (“What is Internet governance and why should I care?”) Alias: Internet governance SEEduction
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00	Multistakeholder Internet governance mechanisms/approaches at national level Alias: Multi-SEE model
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:30	Human rights for Internet users: theoretical approaches vs realities in the region Alias: SEErights
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30	The domain name space in South Eastern Europe – the case of IDNs Alias: IDN SEEssion
17:30 - 18:00	Conclusions and final remarks Session summaries, presented by the rapporteurs Final remarks, led by Aida Mahmutović, Oneworld - Platform for Southeast Europe Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina

SEEDIG Meeting Report

The SEEDIG 2015 meeting report is available.

SEEDIG Messages

Take a look at the SEEDIG Messages.

Video recordings

Video recording of SEEDIG sessions are available:

• Welcoming address and Introduction to Internet governance. Where is Internet governance and why should I care?
• Multistakeholder Internet governance mechanisms/approaches at a national level
• Human rights for Internet users: theoretical approaches vs realities in the region
• The domain names space in South Eastern Europe - the case of IDNs

SEEDIG evaluation survey

SEEDIG participants are kindly invited to fill in the SEEDIG evaluation survey.

This is addressed to all participants who would like to share their impressions, degree of satisfaction and views on how SEEDIG went, whether it should continue and how it could improve.Thank you very much for taking the time to fill it in.

Twitter hashtag

Hashtag: #seedig2015

Contact

see@intgovforum.org

Preparatory process

Details about the preparatory process and summaries of the planning meetings are available on the discussion page.

Call for expressions of interest for a fellowship at the IGF Secretariat

SEEDIG has been invited to nominate a number of candidates from South Eastern Europe for a fellowship at the IGF Secretariat in Geneva. Stakeholders from South Eastern Europe who have a strong interest in Internet governance and would like to be considered for such a fellowship were invited to submit their expressions of interest. The deadline for submissions (7 June 2015) has passed. For further details, please go to: Call for expressions of interest for a fellowship at the IGF Secretariat.