[Rp2010] Manila hub report

[Marilia Maciel]

Dear Bani and everybody in Manila,

Thank you very much for your information! We are working on a report about
remote participation and this will be very useful!

Best wishes,
Marilia

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Bani Lara <bani at asti.dost.gov.ph> wrote:

>  Hello everyone,
>
> Im Bani Lara from ASTI (www.asti.dost.gov.ph). With the sponsorship of
> APNIC, CICT (www.cict.gov.ph) and NCC (www.ncc.gov.ph), we were able to
> host the local hub for IGF 2010. It was also participated in by several
> members of ISOC Philippines (www.isoc.ph)
>
> http://www.pregi.net/preginet-to-join-the-5th-internet-governance-forum/
>
> This year's local hosting was quite promising, since we were able to
> attract some of the policy makers in CICT to attend the event and listen to
> the discussions.
>
> For the first day, we had a very good "debate" with some executives from
> our telco regulator, NTC
>
> (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Telecommunications_Commission_(Philippines)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Telecommunications_Commission_%28Philippines%29>
>
> We discussed and debated on topics such as:
>
> a. Philippines internet penetration rate
> b. Cost of access and the cost of devices used to access the internet
> c. Means of access (some places in the Philippines do not have reliable
> electricity)
> d. International standards in terms of the definition of broadband access,
> and if our local telcos/ISPs are adhering to those standards
> e. Encourage competition in the ISP business
> f. IPv6
> g. The thin line between censorship and scarcity of bandwidth
> h. etc
>
> The last day was also good, since we "timed" the IGF participation to
> follow after the meeting of our local policy makers in terms of IPv6
> direction in our country. Our country recently came up with its IPv6 policy,
> and we are working on a more detailed document with regards to its
> implementing rules and regulation.
>
> http://www.pregi.net/palace-promotes-the-use-of-ipv6/
>
> The remote participation facility was very helpful to developing countries
> such as ours by giving us the opportunity to voice out our concerns in these
> international meetings.
>
>
> On 9/17/10 12:36 AM, Anna Mulingbayan wrote:
>
> Mabuhay from Manila, Philippines!
>
> Manila hub is well represented  by  various government sectors in the
> Philippines, and few service providers and non-governmental organizations.
> We have only managed to attend the morning main sessions due to the time
> difference but still received good feedback from participants.
>
> The open discussion on the first day tackles on critical internet resources
> such as infrastructure, allocation of budget and proper regulatory process
> from the government. While there has been a great interest on IPv6 and talks
> on how to keep the ball rolling in terms of awareness, training, and
> development from yesterday's discussion.  The comment from today is  about
> the issue of "openness" in the country as there have been cases where
> providers are forced to block some sites to minimize bandwidth consumption.
> Apparently, this is commonly happening in developing countries to save
> costs.
>
> The participants joined sessions according to their point of interest and
> role in the organization so we have varied number of attendees each day. We
> have 16 participants on the first day, 10 on the second, and around 7 today.
> We are expecting a good number of technical people coming for tomorrow's
> main session.
>
> For the past 2 years, Manila hub has been actively following IGF events.
> This year's remote participation is the most successful in terms of the
> number of attendees and discussions' general output.  Many thanks to the
> great effort of our local host, Advance Science  and Technology Institute
> (ASTI), and for the support of Asia Pacific Network Information Center
> (APNIC), National Computer Center(NCC), and Commission on Information and
> Communications Technology (CICT).
>
> And lastly, we are happy with the good audio/visual room we use where we
> can clearly hear and watch the video (please see our room set-up from the
> attached photo).
>
>
> Warmest regards
> Anna
>
>
>
>
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