This report is an important effort at a critical time. While so much attention is being put on the effort to overcome the inequities in global information access it is important to make sure that the people who need this access are actually served by those efforts. It is also very important to know the extent to which the people affected have a voice in the policy making organizations. Participation of all stakeholders in policy processes is an important element of good global governance. In this sense, the report will also be good input to the IGF in its continuing work on a development agenda for Internet Governance and the special emphasis being placed on capacity building for all stakeholders.
Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator - Internet Governance Forum Secretariat
This report is an important effort at a critical time. While so much attention is being put on the effort to overcome the inequities in global information access it is important to make sure that the people who need this access are actually served by those efforts. It is also very important to know the extent to which the people affected have a voice in the policy making organizations. Participation of all stakeholders in policy processes is an important element of good global governance. In this sense, the report will also be good input to the IGF in its continuing work on a development agenda for Internet Governance and the special emphasis being placed on capacity building for all stakeholders.