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Participants in the constitutive meeting of this event, which is being held on the sidelines of the "ICT4ALL" Forum on September 17-20, 2012, agreed to task a team of experts in the region of North Africa to ensure the secretariat-general of the Forum in Tunisia.
Information and Communication Technologies Minister Mongi Marzoug pointed out, at the opening meeting, that the launch of the Forum is part of the implementation of the recommendations of World Summit on Information Society (WSIS-Tunis 2005) and those issued in the 2011 edition of the Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Minister stressed the importance of the "ICT4ALL" Forum, a platform of dialogue which will contribute to the promotion of sustainable development, security and stability, in addition to the development of the Internet.
On 4 September the Minister announced at the National Forum of Internet Governance that Tunisia had formally ended internet censorship .Under the deposed authoritarian leader President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, whose ouster in January 2011 triggered the Arab Spring, censorship of the Internet was extensive and draconian. Reporters Without Borders classified Tunisia as an "enemy of the Internet," while local Internet activists nicknamed the censorship Ammar 404, for the "404 Not Found" message they so often received when visiting various news, social media and information sites.
Censorship was eased after the Ben Ali regime was deposed, with access to popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well as popular news sites like Al Jazeera. But some restrictions remained in place.
Minister Marzoug promised "Tunisia will prove to the world that it has truly ended censorship."
ICT4 ALL 2012is organised under the patronage of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and is held in partnership with the ITU, UNCTAD, UNESCO, the African Union, the League of Arab States, the African Development Bank, World Bank, ECA and ESCWA."ICT 4 ALL 2012" is being held in El Medina Hammamet, from 17 to 20 September 2012.
Special events f rom 17 to 18 September 2012 include the ICT Arab regional Broadband Development Forum, the African WSIS follow-up meeting the Arab WSIS Follow-up meeting and the North African IGF meeting.
The ICT4 Forumis being held from 19 to 20 September 2012 will focus on the digital economy and value creation, digital culture and the Information Society and the WSIS process from 2013-2015 and the achievements in building the information and knowledge society.
The ICT4ALL 2012 exhibition provides visitors with opportunities for prospecting investment and partnership in the field of information and communication technologies.
Information and Communication Technologies Minister Mongi Marzoug pointed out, at the opening meeting, that the launch of the Forum is part of the implementation of the recommendations of World Summit on Information Society (WSIS-Tunis 2005) and those issued in the 2011 edition of the Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Minister stressed the importance of the "ICT4ALL" Forum, a platform of dialogue which will contribute to the promotion of sustainable development, security and stability, in addition to the development of the Internet.
On 4 September the Minister announced at the National Forum of Internet Governance that Tunisia had formally ended internet censorship .Under the deposed authoritarian leader President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, whose ouster in January 2011 triggered the Arab Spring, censorship of the Internet was extensive and draconian. Reporters Without Borders classified Tunisia as an "enemy of the Internet," while local Internet activists nicknamed the censorship Ammar 404, for the "404 Not Found" message they so often received when visiting various news, social media and information sites.
Censorship was eased after the Ben Ali regime was deposed, with access to popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well as popular news sites like Al Jazeera. But some restrictions remained in place.
Minister Marzoug promised "Tunisia will prove to the world that it has truly ended censorship."
ICT4 ALL 2012is organised under the patronage of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and is held in partnership with the ITU, UNCTAD, UNESCO, the African Union, the League of Arab States, the African Development Bank, World Bank, ECA and ESCWA."ICT 4 ALL 2012" is being held in El Medina Hammamet, from 17 to 20 September 2012.
Special events f rom 17 to 18 September 2012 include the ICT Arab regional Broadband Development Forum, the African WSIS follow-up meeting the Arab WSIS Follow-up meeting and the North African IGF meeting.
The ICT4 Forumis being held from 19 to 20 September 2012 will focus on the digital economy and value creation, digital culture and the Information Society and the WSIS process from 2013-2015 and the achievements in building the information and knowledge society.
The ICT4ALL 2012 exhibition provides visitors with opportunities for prospecting investment and partnership in the field of information and communication technologies.
