South Eastern European Dialogue (SEEDIG)

About

The South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance is a regional IGF initiative dedicated to 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 eight 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.

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
08:00	Registration
09:00	Welcoming address
09:30	Introduction to Internet governance (“What is Internet governance and why should I care?”)
11:00	Coffee break
11:30	Multistakeholder Internet governance mechanisms/approaches at national level
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Human rights for Internet users: theoretical approaches vs realities in the region
16:00	Coffee break
16:30	The domain name space in South Eastern Europe – the case of IDNs
18:00	Conclusions and final remark