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Information on EuroDIG

This first Pan-European dialogue on internet governance was the initiative of a number of key stakeholders representing various stakeholder groups working in the field of Internet governance (Martin Boyle, NOMINET; Bertrand de la Chapelle, Special Envoy for the Information Society of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs; Ayesha Hassan, International Chamber of Commerce/Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS-an ICC initiative); Lee Hibbard, Council of Europe; Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor, University of Aarhus; Yrjö Lansipuro, Ambassador, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Wolf Ludwig, Chair of the Board of the European Regional At Large Organisation (EU-RALO); Annette Mühlberg, Head of e-Government, New Media, Public Administration; United Services Union (trade union: ver.di), Germany; Thomas Schneider, Information Society Coordinator, Swiss Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM); Rudi Vansnick, ISOC-ECC (listed in alphabetical order)).

The aim of this initiative was to provide an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange between stakeholders from all over Europe on the issues to be discussed at the 2008 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India. the results of EuroDIG should therefore be fed into the IGF.
This document contains a number of messages heard from EuroDIG participants during the dialogue. These messages are not a negotiated text and do not represent consensus but are seen by EuroDIG organisers as relevant input from Europe into the global debate.

EuroDIG plans to continue future Pan-European multistakeholder dialogue forums on Internet Governance on a regular basis. More information on EuroDIG and its future activities can be found on www.eurodig.org
EuroDIG was held at the Agora Building, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, on 20-21 October 2008, and was attended by over 100 participants from all stakeholder groups and regions in Europe.

Szanowni Państwo,

Internet Society Poland zwraca się do posłów Parlamentu Europejskiego z
gorącą prośbą o specjalne potraktowanie przewidywanego na 24 września
głosowania nad Pakietem Telekomunikacyjnym i nie trzymanie się wytycznych
partyjnych, a możliwie pełne uwzględnienie opinii środowisk fachowych i
społecznych.

W specjalnym komunikacie z 5 września 2008 Europejska Rada Koordynacyjna
Internet Society (ISOC-ECC) swoje stanowisko rozpoczyna od następującego
stwierdzenia:

W chwili gdy "stopniowa reakcja", to znaczy możliwość by władze

The Bled declaration, as adopted on the The Future of the Internet Conference held 30-31 March 2008 in Bled, Slovenia.

Current Internet: Success & Challenges

With over a billion users world-wide, the current Internet is a great success – a global integrated communications infrastructure and service platform underpinning the fabric of the European economy and European society in general. However, today's Internet was designed in the 1970s for purposes that bear little resemblance to current and foreseen usage scenarios. Mismatches between original design goals and current utilisation are now beginning to hamper the Internet’s potential. A large number of challenges in the realms of technology, business, society and governance have to be overcome if the future development of the Internet is to sustain the networked society of tomorrow.