Kenya School of Internet Governance

Summary

Name of your School:	Kenya School of Internet Governance
Is your School a global, regional or national initiative?	regional
Who is the convenor/s of your School?	KICTANet
Is your School targeting one specific stakeholder group (i.e. do you focus on young people)?	All Stakeholder groups are welcomed
Region or country your School is based:	East Africa
Year of foundation:	2016
Frequency of your School:	annually
Duration of your School:	22 days
Besides Internet Governance do you focus on another sub topic?	Digital Rights
Is your school associated with or co-located with any other event or process?	Kenya IGF, East Africa IGF
What is the funding model of your SIG?	Not for profit
Please provide the link to the website of your school:	kigf.or.ke/kesig/
Anything else you would like to tell us about your school?	The Kenya Internet Governance Forum has played a pivotal role in enhancing public participation in public policy development in Kenya. The forum has introduced new forms of ensuring public participation such as remote participation with the support of international organizations such as the Internet Society which have equally been embraced by the government, private sector, technical community, and academia. It has also built the capacity of many actors from diverse areas in the private sector, civil society, academia, and the media on how to engage with other stakeholders in public policy development processes through a multi-stakeholder approach. It is for this reason that the Kenya School of Internet Governance was conceptualized to bring new voices into the Internet Governance debate.