For transparency and connectivity

To ensure transparent governance and last mile connectivity, a dialogue titled, "Bangladesh Dialogue on Internet Governance" was held at Amber IT's conference room in Dhaka last month. Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF), with the support of Internet Service Providers Association Bangladesh (ISPAB), organised the dialogue. 
Three representatives of the civil society, one representative from academia, three representatives from the business community, three representatives from the technical community, three representatives from the media, and one representative of the government participated in this 3 hour long dialogue session. BIGF Secretary General Mohammad Abdul Haque was the moderator of the discussion. 
At the opening session, Mohammad Abdul Haque showed a video clip on Internet Governance. This was followed by a power point presentation with brief overview of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) initiated by the United Nations and brief overview of the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) and BIGF. The participants were also informed of the upcoming 11th UNIGF which will be held in Mexico from December 6 to December 9.    
Sumon Ahmed Sabir, Chairman, Bangladesh Network Operators Group (bdNOG) talked 
about finding out the problems and taking necessary steps to solve them and if necessary ask for APrIGF's assistance. He said, "We can even go to UNIGF to get possible solutions. We should work together to popularize IPV6. We also should work to give internet access to physically challenged people."
At the end of the dialogue, the attendees agreed to attend another session on the last week of October which would have 30-40 participants. Based on this discussion, a paper will be published and submitted to IGF within November 1, 2016.