Tag: Internet governance

ICTP 364: Evolving internet governance for an inclusive digital future, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

ICTP 364: Evolving internet governance for an inclusive digital future, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Posted by | 13 Aug 2025 |

 Nigel Cassimire, the Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), joins us once again to provide an update on the Internet Governance space and the 21st staging of the CIGF, which will be held from 20—22 August 2024 in Varadero, Cuba. During our conversation, we discussed: how Internet Governance and the conversations on IG have been evolving; the most prominent or topical issues in the IG space currently; the likely focus areas of the upcoming CIGF; and whether there are any specific issues the Caribbean region ought to be focusing on.

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ICTP 347: Exploring the new generic top-level domain program with Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels

ICTP 347: Exploring the new generic top-level domain program with Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels

Posted by | 16 Apr 2025 |

As the internet becomes more integral to economic development, cultural diplomacy, and public governance, there may be strategic value in having custom generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Active participants in the global Internet Governance space, Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels, are back to discuss ICANN’s New gTLD Program: Next Round, which is currently open. The conversation covered, among other things: the difference between country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and gTLDs; the current state of use of ccTLDs in the Caribbean region; the New gTLD Program and the benefits that could be realised; and the challenges to Caribbean countries and organisations to apply for new custom gTLDs.

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ICTP 335: Building our multistakeholder digital future, with Jacqueline Morris

ICTP 335: Building our multistakeholder digital future, with Jacqueline Morris

Posted by | 22 Jan 2025 |

The Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum (TTIGF) is just around the corner, and worldwide, it is among the first Internet Governance events of the year. With Jaqueline Morris, a longstanding player in the global Internet Governance space and the current Chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group Board, which is the organiser of the TTIGF, she discusses, among other things, how TTIGF came about, how the internet has been evolving and emerging trends, and the biggest internet or Internet Governance issues to which we should be paying particular attention.

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ICTP 331: The internet we should want in 2024 and beyond, with Rodney Taylor of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

ICTP 331: The internet we should want in 2024 and beyond, with Rodney Taylor of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Posted by | 4 Dec 2024 |

In our last instalment of the year in our series, The Internet we should want in 2024 and beyond, we are joined by Rodney Taylor, the Secretary-General (SG) of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU).  In a candid conversation, the SG provides a regional perspective on the role the internet should be playing in the Caribbean region. He also shares his thoughts on, among other things: could the CARICOM Single ICT Space become irrelevant even before it is fully realised; the region’s digital economy; the impact, if any, the Internet of Things could have in the region; and what we, as a region, should want regarding privacy and data protection.

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