EURid to participate at the UNESCO Conference on 3 March 2015

By: EURid
 
Feb. 26, 2015 - PRLog -- Brussels, 26 February 2015 – EURid, the .eu registry, will attend and participate at CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action (http://en.unesco.org/events/connecting-dots-options-future-action)from 3 – 4 March in Paris, France in support of a comprehensive and consultative multi-stakeholder study on Internet-related issues.

The two day event, which examines the study’s findings and aims to consider possible solutions, reviews existing and developing correlative trends, the strengths and weaknesses associated with access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy, and the ethical dimensions of the information society.

EURid will participate in the event following the signature, in February 2013, of the Memorandum of Understandingwith UNESCO.  The two bodies have the role to carry out common projects to contribute to the promotion of multilingualism in cyberspace with a special focus on research and analysis of International Domain Name (IDN) deployment and cooperation in preparation of joint Internet related events, meetings and projects.

EURid has already begun work on the 2015 IDNs - State of Play Insights report in partnership with UNESCO and with the cooperation of Verisign. The report will be presented later this year.

Event Details

CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action


Location: 7, place de Fontenoy, Paris, 75007, France

Date: 3-4 March 2015

Type of Event: Category 2-Intergovernmental meeting

About .eu and EURid

The .eu domain ranks among the largest top-level domains in the world, connecting more than 500 million people across 31 countries to one Internet identity.More than 3.9 million .eu names have been registered since the domain opened for registration in 2005. Many companies and brands use a .eu website as a practical solution to convey a clear European identity and their business ambitions.

EURid is the not-for-profit organisation that operates the .eu top-level domain, following a tender process and appointment by the European Commission. EURid works with over 750 accredited registrars and provides support in the 24 official EU languages. As part of its ongoing commitment to data security, EURid has been certified for the ISO27001 security standard since 2013. EURid is also registered by the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), which is an expression of its environmental commitment. EURid has its headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), and regional offices in Pisa (Italy), Prague (the Czech Republic) and Stockholm (Sweden). More information at: http://www.eurid.eu.

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