17th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day www.internetday.info

Created By mps on 20-Apr-2008 4:25 AM

Location: world, Spain
Date(s): 21-Apr-2008 to 18-May-2008

The idea of an Internet day or diadeinternet emerged on the initiative of the Association of Internet Users, www.aui.es, and the first Internet day was organised on 25 October 2005. More than 400 events were arranged at over 8,000 venues in 31 provinces of the 17 Autonomous Communities. More than 200 organisations operating in the public and private sectors subscribed to the Declaration of Principles to build the Information Society on behalf of over one million people.

At the behest of the II World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia, in November 2005 the United Nations agreed to make 17 May the World International Telecommunications and Information Society Day, with the same objectives as Internet Day.

What is Internet Day?

Internet Day is an on-line project which has emerged from society, on account of society, and for society. It is free, and open to anyone who wishes to take part. Because Internet Day is a common task.

In a word, it is a date which seeks to show the potential of new technology to improve the living standards of nations and their people.

One of the key features of Internet Day is the total freedom of all groups to decide what to do, how to do it, and who their activities will target. Everyone can take part, each person decides to what extent they will be involved, and everyone is as important as everyone else, regardless of the size or number of proposals they put forward.

Why have an Internet Day??

Article 121 of the World Summit on the Information Society’s conclusions document reads as follows:

“It is necessary to make a contribution for Internet to become better known so that it may become a world tool which is genuinely available to the general public. The World Information Society Day will be held annually on 17 May, and this will serve to provide best knowledge of the importance of this international resource, and particularly of the possibilities which ITC can offer societies and economies, and ways to bridge the digital gap.”

Internet Day provides a chance to encourage and facilitate access to the Information Society for the unconnected and the disabled. Also, following on from the experience acquired in Spain, plans have been made to introduce Internet Day in other countries, providing all interested parties with all the work, information and methodology supplied by participants in previous Internet Days.

Partners: BBVA, Telefónica, Madrid, HABBO

Organizer: Spanish Internet Users Association - aui.es

Web Site: www.diadeinternet.org

Contact: Miguel Perez Subias

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