<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please see below the key takeaways of the African Parliamentary Digital Policy Symposium which took place last week.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Wishing you all a relaxing weekend,</div><div class="">Minda</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><hr tabindex="-1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; width: 669.328125px;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>IGF Secretariat <<a href="mailto:igf@un.org" class="">igf@un.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, July 27, 2022 11:19 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:dc@intgovforum.org" class="">dc@intgovforum.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:dc@intgovforum.org" class="">dc@intgovforum.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[DC] Now Available: Outcome of African Parliamentary Digital Policy Symposium!</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="BodyFragment" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><div class="PlainText">Dear All,<br class=""><br class="">Last week, 30 parliamentarians from 20 African countries participated in a Digital Policy Symposium<<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fdigital-policy-symposium&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cba930eeb545d4645cb0608da6fb99d2f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637945140294238646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EU5lKAoRP8sYa9JHUqzsrXGzHvmPGNjLRlRKwh8z22w%3D&reserved=0" class="">https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fdigital-policy-symposium&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cba930eeb545d4645cb0608da6fb99d2f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637945140294238646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EU5lKAoRP8sYa9JHUqzsrXGzHvmPGNjLRlRKwh8z22w%3D&reserved=0</a>> co-organized by the Secretariat at the African IGF.<br class=""><br class="">You can now read the Key Takeaways<<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fen%2Ffiledepot_download%2F241%2F22047&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cba930eeb545d4645cb0608da6fb99d2f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637945140294238646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uMir0NNK%2Bz1YhalnTkEbQIgT5rsgnvgVt%2FOEkSBz8CY%3D&reserved=0" class="">https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fen%2Ffiledepot_download%2F241%2F22047&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cba930eeb545d4645cb0608da6fb99d2f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637945140294238646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uMir0NNK%2Bz1YhalnTkEbQIgT5rsgnvgVt%2FOEkSBz8CY%3D&reserved=0</a>> from those discussions, which cover a number of critical digital issues for the region, including:<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> * Legislation for an unfragmented Internet<br class=""> * Achieving sustainable digital development<br class=""> * Data governance frameworks<br class=""> * Strengthening digital economies<br class=""><br class="">We invite you to explore the African parliamentary Takeaways<<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fen%2Ffiledepot_download%2F241%2F22047&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cba930eeb545d4645cb0608da6fb99d2f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637945140294238646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uMir0NNK%2Bz1YhalnTkEbQIgT5rsgnvgVt%2FOEkSBz8CY%3D&reserved=0" class="">https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fen%2Ffiledepot_download%2F241%2F22047&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cba930eeb545d4645cb0608da6fb99d2f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637945140294238646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uMir0NNK%2Bz1YhalnTkEbQIgT5rsgnvgVt%2FOEkSBz8CY%3D&reserved=0</a>> in full, and encourage you to share these far and wide within your networks!<br class=""><br class="">Best regards,<br class="">IGF Secretariat<br class=""><br class="">[<a href="cid:image001.png@01D8A1B3.2C880800" class="">cid:image001.png@01D8A1B3.2C880800</a>]<br class=""><br class=""></div></span></font></div><img style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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