The guifi.net Foundation participates in the presentation of the edition of GISWatch 2018 that is presented in Paris at the Internet Governance Forum 2018 held in Paris.
The Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) is a collaborative community committed to building an open, inclusive, and sustainable information society.
The global monitor on the information society is a joint initiative of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (Hivos) and follows the long-term interest in the impact of civil society on Internet governance processes and efforts to improve public participation in national and international forums.
The GISWatch 2018 edition is based on local access models, more specifically on self-organized, self-managed, or locally developed solutions for local access based on the concept that one way to address access challenges is to provide communities with tools to address their own connectivity challenges, instead of having to purchase access service from large corporate entities.
Community networks allow community members to self-supply and share infrastructure.
Presentation of GISWatch 2018 based on local access models