With the purpose of supporting the development of the use of the Internet in Cuba for the benefit of citizens and raising the culture of the population in its useful and responsible employment, on the 26th, the II Forum of Internet Governance (IGF).

Organized by the branch of the Union of Informatics of Cuba (UIC) in the province, the event seeks to articulate itself as a space for inclusive exchange that puts academia, civil society, experts and government representatives in dialogue, to consolidate a personal vision of what Internet Governance represents for the current Cuban context.

As Dorta Pina, president of the UIC in the territory explained to Invasor Duniesky, at a time when the country is committed to digital transformation, the meeting results in a participatory platform for, from collective construction, to outline strategies that allow continuing to advance in this effort and to make visible the challenges that the new technological scenarios entail.

On this occasion, explained Dorta Pina, the attendees will be able to discuss topics such as the Digital Agenda in Cuba; innovation and local development with inclusion and equity; the Digital Economy; information, communication, knowledge and ethics on the Internet; and cybersecurity and data protection.

Under the slogan "Internet: inclusion, equity and sustainable human development", the event also advocates for a better use of available connectivity to increase efficiency, work productivity, knowledge and the quality of services, as well as to promote local development and stimulate innovation with integration in the communities.

In 2019, Cuba developed its IGF for the first time, whose national meeting agreed on the need to build a Cuban and socialist vision of what Internet Governance represents, and promote its implementation for the benefit of sovereignty to continue advancing in the government's effort to bring forward the computerization program of the society.

That same year, a young Ciego de Ávila`s citizen was part of the Cuban delegation that participated in the twelfth edition of the IGF of Latin America and the Caribbean, based in the city of La Paz, Bolivia.

The global initiative of the IGF as a space for annual debate in which international organizations, governments, Internet professionals, companies and civil society organizations can explore, on equal terms, the development of the Network of networks and their interaction with other areas of public power was born as an agreement of the World Summit on the Information Society, held in Tunis, in 2005.