Tijani Ben Jemaa, Chair of the Multi-stakeholder Administrative Group (MAG) of the North African Internet Governance Forum (NAIGF) welcomed Mme Sihem Trabelsi, the CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency, the trainers, the MAG members, The North African Youth Internet Governance Forum members, and all learners of the 2023 edition of the North African School on Internet Governance (NASIG).

He thanked the Tunisian Internet Agency for their continuous support to the NAIGF activities since its inception, and in particular to the organization of this school. He extended his thanks to the Organizing Committee for their hard work over several months.

He stressed that the objective of the SIG is to give young people of the North African region the necessary information and knowledge to enter into the Internet Governance Ecosystem and contribute in the discussions on the Internet and its future.

He reminded that the NAIGF started in 2019 organizing the school back-to-back with the annual forum to enlarge the North African Internet community adding each year the learners of the school to the wide community.

At the end of his welcome speech, the Chair of the NAIGF MAG emphasized that this SIG couldn’t be organized with as many learners from the different North African Countries without the financial support of the NAIGF wonderful partners and addressed a special thanks to these sponsors for their important support.

Ms Siheme Trabelsi, CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) Welcomed the trainers, the MAG members and the learners to this edition of the North African School on Internet Governance hosted by the ATI, the partner of the NAIGF playing also the role of its secretary. She highlighted the importance of the school in building capacity of the Internet community in North Africa to permit more active members in the Internet Governance Fora. She wished full success to the school and more success for the NAIGF activities.