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== Activities ==
== Activities ==
ISOC-Bulgaria has been involved in a number of projects, related to usage and promotion of free and open source software, among them:
ISOC-Bulgaria has been involved in a number of projects, related to usage and promotion of free and open source software, among them:
* - the Free and Open Source Software Project for South East Europe;<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/business/worldbusiness/11iht-dividea_ed3_.html Open-source software gets boost at UN] (article in the New York Times)</ref>
* - the Free and Open Source Software Project for South East Europe;<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/business/worldbusiness/11iht-dividea_ed3_.html Open-source software gets boost at UN] (article in the New York Times)</ref>
* - towards Open Source Software adoption and dissemination;
* - towards Open Source Software adoption and dissemination;
* - Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.<ref>[http://www.flossworld.org FLOSS world]</ref>
* - Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flossworld.org/ |title=FLOSS world |access-date=2020-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108092152/http://www.flossworld.org/ |archive-date=2012-11-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 2005&ndash;2006 ISOC-Bulgaria launched the Bulgarian version of [[Creative Commons]].
In 2005 — 2006 ISOC-Bulgaria launched the Bulgarian version of [[Creative Commons]].


ISOC Bulgaria was a key player during the [[World Summit on the Information Society|WSIS]] (2002&ndash;2005).<ref>[http://www.capital.bg/biznes/tehnologii_i_nauka/2005/11/19/233844_i_vulcite_dovolni_i_internet_cial/ Capital weekly article] (in Bulgarian)</ref>
ISOC Bulgaria was a key player during the [[World Summit on the Information Society|WSIS]] (2002&ndash;2005).<ref>[http://www.capital.bg/biznes/tehnologii_i_nauka/2005/11/19/233844_i_vulcite_dovolni_i_internet_cial/ Capital weekly article] (in Bulgarian)</ref>
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ISOC Bulgaria has been actively involved in the [[Global Internet Policy Initiative]] (GIPI), headed by [[George Sadowsky]], and has contributed to formation of governmental IT-policy in a number of countries, not only in Bulgaria.<ref>[http://www.internetpolicy.net/ GIPI's web site]</ref>
ISOC Bulgaria has been actively involved in the [[Global Internet Policy Initiative]] (GIPI), headed by [[George Sadowsky]], and has contributed to formation of governmental IT-policy in a number of countries, not only in Bulgaria.<ref>[http://www.internetpolicy.net/ GIPI's web site]</ref>

Since 2002 ISOC Bulgaria has been running, together with Access to Information Program, the Bulgarian edition of the [[Big Brother Awards]], with their latest edition in 2019. The awards are given to institutions, organizations and individuals, who violate citizens' privacy in Bulgaria.<ref>[https://bigbrotherawards.bg/ Official Big Brother Awards site] (in English and Bulgarian)</ref>


== Members ==
== Members ==
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== Board ==
== Board ==
ISOC-Bulgaria board consists of:
ISOC-[[:fr:Utilisateur:Unoserv|Bulgaria board]] consists of:
* [[Veni Markovski]] - chairman and CEO
* [[Veni Markovski]] - chairman
* Dimitar Ganchev - secretary
* Dimitar Ganchev - vice-chairman
* Albena Arnaudova - member
* Georgi Kirov - member


== More information ==
== More information ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:25, 5 May 2023

Internet Society - Bulgaria
FoundedDecember 4, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-12-04)
FocusInternet users' rights, Internet-related laws
Location
Key people
Veni Markovski (Chairman of the Board), Dimitar Ganchev (Secretary of the Board)
Websitewww.isoc.bg
Internet
Visualization of Internet routing paths
An Opte Project visualization of routing paths through a portion of the Internet
General
Governance
Information infrastructure
Services
History
Guides
icon Internet portal

Internet Society – Bulgaria is a non-governmental organization (NGO) for public benefit, founded on December 4, 1995, in Sofia by a group of Bulgarian Internet professionals.

History

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ISOC-Bulgaria was founded in 1995. It became known worldwide in 1999, when it successfully sued the government of Ivan Kostov against the proposed licensing of the Internet Service Providers in Bulgaria.[1]

In 2001, through ISOC-Bulgaria's influence, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) remained outside of the monopoly of the national telecom, which allowed a great variety of new Internet service providers to start operating in Bulgaria.

Activities

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ISOC-Bulgaria has been involved in a number of projects, related to usage and promotion of free and open source software, among them:

  • - the Free and Open Source Software Project for South East Europe;[2]
  • - towards Open Source Software adoption and dissemination;
  • - Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.[3]

In 2005 — 2006 ISOC-Bulgaria launched the Bulgarian version of Creative Commons.

ISOC Bulgaria was a key player during the WSIS (2002–2005).[4]

Before that, in 1999 and in 2001 through its influence, Bulgaria became the first country to legally accept full freedom of access to the Internet by changing its Telecommunications Law, which leaves the domain name system and the IP Address allocation outside of the control of the government.[5]

ISOC Bulgaria has been actively involved in the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), headed by George Sadowsky, and has contributed to formation of governmental IT-policy in a number of countries, not only in Bulgaria.[6]

Since 2002 ISOC Bulgaria has been running, together with Access to Information Program, the Bulgarian edition of the Big Brother Awards, with their latest edition in 2019. The awards are given to institutions, organizations and individuals, who violate citizens' privacy in Bulgaria.[7]

Members

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Among hundreds of its members are former Bulgarian presidents Georgi Parvanov and Peter Stoyanov, former prime ministers Sergey Stanishev and Ivan Kostov, many politicians, IT-experts, journalists, and many others.

Board

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ISOC-Bulgaria board consists of:

  • Veni Markovski - chairman
  • Dimitar Ganchev - vice-chairman
  • Georgi Kirov - member

More information

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ISOC-Bulgaria is an official chapter of the international Internet Society, based in Reston, Virginia and Geneva, Switzerland. More information can be found at ISOC-Bulgaria's web site,[8] and on their blog.[9]

References

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  1. ^ The Case Against the Bulgarian government Information from Bulgarian and other media
  2. ^ Open-source software gets boost at UN (article in the New York Times)
  3. ^ "FLOSS world". Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. ^ Capital weekly article (in Bulgarian)
  5. ^ Bulgarian government contribution (document from the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2010)
  6. ^ GIPI's web site
  7. ^ Official Big Brother Awards site (in English and Bulgarian)
  8. ^ isoc.bg web site
  9. ^ Official blog of ISOC-Bulgaria
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