About ISOC Bangladesh Chapter

ISOCBD is a non-profit, membership-driven Internet organisation which promotes development and use of the Internet based upon the needs of the people of Bangladesh. It was founded in November 2000, and is the Bangladesh chapter of ISOC, the Internet Society, a non-profit, non-governmental, international professional membership organization that brings diverse interests and factions together to work out reasonable solutions that generate progress and growth for the Internet. 

The Objects of the Internet Society of Bangladesh

The fundamental human desire for communication has been the engine driving social, cultural, scientific, and economic development throughout history. The new medium of the Internet has brought about widespread, creative communication between individuals and groups that previously had little chance of contact. The overriding objective of the Society is to give expression to the needs and wishes of individuals, groups, or organisations that have a common interest in the viability of the Internet in Bangladesh, so that all Bangladeshi users of the Internet may continue to benefit from, and contribute to, its applications, technologies, and evolution. 

The objects for which the Society is established are: 

(1) to provide broad-based representation of the Bangladeshi Internet community both nationally and internationally; 

(2) to provide a service for the benefit of the community generally by enabling individuals, groups, and organisations to use the Internet effectively for communication, collaboration, education, and innovation; 

(3) to promote the availability of access to the Internet for all Bangladeshis, and to provide information, assistance, archives, and other relevant resources for Bangladeshi Internet users; 

(4) to give expression to the viewpoint of Bangladeshi Internet users to business, industry, the government, the media, and society in general, by providing information and promoting education; 

(5) to affiliate with other Bangladeshi Internet-focused organisations for co-ordination, collaboration and education in order to further the objectives of the Society; 

(6) to examine, develop, and disseminate the community's understanding of ethical and cooperative standards of usage of the Internet; 

(7) to support, coordinate, develop and evolve effective standards of administration of systems and resources fundamental to the functioning and integrity of the Internet, such as addressing, naming, security and connectivity; 

(8) to promote, facilitate, and conduct research relating to the Internet and internetworking; and 

(9) to develop and maintain formal and informal relationships with the international Internet community.