<div dir="ltr">I think even those of us who do not fall within the limited categories seemingly provided for by the WGEC for now should simply go ahead and submit our contributions. It will be interesting to see what the WG will do with them if the call hasn't been officially made open by then. And if the WG indeed does not consider them, there are always other ways in which this input could be made public and used.<div>
<br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Anja</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 July 2013 11:06, Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Joana<br>
<br>
I checked on this with Peter Major and he said that it is open to all.<br>
<br>
But I have not seen this in writing yet - Peter had just had the news<br>
when I spoke to him. He was, as chair, advocating for it to be open to all.<br>
<br>
Anriette<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 19/07/2013 01:21, Joana Varon wrote:<br>
> Dear all,<br>
><br>
> I was talking with Marilia Maciel about the WGEC, particularly concerned<br>
> about which restrictions are set towards which institutions can answer the<br>
> questionnaire:<br>
> <a href="http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/2013_WGEC_Questionnaire.pdf" target="_blank">http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/2013_WGEC_Questionnaire.pdf</a><br>
><br>
> So this is just to confirm, perhaps with the participants of the WG, if<br>
> only organizations that are: WSIS accredited; ECOSOC accredited; ITU<br>
> accredited or those participating in the work of the CSTD (Pursuant to<br>
> ECOSOC Decisions 2011/237, 2011/238 or 2011/239) can participate. Or is it<br>
> open to anyone?<br>
><br>
> If so, I would suggest that any civil society organization that submit a<br>
> contribution could also post it's answers to the group here (as I don't<br>
> know if it is going to be public at the CSTD website). So we could compile<br>
> all the SC contributions and maybe even help the work of the WC. Just a<br>
> suggestion...<br>
</div>> *<br>
> *<br>
> *Deadline for answers is Aug,15th *<br>
<div class="im">><br>
> all the best<br>
><br>
> joana<br>
><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Dr. Anja Kovacs<br>The Internet Democracy Project<br><br>+91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs<br><a href="http://www.internetdemocracy.in/" target="_blank">www.internetdemocracy.in</a><br>
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