<div dir="ltr"><div>My name is Wisdom Donkor<br><br></div>I nominate myself for the CSTD WG on enhanced Cooperation.<br><br>..................................................................................<br><b>1. short bio of one paragraph,</b><br>I
am a Ghanaian , 39 years of age and work with the National Information
Technology Agency as engineer and currently the IT Manager with
specialization in e-government and infrastructure, Internet Governance
and Open Government Data initiatives policies and platforms. I also
work as the technical lead person for the Ghana Open Data Initiative
Project and also lecture part time at the Ghana Telecom University
College (Centre for Professional Development Unit). I was the immediate
past Vice General Secretary of the Internet Society Ghana Chapter and
currently the National Secretariat Manager of the Information Technology
Association of Ghana (ITAG) and also serve as the Secretary
(ex-officio) to the Executive Management Committee of which Prof Nii
Quaynor is the Chair and President. I have being involve in the IT
Industry for over 10 years in areas of ICT Policy development, Internet
Governance, Open Government Data, Software Design and Development,
Databases and Consolidation, Open Source Software Technologies, Data
Divide Privacy and Security, Big Data and analytics, Data Management and
technologies, and Human Resource Planning and Development and also
consult to many local organisations and several ICT projects across
Ghana and Abroad.<br><br><b>2. My motivation to be a civil society representative to the WG</b><br>With
my deep understanding and involvement with civil society both national
and at global level couple with my passion for free open Internet, open
government data and open source software technologies, I will be
honoured to represent civil society on the working group besides, my
association with ICANN as Fellow coach (mentor) and subsequently
support staff. It will be my privilege to represent civil society on
the working group because Civil society has been widely recognized as
one of the essential ‘third’ sector. Its strength has a positive
influence on state or government. CS is an an increasingly important
agent for promoting good governance like transparency, effectiveness,
openness, responsiveness and accountability. Civil society most often
further good governance, first, by policy analysis and advocacy; second,
by regulation and monitoring of performance and the action and behavior
of institutions; third, by building social capital and enabling
citizens to identify and articulate their values, beliefs, civic norms
and democratic practices; fourth, by mobilizing particular
constituencies, particularly the vulnerable and marginalized sections of
masses, to participate more fully in national and global affairs; and
fifth, by development work to improve the well-being of societies or
communities. I believe with my experience with ICANN, IGF, IETF, World
Bank, ITU, ISOC, etc with my deep understanding of the subject matter, I
will be privilege to work and contribute to the objectives of the
working group by bringing to bear my skills and expertise.<br><br><b><br>3. Substantive proposals or a vision on “how to further implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda”</b><br>From
my perspective three main issues need to be discussed thoroughly:
Internet governance and open government data policies framework and
human right:<br><b>1. Internet Governance and Open Government Data Initiatives:</b>
We need to encourage participation from as many stakeholders to explore
the relationship between access to the Internet, and the development of
Open Government Data initiatives that is geared towards cetizen
empowerment and sustainable job creation. As the number of Open Data
initiatives increases worldwide, including in countries where open
governance is not common, the Internet governance issues surrounding
such release of data have yet to be thoroughly investigated and
discussed. We need to focus on some of the issues that have arisen with
the advent of Internet governance and Open Government Data Initiative,
particularly in the African region with the view to help focus on
Internet governance, such as access, security, the data divide and
privacy. There is the need to also examine the need for global ethical
standards that can govern the responsible use of the Internet and the
release and use of data within an Internet governance framework. In this
present days, Open Government data issues are been discussed outside
Internet governance domain. I will bring to bear perspectives from
multiple internet governance stakeholders about determination of what
data is released and how it is used, this will be done to stimulate
discussion about the issues by looking at the number of culturally
influenced views on the issue of internet governance and open government
data initiatives. Internet infrastructure, access and interoperability
as well as reliability and management of data are important for
successful implementation of Internet governance and Open Government
Data policies. The policies that have been developed in Internet
governance circles have a direct effect on the use and reuse of data
and must be acknowledged and discussed. Furthermore, inter-cultural and
multi-stakeholder dialogue is needed to help shape public interest
policy principles for Open Data and Internet governance. <br>2.<b> Human Right:</b>
I believe that realizing human rights is the essential first step to
building just societies. When people are empowered to pursue their own
destinies and have a voice in shaping solutions to problems they
experience, they are better equipped to overcome poverty, live with
dignity and transform the lives of others. “Millions of people are
suffering enormously at the hands of states, while governments are
shamelessly painting the protection of human rights as a threat to
security, law and order or national ‘values.'" There is an insidious and
creeping trend undermining human rights which has come from governments
deliberately attacking, under funding or neglecting institutions that
have been set up to help protect our rights. The United Nations’ human
rights bodies, the International Criminal Court, and regional mechanisms
such as the Council of Europe and the Inter American Human Rights
system, are being undermined by governments attempting to evade
oversight of their domestic records. Amnesty international has stated in
their 2015 – 2016 report that governments are broken international law
in their national contexts: more than 98 states tortured or otherwise
ill-treated people and 30 or more illegally forced people to do things
against their will where they would be in danger. In at least 18
countries, war crimes or other violations of the “laws of war” were
committed by governments or armed groups. “Instead of recognizing the
crucial role these people play in society, many governments have
deliberately set out to strangle criticism in their country. They broken
their own laws in their crackdowns against citizens,” My question now
is: Is there any charter of human right and principles for the
Internet? If yes to what extent has it influence human right policies on
the Internet and if no is there any plans to lead the process. <br><br>This are issues that need to be taken into consideration and discussed thoroughly and deal with it on its merit.<br><br><br><b>4. My experience or qualifications to represent civil society on the WG.</b><br><br>I
have been an active member of the global Internet governance community
since 2012 focused on facilitating meaningful civil society engagement
at both national and global forum. With my professional, technical and
human resource planing and development background and my involvement
with ICANN, ISOC, IETF, World Bank Open Data team, Global open data
working group, Diplo Foundation, Open Government partnership (OGP),
ITU, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), Open Data
Institute (ODI), USAID, UNDP activities couple with over 10 years of
working experience within the ICT field within the public and private
sector, I have gain the needed experience and understanding of the
governance related issues. I am more than convinced that I do have the
professional capacity to work and adhere and subscribe to the Tunes
Agenda.<br><br>5. Name, gender, regional/geographical, as well as any
appropriate affiliation information and contact information should be
included as well.<br><br>Gender: Male<br>Name: Wisdom Donkor<br>Nationality: Ghana<br>Affiliation: National Information Technology Agency, Ghana/<br>Ghana Open Data Initiative.<br><br>Contact: 0243380618<br>Mobile: 0208128851<br><br><br><br><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation<br>OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member<br></div><span style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<br></span></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>National Information Technology Agency (NITA) <br></div><div>Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)</div><div>Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana</div><div>Tel; +233 20 812881</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:wisdom_dk@hotmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>Skype: wisdom_dk</div><div>facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk<br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.nita.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nita.gov.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.data.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.isoc.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.itag.org.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.itag.org.gh</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br>Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana<div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>Tel; +233 20 812881</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:wisdom_dk@hotmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>Skype: wisdom_dk</div><div>facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk<br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.nita.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nita.gov.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.data.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.isoc.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.itag.org.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.itag.org.gh</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Nadira Alaraj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" target="_blank">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Best Bits Members,<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm glad to share with you the following nominees to the CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation through the Best Bits mailing list that will be forwarded to the NomCom by the end of March 15th.<br><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- <b class="gmail_sendername"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"></div>Lea Kaspar </b> <br clear="all"></div>- <b class="gmail_sendername">Anriette Esterhuysen</b><br><br><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">Their nomination emails to this list are included below in the order of date received. <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">I appreciate any endorsements/comments to this list directly, or to me off-list by March 15th. <br><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">Best wishes,<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">Nadira Alaraj<br>Liaise of BestBits nominees to the CSCG<br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><br>----------</span> Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b class="gmail_sendername"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"></div>Lea Kaspar</b></span> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lea@gp-digital.org" target="_blank">lea@gp-digital.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:25 PM<br>Subject: Re: [bestbits] *reminder* <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"></div>Call for Nominations for civil representatives - CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation<br>To: Nadira Alaraj <<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" target="_blank">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: "<<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><br>Dear Nadira, all, <div><br></div><div>Please
find below my expression of interest to become one of the 5 civil
society representatives on the UN CSTD Working Group on Enhanced
Cooperation. I thank this group in advance for considering my
application.</div><div></div><div>Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.</div><div></div><div>Warm wishes,</div><div>Lea</div><div></div><div>---</div><div></div><div><span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">> short bio of one paragraph,</span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lea Kaspar heads <a href="http://www.gp-digital.org/" target="_blank">Global Partner Digital</a>'s (GPD) programmatic portfolio and leads the organisation’s international policy arm. Since joining GPD in 2012, she has been concentrating upon facilitating multistakeholder dialogue and civil society engagement in international internet governance debates. She has developed and coordinated information sharing, capacity building, and advocacy initiatives at the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS), NETmundial, the WSIS+10 Review process, the 2013-2014 UN CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC), and various processes of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She is a member of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), a member of the UK Multistakeholder Group on Internet Governance (MAGIG), and sits on the Steering Committee of the UK IGF.</span></p><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">> one paragraph of motivation to be a civil society representative to CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation,</span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Following the conclusion of the WSIS Review Process, the WGEC will become a critical space to shape the normative landscape of global internet governance. It will present an opportunity to push a positive agenda for change, and, at the same time, pose a threat to the gains that we, as a global community, have made since the WSIS in 2005. With a growing trend to close and limit the space for public interest voices in internet governance debates, civil society will have a key role at WGEC to resist a reading of enhanced cooperation that is reserved for governments, and instead offer a vision that involves all stakeholders, based on the principles of openness, transparency and inclusiveness. Furthermore, WGEC will be an opportunity for civil society to build on the outcomes of the 2013-14 WGEC and NETmundial by demystifying the flexible, issue-based understanding of roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in internet governance. Building on the insight gained during WGEC 2013-14, my engagement in the WSIS Review, and my experience on the IGF MAG, I would be privileged to contribute to this outcome by bringing my skills and expertise to the Working Group as one of its civil society representatives.</span></p><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">> one paragraph describing substantive proposals or a vision on “how to further implement enhanced cooperation as</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">envisioned in the Tunis Agenda”, and</span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The notion of enhanced cooperation as a principle of governance matters insofar as it contributes to achieving the WSIS vision of a “people-centered, development-oriented information society”. Although anchored around the question of the role of governments, enhanced cooperation in support of the WSIS vision cannot be achieved without the involvement of all stakeholders. The most important immediate task in further implementing it will therefore be to clarify the roles of responsibilities of different stakeholders in internet governance. A starting point for this task is provided in the <a href="http://netmundial.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NETmundial-Multistakeholder-Document.pdf" target="_blank">NETmundial outcome document </a>which states that “the respective roles and responsibilities of stakeholders should be interpreted in a flexible manner with reference to the issue under discussion”. As a member of the WGEC, I would seek to leverage the NETmundial outcome, as well as the mapping output of WGEC 2013-14, in order to develop practical recommendations to promote a flexible, issue-based understanding of roles and responsibilities, and a vision of enhanced cooperation based upon principles of openness, transparency, and inclusiveness.</span></p><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">> one paragraph describing experience or qualifications to represent civil society on the CSTD Working Group.</span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">I have been an active member of the global internet governance community since 2012, focused on </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">facilitating meaningful civil society engagement in international forums and processes, including at the recent WSIS+10 Review and the 2013-14 WGEC. </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">During the 2013-14 WGEC, I participated as an active observer in 4 out of 5 meetings of the Group. Following its establishment, I joined the WGEC Correspondence Group, and played a critical role in developing the mapping output of the Group, which served as the basis for the CSTD <a href="http://www.giplatform.org/sites/default/files/CSTD_2014_Mapping_Internet_en%20Dec%202014.pdf" target="_blank">mapping report</a> issued in November 2014. Through this engagement, I gained invaluable insight into the dynamics of the enhanced cooperation debate that I would seek to leverage as a civil society representative in the group’s reboot.</span></p><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">> Name, gender, regional/geographical, as well as any appropriate affiliation information and contact information should be included as well.</span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gender: Female</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nationality: Croatian (UN regional group: Eastern European)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Affiliation: Global Partners Digital, UK</span></p><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Arial Narrow";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">---</span></span></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(136,136,136);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.72px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(10,40,80)" lang="EN-US">Lea Kaspar</span></b><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:14.72px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(10,40,80)" lang="EN-US">Head of Programmes and International Policy | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL</span><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:14.72px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(83,83,83)" lang="EN-US">Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL</span><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:14.72px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(83,83,83)" lang="EN-US">T: +44 (0)20 3818</span><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(83,83,83)"> </span><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(136,136,136)" lang="EN-US">3258 | M: <a href="http://gp-digital.org/" target="_blank">+44 (0)7583 929216, <span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">gp-digital.org</span></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">----------</span> Forwarded message ----------<br>From:<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"></div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <b class="gmail_sendername">Anriette Esterhuysen</b></span> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:21 PM<br>Subject: [bestbits] CSTD Working Group on Enhanced cooperation<br>To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>, "<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><br><br>Dear all<br>
<br>
I am not asking for endorsement as it is too late, but just sharing that<br>
I have put my name forward within the APC network.<br>
<br>
This is a very important working group in my view, and one that can be<br>
used to to talk about the role of government in internet governance -<br>
what it should be and what it need not be - one of the conversations<br>
that seems to always be either truncated, or avoided. I believe that<br>
having this conversation, and recognising that there is a role for<br>
government and that there is a need for conversation among them does not<br>
imply abandoning multistakeholder approaches.<br>
<br>
Talking about governments role and about how they interact with one<br>
another and about how regulation can counter monopolies without<br>
encroaching on rights should and could contribute to creating more<br>
inclusive (of nonstate actors) processes at national level and a more<br>
open and public internet.<br>
<br>
The previous group did make progress but also struggled to really break<br>
new ground. Now that the WSIS+10 review has happened, and the IGF has<br>
been renewed, and the IANA transition is in process, I think it will be<br>
easier to engage in constructive and critical discussion.<br>
<br>
This group has the potential to develop a common understanding of<br>
principles for "enhanced" or "effective" cooperation, and come up with<br>
proposals for mechanisms that can complement and reinforce existing<br>
processes.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Anriette Esterhuysen<br>
APC</font></span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></p>
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