<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Best Bits members,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm forwarding to you the email with of the selected names to the role of the Working Group on Enhanced Co-operation.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Congratulations to the selected ones and I wish the others good luck for another round.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best wishes,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Nadira Alaraj<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<div dir="ltr" link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="FR-CH"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Calibri";font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;display:inline">
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="ian.peter@ianpeter.com" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">Ian Peter</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 31, 2016 8:45 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="pmajor@bluewin.ch" href="mailto:pmajor@bluewin.ch" target="_blank">Peter
Major</a> ; <a title="virginiap@diplomacy.edu" href="mailto:virginiap@diplomacy.edu" target="_blank">'Ginger Paque'</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="stdev@unctad.org" href="mailto:stdev@unctad.org" target="_blank">stdev@unctad.org</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Civil Society Nominations for WGEC - selections from Civil
Society Coordination Group (CSCG)</div></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>Dear
Peter,</span><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>We
submit to you the five names selected by the Civil Society Co-ordination Group
(CSCG) to represent us on the new </span></font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><font face="Calibri"></font></div><font face="Calibri">Working Group on Enhanced Co-operation. Our
names are:<span></span></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>Richard
Hill (WEOG)</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>Lea
Kaspar (EE)</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>Parminder
Singh (AP)</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>Carlos
Afonso (GRULAC)</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>Anriette
Esterhuysen (AFRICA).</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>These
were chosen from a total of twenty-five candidates submitted via our various
networks, as well as directly to the Nomcom, in accordance with our Procedures
outlined at </span><span><a><span>http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures</span></a><span>. In choosing representatives, we were concerned to ensure both
gender and geographic balance: but also to combine previous experience and
knowledge in this field with the introduction of new articulate voices from the
civil society grouping. We were also concerned to ensure that the range of
political perspectives which exist within civil society were adequately
represented.</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>This
was an extremely difficult decision for us, given the range of excellent
candidates available. But we believe the selected representatives will each
bring a unique but representative perspective to your deliberations.</span><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>Biographical
details for the selected candidates appear below (we will forward email contact
details separately). Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require further
information, or if there are any concerns about any of these
nominations.</span><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal"><span><font face="Calibri"></font></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>Sincerely,</span><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>Ian
Peter and Ginger Paque, Co-chairs, CSCG</span><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>(The
Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) exists solely to ensure a coordinated
civil society response and conduit when it comes to making civil society
appointments to outside bodies. It comprises representatives of the coalition
members of the Best Bits, Association for Progressive Communications, Internet
Governance Caucus, Just Net Coalition, and Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group of
ICANN. Together the reach of these groups extends to many hundreds of
non-governmental organisations, as well as a great number of individuals.
)</span><span></span></font></p><b><span><br clear="all"></span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13pt"><b><span><font face="Calibri"></font></span></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>NOMINEE
DETAILS</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>RICHARD
HILL</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><span><font face="Calibri">Richard Hill is a member of the Just Net Coalition's Steering
Committee and the president of the Association for Proper Internet Governance, a
non-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has an extensive
background in information systems, telecommunications, negotiation, mediation,
conflict management, and Internet governance. He is a vice-Chair of ISOCCH and
of ISOC's newly-created Chapters Advisory Council. Richard was with ITU from
2001 to 2012 and was part of the WSIS secretariat team dealing with Internet
governance; he was involved in WGIG, and in various ITU discussions on
Internet-related matters. Richard is an accredited mediator, an active domain
name arbitrator, and one of the ICANN PICDRP arbitrators. He has published
papers on mediation, computer-related intellectual property issues, and Internet
governance, and contributes to discussions on various mailing lists. Richard was
a commenting observer with the previous WGEC.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span><font face="Calibri">LEA KASPAR</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal"><span><font face="Calibri"></font></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>Lea
Kaspar heads</span><span><a><span><font color="#000000"><font style="text-decoration:none"> </font></font></span><span>Global Partner Digital</span></a><span>'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></span><span>
During the 2013-14 WGEC, she participated as an active observer in 4 out of 5
meetings of the Group. Following its establishment, she 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</span><span><a><span><font color="#000000"><font style="text-decoration:none"> </font></font></span><span>mapping
report</span></a></span><span>
issued in November 2014. Through this engagement, she gained invaluable insight
into the dynamics of the enhanced cooperation debate.</span><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><span><font face="Calibri"></font></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>PARMINDER
SINGH</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>Parminder
is Executive Director of IT for Change, an India based NGO, in Special
Consultative Status with UN's Economic and Social Council. This Special Status
has been granted to IT for Change for its work at the global level on
Information Society issues at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
and thereafter. IT for Change's core mandate is to work at the intersection of
new ICTs and progressive social change, from the standpoint of equity and social
justice. The interests of marginalized sections, including women, remain IT for
Change's key focus. IT for Change is widely acknowledged to be a key actor
bringing representation of voices from the South, and those generally of
marginalized sections, to global forums on information society and Internet
governance. Parminder leads IT for Change's work in the area of governance
reform and community informatics, and has been its main representative in IG
spaces at the global and national levels. His previous work on the CSTD WGEC
continues the institutional memory and concern for global south
issues.</span><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>CARLOS
AFONSO</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>Carlos
A. Afonso</span></b><span>,
Brazilian, is the director of the Instituto NUPEF (Rio de Janeiro), chair of the
Brazilian chapter of Internet Society, and a founding member and current board
member of CGI.br representing civil society. Together with Herbert de Souza, he
founded IBASE and implemented Alternex, the first non-profit Internet services
provider in Brazil. In 1990, he participated in the founding of APC, and from
1997-1998 served as APC's first chair. In 1991, he proposed and supervised the
Internet project for the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio,
1992) in collaboration with APC. Mr. Afonso is an expert in the field of
Internet Governance. He has written books and articles on networking for human
development in different languages. He received LACNIC's Trajectory Prize in
2010 and APC' Betinho Award in 2015. Master in Economics, Carlos studied naval
engineering and concluded doctoral studies in Social and Political Thought. Mr
Afonso was one of the participants in the last WGEC. His presence will help
ensure the continuation of previous WGEC work, and help preserve institutional
memory of this work, as he assists new members to incorporate their new
ideas.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal"><span><font face="Calibri"></font></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span>ANRIETTE
ESTERHUYSEN</span></b><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Calibri"><span>Anriette
Esterhuysen is the executive director of the Association for
Progressive</span><span>
<span>Communications (APC), an international network of
organizations working with Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to
support social justice and development. Prior to joining APC Anriette was
executive director of SANGONeT, an internet service provider and training
institution for civil society, labour and community organizations in southern
Africa. She was active in the struggle against Apartheid and from 1987 to 1992
did information and</span> <span>communication work in
development and human rights organizations in South Africa and</span> <span>Zimbabwe. Anriette served on the African Technical Advisory
Committee of the UN's Economic Commission for Africa's African Information
Society Initiative and was a member of the United Nations ICT Task Force from
2002 to 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Task Working
Group on Financing Mechanisms, and the Commission for Science and Technology for
Development Working Group on Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Improvements. She
was a member of the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group from 2012-14.. She was
inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame as a global connecter in 2013. Currently
Anriette is a member of the Global Commission on Internet Governance. She has
published extensively on ICTs for development and social
justice.</span></span></font></p>
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