<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"><br>I'm forwarding to you below the email that lists the 4 recommended High-level Track Facilitator from Civil Society to the WSIS Forum 2016 by the CSCG.<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"></span><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Soon their Bios and photos will be found here: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/About/Chairman#chairman" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/About/Chairman#chairman</a>
</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Wishing them enjoyable task,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best regards,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Nadira AlAraj<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ian Peter
[mailto:<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 09 April 2016 11:14
PM<br><b>To:</b> Sah, Gitanjali <<a href="mailto:gitanjali.sah@itu.int" target="_blank">gitanjali.sah@itu.int</a>>; Ginger Paque
<<a href="mailto:virginiap@diplomacy.edu" target="_blank">virginiap@diplomacy.edu</a>>; Anja Kovacs
<<a href="mailto:anja@internetdemocracy.in" target="_blank">anja@internetdemocracy.in</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Ponder, Jaroslaw
<<a href="mailto:jaroslaw.ponder@itu.int" target="_blank">jaroslaw.ponder@itu.int</a>><span class=""><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Important] Fwd: WSIS
Forum 2016 -Open Call to identify High-level Track Facilitator from Civil
Society for the High-level Policy Sessions -Deadline 15 April
2016<br></span><b>Importance:</b> High</span></p></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Dear Gitanjali,</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">I am pleased to be able to inform you of
the four civil society choices for High Level Track Facilitators for the WSIS
Forum (May 2-6, Geneva) – and to be able to do so ahead of schedule!</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The Civil Society Co-ordination Group
(CSCG) put out a call via member networks and coalitions (Association for
Progressive Communications, Best Bits Coalition, Internet Governance Caucus,
Just Net Coalition, Non Commercial Stakeholders Group of ICANN). Although
the call would have reached many thousands of individuals and organisations, it
elicited only 7 candidate responses. Perhaps contributing factors here were the
lack of travel support – but also perhaps the nature of the sessions and the
type of facilitation required which are outside of the normal experience of many
civil society organisations.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Nevertheless, we did receive very high
quality applications, and we are pleased to advise that our four choices are
</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Puneeth
Nagaraj (India)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Cisse
Kane (Senegal)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Klaus
Stoll (Ecuador)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Amali
de Silva-Mitchell (Canada)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Under
separate emails I will forward to you the biographical and contact details for
each of the selected facilitators, so you can follow up directly. I will also
contact them and inform them that I am forwarding their details to
you.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you
need further information, please do not hesitate to contact both myself and
Ginger Paque for further clarification. Please ensure that you copy Ginger as
well, as my email connectivity will be limited between now and May 2 due to
travel commitments.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ian
Peter</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Co-Chair,
Civil Society Co-ordination Group (CSCG) </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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