<span style="font-size:11pt">Dear All,</span><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The draft output documents of the four 2016 IGF Best Practice Forums (BPFs) are now all available for public comment on the <a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/review/" target="_blank">IGF review platform</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The IGF community is hereby invited and encouraged to comment on all of these documents between now and the upcoming <a href="http://igf2016.mx/" target="_blank">11th IGF in Mexico from 6-9 December 2016</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">While each BPF adopted its own unique methodology suited to its specific theme over the past few months, these documents were all produced as the outcomes of multistakeholder, bottom-up and community-driven processes. We are thankful to the numerous volunteers and community members who have and continue to contribute to these valuable processes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">How to comment:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Each BPF has a separate section on the IGF’s review platform:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2016 IGF BPF on <a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/review/2016-igf-best-practice-forums-bpfs-draft-outputs-as-of-2-november/igf-bpf-gender-and-access/" target="_blank">Gender and Access</a> - <i>Overcoming barriers to enable women’s meaningful Internet access</i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2016 IGF BPF on <a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/review/2016-igf-best-practice-forums-bpfs-draft-outputs-as-of-2-november/2016-igf-bpf-cybersecurity-draft-output-version-1/" target="_blank">Cybersecurity</a> - <i>Building Confidence and Security in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) through Enhanced Cooperation and Collaboration</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2016 IGF BPF on <a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/review/2016-igf-best-practice-forums-bpfs-draft-outputs-as-of-2-november/2016-igf-bpf-on-ixps-contributing-to-the-success-and-continued-development-of-internet-exchange-points-ixps/" target="_blank">IXPs</a> - <i>Contributing to the success and continued development of Internet exchange points.</i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2016 IGF BPF <a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/review/2016-igf-best-practice-forums-bpfs-draft-outputs-as-of-2-november/2016-igf-on-ipv6-understanding-the-commercial-and-economic-incentives-behind-a-successful-ipv6-deployment/" target="_blank">IPv6</a> - <i>Understanding the commercial and economic incentives behind a successful IPv6 deployment.</i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For ease of use, all BPFs have also sub-divided their drafts into different parts on the review platform.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Make use of the navigation bar on the left of the Review Platform to move between different sections and to read and comment on the entire document for each BPF. Each Part may furthermore be divided into sub-sections or ‘pages’. Please use the page buttons at the bottom of a Part to scroll to sub-sections or pages in each Part.<br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What to know when commenting:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All comments on the review platform are public. For contributors preferring to remain anonymous, pseudonyms may be used. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All comments have to adhere to the IGF's <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-code-of-conduct-0" target="_blank">Code of Conduct</a> in respect of fairness and reasonableness.<br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you in advance for your active engagement and participation in the IGF BPFs and we look forward to reviewing all of your comments!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Source: IGF Secretariat</span></b></p></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:small">National Information Technology Agency (NITA)/</div><div style="font-size:small">Ghana Open Data Initiative Project.</div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member<br></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>Email: <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wisdom_dk@hotmail.com');" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh');" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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<wbr>.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><br>
<br><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:small">National Information Technology Agency (NITA)/</div><div style="font-size:small">Ghana Open Data Initiative Project.</div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member<br></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><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><br>