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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Friends<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>**Apologies for Cross Posting**<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Greetings from IT for Change<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This is to invite you attend workshops being co-organised by
IT for Change (ITfC) at the United Nations – Internet Governance Forum
2007 at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rio</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Details regarding these
workshops are given below <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:
silver;font-weight:bold'>Frameworks for Governance of Critical Internet
Resources<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Time and Venue:</span></font></b><span
class=normal21> </span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>14th November 2007, 12:30 – 14:00 hrs, Pardo I,
Windsor Barra Hotel<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>About the Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With the Internet becoming the
infrastructure of an ever-increasing range of social, economic and political
activities, the manner of governance of its core or critical resources –
a term whose meaning itself is contested – is a matter of importance for
all. Private commercial law, voluntary standards, community-based norms and
practices, and national, regional and international law, may all have a role in
the governance of Critical Internet Resources (CIRs). Their governance is
exercised by private parties in contractual arrangements, local/ national
regulators, regional and international governmental institutions, communities
of Internet users and non-governmental, voluntary standards bodies of national,
regional and international purview. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The purpose of this workshop is to
examine some key issues regarding the governance of CIRs, such as:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(1) The resources critical to the
working and growth of the Internet and its appropriation by all individuals and
groups, including the disadvantaged;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(2) The level and means by which
CIRs are governed/ should be governed; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(3) The normative basis of different
approaches to the governance of CIRs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='margin-bottom:14.15pt;text-align:justify'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
multi-stakeholder, multinational panel of this workshop will map the current
landscape of Internet Governance mechanisms and institutions, as well as
explore alternatives, including "commons-based" and "public
interest-based" frameworks, for the governance of CIRs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='margin-bottom:14.15pt;text-align:justify'><font
size=2 face="DejaVu Sans Mono"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>More
information on this workshop can be found at <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.itforchange.net/images/stories/files/governance_frameworks_for_critical_internet_resources_flyer.pdf"
title="http://www.itforchange.net/images/stories/files/governance_frameworks_for_critical_internet_resources_flyer.pdf"><font
face=Arial
title="http://www.itforchange.net/images/stories/files/governance_frameworks_for_critical_internet_resources_flyer.pdf"><span
title="http://www.itforchange.net/images/stories/files/governance_frameworks_for_critical_internet_resources_flyer.pdf"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial'>http://www.itforchange.net/images/stories/files/governance_frameworks_for_critical_internet_resources_flyer.pdf</span></span></font></a></span></b></span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:
silver;font-weight:bold'>Dynamic Coalition on Framework of Principles for the
Internet<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;background:silver;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Time and Venue:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 14th
November 2007, 16:30 – 18:00 hrs, Meeting Room Imperial, Windsor Barra
Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>About the Dynamic
Coalition</span></font></b><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The dynamic coalition on ‘<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Framework of Principles for the Internet</span></b>’
has the objective to understand, influence and contribute to the processes of
making international laws, conventions, treaties etc in the area of Internet
Governance – both of the soft law and hard law varieties –
incorporating the multi-stakeholder principle. For this purpose, the coalition
will explore the possibility of civil society taking the lead in
collaboratively developing some overall normative principles for the Internet
which can underpin such international processes, and/or themselves be adopted
through a framework convention kind of a process. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>About the Workshop</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The present workshop will map out the objectives and working
methods of the dynamic coalition, apart from taking on the substantive agenda
of exploring what kind of frameworks and principles will be suitable for
guiding global public policy for the Internet. It will also seek to address the
possibility of engaging with global Internet public policy processes including
that of the WSIS mandated ‘enhanced cooperation’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>More information on this workshop can be found at <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://intgovforum.org/dyn_col_session.php?DC=Framework%20of%20Principles%20for%20the%20Internet"
title="http://intgovforum.org/dyn_col_session.php?DC=Framework of Principles for the Internet">http://intgovforum.org/dyn_col_session.php?DC=Framework%20of%20Principles%20for%20the%20Internet</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>IT for Change is also
involved in the organising of a third workshop being sponsored by the Civil
Society - Internet Governance Caucus (IGC)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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silver;font-weight:bold'>Fulfilling the mandate of the IGF<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: 15th
November 2007, 08:30 am – 10:00 am, Pardo 1, Windsor Barra Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>About the Workshop <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society mandates the IGF to: discuss public policy issues; facilitate discourse
between bodies dealing with cross-cutting international public policies and
discuss issues that do not fall within the scope of any existing body;
interface with appropriate intergovernmental organizations and other
institutions on matters under their purview; facilitate the exchange of
information and best practices, and in this regard make full use of the
expertise of the academic, scientific and technical communities; advise all
stakeholders on increasing the Internet’s availability and affordability
in the developing world; strengthen and enhance multistakeholder engagement in
existing and future Internet Governance mechanisms; identify emerging issues,
bring them to the attention of the relevant bodies and the general public, and,
where appropriate, make recommendations; contribute to capacity-building;
promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in
Internet governance processes; discuss critical Internet resources; help to
find solutions to the issues arising from the use and misuse of the Internet;
and publish its proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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It could be argued that the IGF is contributing to the realization of some of
these objectives. However, other items in the list are more difficult to
promote solely through annual conferences comprising main sessions with panels
of speakers and an assortment of workshops. Accordingly, this workshop
will consider what additional steps, if any, could be taken on a consensual,
multistakeholder basis to help the IGF community achieve the mandate. In
particular, the workshop will consider: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. The thinking behind the
formulation of the mandate, which derives from the WGIG Report and the
discussions held during Prep-Com 3 of the WSIS Tunis phase;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2. Whether some or all of the
functions enumerated in the mandate remain important, value-adding, activities
that are not being performed elsewhere, would benefit the global community, and
are uniquely suited to the IGF; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3. Operationally practical
steps that could be pursued on a consensual, multistakeholder basis by the IGF
community in order to perform those functions;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=preformattedtext style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4. Related current trends and
challenges in the IGF’s activities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>More information on this workshop can be found at <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://intgovforum.org/wks_session_info.php?numes=37"
title="http://intgovforum.org/wks_session_info.php?numes=37">http://intgovforum.org/wks_session_info.php?numes=37</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;background:silver;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Additionally,
information on those workshops where ITfC is participating in can be found at</span></font></i></b><b><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b><b><font size=2 color=navy
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font-weight:bold'><a
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title="http://www.itforchange.net/images/stories/files/itfor_change_at_theun_igf_2007.pdf">http://www.itforchange.net/images/stories/files/itfor_change_at_theun_igf_2007.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Vivek<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Vivek Vaidyanathan</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>IT for Change (ITfC)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Bridging Development Realities and Technological
Possibilities</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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