Thanks Parminder for your effort and work.<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/2/21, Parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>>:<br><br>IMHO, the participation part got only one para only, seemingly not substantial<br>
enough. I felt there were less participante from developing parts of the world,<br>(not only developing countries per se, but there are folks inside developed<br>countries, who are not rich enough to come to IGF, but entitiled stakeholders),<br>
youth, or other civil society NGO, non-profit groups, for exmaple. Stronger<br>measuures be taken, especially if it is to be hosted in India, where Asia Pacific<br>region go half of, I believe world's poorest people, concentrating in South<br>
Asia.<br><br>I am not good at addressing these, but Parminder, I trust you have good<br>knowledge and writing skills to emphasise this point more. Please, if at all<br>possible.<br><br>izumi<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Participation at the IGF</span></font></b></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is important to improve the participation of currently excluded and
under represented groups in both the IGF's public consultations and the annual
meetings. Adequate financial support should be provided to potential
participants from developing and least developed countries. There is also a lot
of scope for improving participation through online means, which should be
fully explored. However this improvement of online participation cannot fill in
for greater face to face participation of currently under-represented groups.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks.</span></font></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> >> Izumi Aizu <<<br><br> Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita<br> Kumon Center, Tama University, Tokyo<br>
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