<div>UNESCAP has a Pacific office based in Suva and is a part of ECOSOC. There are other international organisations such as the UN and EU who have presence in the Pacific, in Fiji. </div>
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<div>We have Policy Advisers to various Pacific Island Governments through the SPC, SOPAC (which has been absorbed by SPC), PIFS etc. There is another organisation called the PITA. I wonder though if their views and those from civil society in the Pacific were considered and if there was an invitation extended to extract the views from Oceania.</div>
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<div>I agree with Mariela that often scarce resources makes developing countries think twice about sending physical representation. ICT will revolutionise, without a doubt, participation from Oceania.</div>
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<div>Sala T (Fiji)<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Marilia Maciel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Roland,<br><br>When I think about the situation of interested people and organizations from developing countries, I tend to disagree with you. These organizations were mostly not aware of the IG debate during WSIS, so they have no accreditation in WSIS or ECOSOC. They have become increasingly aware on the last years (IGF taking place in different continents helped that), but they certainly did not have 5 years ask for ECOSOC accreditation. In addition to that, it takes human resources to map out and understand all the ECOSOC-CSTD-DESA ecosystem. Many organizations from developing countries are beginging to grasp all that, now that CSTD and DESA are being mainstreamed in conversations.<br>
<br>Open consultations are positive, but they tend to give advantage to stakeholder based in developed countries (Europe, US) where most of the international organizations are based. Scarce resources in developing countries make us think twice before crossing an ocean to go to a meeting. It would be much easier to people from developing countries to attend if there is a formal invitation, if we can sit on the table and influence the process. It is too expensive to travel on the promise that maybe your organization will have the chance to make a statement, if time permits.<br>
<br>Because of that and other reasons, I believe this decision from Dec 6 was arbitrary, anti-multistakeholder, anti-CS and anti-inclusion of people from developing countries.<br><br>Marilia
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">In message <AANLkTi=<a href="mailto:4t6YhD_xvBi6wF8c36wiY79k_ajFrgoin3-b7@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">4t6YhD_xvBi6wF8c36wiY79k_ajFrgoin3-b7@mail.gmail.com</a>>, at 03:17:21 on Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> writes
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Don't they leave out most of the stakeholders when they say CS with<br>consultative status only?<br>
</blockquote><br></div>I think the point is that everyone has had five years "amnesty" to decide if they want to apply for consultative status, currently (in some cases for longer) including: ICC, APC, IT for Change, Réseaux IP européens [my former client] and ISOC.<br>
<br>Of course, there's also been five years to persuade CSTD to allow a wider audience on a more permanent basis, for their WGs as well as their main sessions. And I think there's been progress here - they are having their third genuinely open consultation in a row later this week, even if the "drafting the communique" part has become a government-only group. And the main sessions last May had several "non-member" panellists invited to speak.<br>
<br>There's two strategies for any stakeholder group to develop - getting a proper seat at the table in the medium term, but also getting your opinions listened to in the short term. I'm not convinced that the latter is a huge obstacle as long as you approach it sensitively, and doing that successfully a few times often makes the former much easier.
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Roland Perry<br><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">In message <AANLkTi=<a href="mailto:p2CSi6B7FkCqYrKaOq_fpEhT8CyN44SBQp7gT@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">p2CSi6B7FkCqYrKaOq_fpEhT8CyN44SBQp7gT@mail.gmail.com</a><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">, at 00:43:12 on Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">But so far from the consultation webcast, I wasn't able to gather what<br>his conclusion of that meeting was.<br>
</blockquote><br>There's no conclusion yet - the deadline for submissions was extended to<br>31st December about a month ago.<br><br>A letter sent on the 15th November said "The consultations are expected<br>to result in a set of ideas, opinions and comments on processes for<br>
pursuing enhanced cooperation... These inputs will be synthesised by the<br>Secretary-General and submitted as a report to the UN GA 66th session<br>through ECOSOC". That's end of 2011.<br><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">The upcoming consultation in Geneva may have something more substantial<br>I guess.<br></blockquote>
<br>There isn't a timeline for any more meetings on Enhanced Cooperation,<br>other than the report above may surface at next May's CSTD (14th<br>Session), for onward submission to ECOSOC and the GA (just like this<br>
year's IGF renewal process, which involved a fight over pre-releasing a<br>report from the Secretary General based on the UnderSec's famous<br>consultations in Sharm). Or it might go straight to ECOSOC (in June<br>
usually).<br><br>ps. Might be relevant to point to this document, which I think's still<br>current:<br><br>"Information for civil society entities that were accredited to WSIS and<br>are interested in participating in the work of CSTD regarding the follow<br>
up to WSIS"<br><br><<a href="http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Download.asp?docid=9128&lang=1&intItemI" target="_blank">http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Download.asp?docid=9128&lang=1&intItemI</a><br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Roland Perry<br><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">In message <<a href="mailto:0%2BImbzJCiJCNFA73@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">0+ImbzJCiJCNFA73@internetpolicyagency.com</a>>, at 10:29:22 on Wed,<br>
15 Dec 2010, Roland Perry <<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> writes<br><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">The chair's view was that the ECOSOC resolution, which 'invited' him to<br>call the meeting, had defined Enhanced CoOperation and IGF as two separate<br>
projects ("if you want to change that - pass a new resolution").<br></blockquote><br>Here's the relevant part(s) of the resolution:<br><br>21. Recognizes that the Internet Governance related outcomes of WSIS,<br>
namely the process towards 'enhanced cooperation' and the convening of the<br>IGF, are to be pursued by the UN Secretary General through two distinct<br>processes and further recognizes that the two processes may be complementary<br>
to one another,<br><br>...<br><br>24. Invites the UN Secretary General to convene open and inclusive<br>consultations involving all member states and all other stakeholders to<br>proceed with the process towards the implementation of enhanced<br>
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