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Dear <span class="il">Nitin</span> and <span class="il">Markus</span>,<br>
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The Diplo Team joins with our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for
your work with the IGF. We are particularly grateful for your
personal efforts in making capacity building more than just a line
item in the documents and resolution. Both of you, together with MAG
and the IGF Secretariat managed to give real meaning to the concept
of capacity building. You have supported many young people and those
trying to find their way in the relatively new field of Internet
governance. Today, they are important contributors to IG on global,
regional and national levels. <br>
<br>
Despite our hard work and preparation with remote participation, it
only finally took off with your support. For this alone we are
indebted to you. The IGF regional meetings have filtered Internet
governance knowledge and awareness building down to local level,
offering more opportunities for learning, sharing, and discussion
closer to home. A real achievement.<br>
<br>
Nitin, your premise that the IGF is not about negotiations in the
formal sense of the word, but that practically speaking, it thrives
on negotiations without the documented formalities, has greatly
influenced our perspective. The IGF, under your joint leadership,
has also promoted values which the world will need even more in the
forthcoming period. You were professional but also humble in your
knowledge. You were flexible but also firm when it was needed. You
were generous in sharing your ideas, but also listened to others.
All of us have had your<i> in vivo</i> lecture on how to chair
international meetings and govern global processes.<br>
<br>
As a mark of our appreciation for your contribution to Internet
governance and, indeed, to all of us, please accept this small gift
from Diplo's Creative Lab: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/scm/scripts/Pool/GetBin.asp?IDPool=1151"><i>Negotiating
skills</i></a>.<br>
<br>
Wishing you both the very best for the future.<br>
<br>
The Diplo Team
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