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On 01/08/11 14:53, Roland Perry wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4JlnQMTO1kNOFA8a@internetpolicyagency.com"
type="cite">In message <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:4E361FEF.3070508@ciroap.org"><4E361FEF.3070508@ciroap.org></a>, at
11:39:27 on Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Jeremy Malcolm
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org"><jeremy@ciroap.org></a> writes
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">The Dynamic Working Coalition for Internet
Governance Mapping, of which
<br>
I am a part, is about to launch a survey of civil society
organisations
<br>
to ascertain their interest in participating in bodies such as
the CSTD
<br>
that are currently closed to them.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Have those bodies been refused entry to CSTD meetings, even with
the current "exceptional" rules?
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Maybe or maybe not, but the survey is broader and looks at all of
the barriers that impede participation in institutions that discuss
policy for the information society. Formal accreditation rules are
only one such barrier of many. Expect the survey to launch in the
coming days. We will be asking IGC members to help disseminate it
through their networks of contacts. The preliminary results will be
discussed at our IGC-sponsored Mapping Internet Governance workshop
at the IGF, and a follow-up paper will be published by Consumers
International later in the year.<br>
<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">Dr
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