I am just wondering whether the UAE ICT regulators were also there at the planning. If not, I am happy to facilitate the introduction? Let me know.<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Qusai AlShatti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qshatti@gmail.com">qshatti@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Dear Khaled:</div><div>We wish that you were there with us in Beirut. The open consultation were conducted in an open transparent inclusive multistakeholder process were all participants from all multistakeholder groups actively engaged in an equal manner in discussing the Arab IGF and in drafting the outcomes of the open consultations. I don't have the list of final participants but all stakehlders groups from the Arab World were represented. Actually we requested the ESCWA and LAS before the meeting to ensure a multistakeholders representation in the open consultations. A public announcement was made for this purpose. Furthemore when the open consultation was requested by the Arab ministers of communication, they requested that it should be conducted in a multistakeholder format. </div>
<div> </div><div>We look forward for your participation in the Arab IGF and its process.</div><div> </div><div>Regards,</div><div><br>Qusai AlShatti<br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:57 PM, khaled koubaa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@gmail.com" target="_blank">khaled.koubaa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote"><p>Hi Qusai,<br>
Could you please share with us the list of participants at that meeting in Lebanon. <br>
I have real concern with contnuous oversight of some gov-organizations of the Arab IGF without real multistakeholders involvment.<br>
Thank you,</p>
<p>Khaled Koubaa</p>
<p>Sent by an Android phone</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Le 14 févr. 2012 11:41, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<div>
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<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">We warmly congratulate this development and look forward to including this in our Calendar.<br>
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Qusai AlShatti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qshatti@gmail.com" target="_blank">qshatti@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote"><div>Dear Colleagues:</div><div>I would like to take the opportunity to announce the establshment of the Arab IGF (AIGF). The first meeting of AIGF will be organized by Kuwait Information Technology Society which will be held in Kuwait on the first week of October 2012. I am attaching the AIGF announcement. </div>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">Announcement
of</font></span></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">The endorsement of the Arab Internet Governance Forum
(AIGF) process</font></span></u></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">A Multistakeholder
open consultation meeting to discuss the launch of the Arab Internet Governance
Forum (AIGF) was held during the period of 31/1 – 1/2/2012 in Beirut, Lebanon.
The open consultation was organized by the League of Arab States (LAS), the
United Nation Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (ESCWA) and the
Council of Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon. The open consultation was
sponsored by Kuwait Information Technology Society and RIPE NCC and was attended
by the IGF secretariat. More than 50 participants representing stakeholders
from governments, private sector, civil society and regional organizations in
the Arab World attended the open consultation and engaged actively in
discussing the importance of an Internet Governance Forum for the Arab World. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The open
consultation was carried based on the request of the Arab Telecommunication and
Information Technology Council of Ministers (ATICM) to seek feedback from
various stakeholders on the need for an Arab IGF. The ministers requested it
after receiving the outcome of an expert group meeting that was organized by
the ESCWA in October 2010 which emphasized on the need to have a dialogue on
Internet Governance with relevance to stakeholders in the Arab World. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">During the
open consultations, a strong consent emerged on the need and the importance for
the Arab IGF especially with the turn of events in the region and the major
role of the Internet in these events. A report recommending the establishment
of AIGF was drafted by the participants and forwarded by the LAS Secretariat to
the Executive Bureau of the Arab Telecommunication and Information Technology Council
of Ministers (ATICM) on 2/2/2012, who welcomed the outcome, endorsed it and
recommended the active participation of all stakeholders, including
governments, in the Arab IGF process.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">The participants
in the open consultations focused also on the goals of the AIGF and its
structure. There was consent to adopt a structure similar to the IGF’s current
structure with a secretariat and a Multistakeholder Advisory Committee (MAG). <u>A
proposal was made by Kuwait Information Technology Society to host the First
Arab IGF in Kuwait in early October 2012 and a proposal was made by the
Republic of Egypt National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority to be the
AIGF secretariat</u>. There was an agreement and consent on both proposals by
the participants. It was agreed that a public announcement for the MAG
membership will be made to give the opportunity for all stakeholders in the
Arab world to express their interest to participate in it. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The open consultation recommended that the AIGF should:</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 3pt 38.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Focus on discussing public
policies related to Internet Governance especially in the areas of access,
stability, security and development.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 3pt 38.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Facilitate the exchange of
information, best practices, knowledge and lessons learned by involving
experts, technical community and Academics.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 3pt 38.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Gather different opinions
and build consensus for unified Arab views on priorities and on mechanisms to
respond to Arab countries needs related to Internet governance issues.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 3pt 38.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Discuss emerging issues and
present recommendations on it.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 3pt 38.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Build and develop capacity
in Internet Governance as well as improve the participation of all stakeholders
to benefit from all possible resources of knowledge and expertise.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 3pt 38.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Communicate globally the Arab
positions and enhance the Arab role in formulating Internet Governance
policies.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 38.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Outreach with the Internet
Governance Forum and other regional IGFs with purpose of exchanging knowledge
and expertise.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div>
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