Kahled<br><div><br></div><div>I get your point and I can confirm that civil society fingerprints are quite significant in setting the scene of the AIGF even though there were only few members present.</div><div><br></div><div>
Now that the process took off effectively with Kuwait taking the lead in organizing the first AIGF (and thanks to Qusai for his constant support) and ESCWA as well who really worked hard to get this process out of the door. We have to join forces to make it a successful true open forum to all parties concerned. There will be open consultations to decide on the themes and workshops and that's where civil society from the region must be ready to raise the main issues at stake vis-a-vis IG. </div>
<div><br></div><div>There is no chance for the AIGF to be another episode in the oppression soap opera , power is now changing as you said and it's in the hand of the common man thanks to the Internet.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Hanane</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Khaled KOUBAA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@gmail.com">khaled.koubaa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hanane,<br>
The AICTO is a Governmental-Organization and does not represent the
civil society. <br>
You know more than me that they are really very few of real civil
society "free" and "independent" CSO in the Arab World.<br>
The private sector is as well governed in a big part by governments.
So what we will have is a Arab IGF where what the governments will
propose will be congratulated and accepted by the participants. <br>
Let's be honest with ourselves, are we just continuing to do the
same "cinema" than before ? <br>
I think that a region like the Arab region where there is now huge
geopolitical regional change, revolutions in some countries, power
changing in some others, and all this with a big role being played
by Internet. <br>
Do you think an Arab IGF can be made like this ? We need a real
participatory process.<br>
Where is the revolution leaders ? where is the Internet and Human
rights activists ? are they involved ? will the be invited ? I don't
think so.<br>
The same old pro-dictators continue to play the same game in our
countries.<br>
<br>
Khaled<br>
<br>
Le 14/02/2012 21:18, Hanane Boujemi a écrit :
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kahlid&Tijani,<br>
<br>
There was a lady from Tunisia Ms. Roukia who represented Arab
ICT ORG. The
whole AIGF process was delayed for one year due to the Arab
spring and ESCWA
had to organize the last consultation meeting to establish the
forum very
quickly and it might explain the reason why other CS ORGs from
the Arab region
did not manage to participate. <br>
<br>
I was very much involved since 2009 in this process. I
participated in the consultaions that took place in 2010 and
2012 and I also constributed with other
CS members from the Arab region to define the Arab IG roadmap
published by UNESCWA and based on which
the forum will be organized. I suppose that the emerging issues
since the roadmap was drafted will be also taken into
consideration to define the agenda of the first edition.<br>
<br>
Please do follow @IGFArab on Twitter and ArabIGF on Facebook for
more updates about the
whole process. It will be great if we get as many Arab CS
members involved. It
will be also great to do some outreach at the local level to
define the IG
process since the concept is still ambiguous to the masses in
the region. I am
afraid a lot of work needs to be done in this regard.<br>
<br>
Hanane Boujemi</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Imran
Ahmed Shah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ias_pk@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ias_pk@yahoo.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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Dear Quasi,<br>
Would you please share the next meeting schedule for AIGF
activities?<br>
I hope that if there is some remote participation facility,
some of our Group Members may join from Dubai, Abu Dhabi,
Sharjah and Saudi Arabia.<br>
We can also ask UN-GAID to participate and support in AIGF
formation activities.<br>
Thanks and Regards<br>
Imran Ahmed Shah<br>
------------------------------On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 12:33 AM
PKT Qusai AlShatti wrote:>Dear Salenieta:>Yes they were
there.>>Qusai>>On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:29 PM,
Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <><a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:>>> 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.>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at
5:27 AM, Qusai AlShatti <<a href="mailto:qshatti@gmail.com" target="_blank">qshatti@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:>>>> Dear Khaled:>> 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<br>
<div> 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.>>>> We look forward for your
participation in the Arab IGF and its
process.>>>> Regards,>>>> Qusai
AlShatti>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:57 PM, khaled
koubaa <<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@gmail.com" target="_blank">khaled.koubaa@gmail.com</a>>wrote:>>>>>
Hi Qusai,>>> Could you please share with us the
list of participants at that meeting>>> in
Lebanon.>>> I have real concern with contnuous
oversight of some gov-organizations>>> of the Arab
IGF without real multistakeholders involvment.>>>
Thank you,>>>>>> Khaled
Koubaa>>>>>> Sent by an Android
phone>>> 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 :>>>>>> We warmly congratulate
this<br>
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development and look forward to including>>> this in
our Calendar.>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at
12:26 AM, Qusai AlShatti <<a href="mailto:qshatti@gmail.com" target="_blank">qshatti@gmail.com</a>>wrote:>>>>>>>
Dear Colleagues:>>>> 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.>>>>>>>>>>>>
*Announcement of*>>>>>>>> *The
endorsement of the Arab Internet Governance Forum (AIGF)
process*>>>>>>>> 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>>>><br>
<div> 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.>>>>>>>> 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.>>>>>>>> During<br>
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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.>>>>>>>> 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).
*A proposal was made by>>>> Kuwait Information
Technology Society to host the<br>
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>>>> *. 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.>>>>>>>> The open
consultation recommended that the AIGF
should:>>>>>>>> · Focus on
discussing public policies related to Internet>>>>
Governance especially in the areas of access, stability,
security and>>>>
development.>>>>>>>> ·
Facilitate the exchange of information, best
practices,>>>> knowledge and lessons learned by
involving experts, technical community and>>>>
Academics.>>>>>>>> · Gather
different opinions and build consensus for
unified>>>> Arab views on priorities<br>
<div> and on mechanisms to respond to Arab
countries>>>> needs related to Internet
governance issues.>>>>>>>> ·
Discuss emerging issues and present recommendations on
it.>>>>>>>> · 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.>>>>>>>> ·
Communicate globally the Arab positions and enhance
the>>>> Arab role in formulating Internet
Governance policies.>>>>>>>> ·
Outreach with the Internet Governance Forum and
other>>>> regional IGFs with purpose of
exchanging knowledge and
expertise.>>>>>>>>
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