<p>Dear Khaled:</p><p>I never took your emails as personal or against someone.This notion never came to my mind and knowing you make me sure of that. </p><div>You have concerns that are important and needed to be addressed. I just wanted to address these concerns and assure that we both have the same ideas in mind.,</div>
<div> </div><div>Good to Hear from you and looking forward for your participation,,</div><p> </p><p>Qusai<br><br></p><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Khaled KOUBAA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@gmail.com">khaled.koubaa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Qusai,<br>
Please note that my email is not personal not against your effort
nor ESCWA one. And it is not because I was not invited as person.<br>
I am sure that you are aware about Youth role and that you will
provide them with great opportunities. <br>
What I would honestly like to see is a real civil society with
enough knowledge about critical IG issues playing a continuous role
at regional and local level.<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Khaled<br>
<br>
Le 15/02/2012 16:20, Qusai AlShatti a écrit :
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<div>Dear Khaled and Hanan</div>
<div>Thank you Hanan for your kind comments and thank you khaled
for raising your concerns. The fact that someone was not there
in the meeting does not mean that the meeting was not set in
the right way or did not comply with multistakeholder
participation. Actually as I have mentioned in a previous input
and echoed by some of my colleagues, the open consulation was
inclusive, open and publicly anounced for participation. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>However what khaled have in mind is what we are planning for
the Arab IGF. We do want the Arab youth who drived change in the
Arab world and still doing it to be the main dirve of the AIGF.
I believe AIGFshould be a dialouge space for them. It should
allow us to exchange views with the youth as well as listen to
them. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>We need also to bare in mind that the purpose of the open
consultation that took place in Beirut was only to discuss the
launch of the AIGF and I think all of us agree that it is
important to us. The planning of AIGF and its program are our
upcoming activities. It will start with a public announcement
for the AIGF MAG membership and we look forward to all
stakeholders to express their interest and participate in the
AIGF MAG.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Let us look forward to make the upcoming AIGF a successful
one by making it inclusive, transparent and open to all with
emphasis on Arab youth and activists.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Qusai AlShatti</div>
<div> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Hanane
Boujemi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hananeb@diplomacy.edu" target="_blank">hananeb@diplomacy.edu</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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Kahled<br>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>Hanane</div>
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<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" target="_blank">khaled.koubaa@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 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>
<br>
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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>
</div>
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>
</div>
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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