Adam, thanks for this clear, concise presentation of
two very important facets of meeting planning for the IGF 2012<br><br>1. Accessibility to and within the venue is very important, and
lessons learned from Nairobi should be applied. As Judy has already commented, the Dynamic
Coalition for Access and Disability (DCAD) is active in addressing
this topic with the IGF secretariat, the OC, MAG and workshops.
Can we coordinate with them to support their work?<br>
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<br>2. Regarding remote participation, my main concern, that RP be
institutionalized as part of the IGF process seems to be addressed. In Nairobi, and again for Baku, Bernard Sadaka has
been contracted by the IGF Secretariat to manage RP. He is very
aware of the shortcomings in previous IGFs, and is working to
address them, as he is determined to improve the quality of RP for
the IGF. Bernard's
involvement is important, but not sufficent for making RP a real
success. We need to make a step forward, as Adam suggests, to make
specific recommendations for improving RP. As a start, there
was a workshop last year on e-participation/remote participation
principles, and a continuation of that one has been proposed, No.
52 Remote Participation: Reality and Principles <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/116-workshop-proposals/998-igf-2012-workshop-proposal--no-52-remote-participation-reality-and-principles" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/116-workshop-proposals/998-igf-2012-workshop-proposal--no-52-remote-participation-reality-and-principles</a>
, with organizers including Diplofoundation and the DCAD.<br><br>For RP, I think it is very important that we find a way to have a
liaison for practical input into the RP preparation process. I am
very happy to work on this with Vlada (Diplo's coordinator for
e-participation) and anyone else who is interested, from the IGC,
the RPWG, DCAD or elsewhere, As Adam has suggested, establishing some
guidelines is a good starting point, so I will dig up the RPWG
guidelines, the output from last years RP principles workshop, and
other notes, so we can have a concrete input to the next OC, which
we can ask CS MAG members to support for immediate
implementation. I will post something here
late this week. I invite anyone else who is interested to email me
privately with their input, so we include all ideas.<br><br>
This is one possibility, which I will start working on. Other
approaches, are of course welcome, and I am happy to adapt as we
go along. I'm just proposing to get the ball rolling in the
meantime. Thanks to Adam for this specific suggestion, and to everyone who is
working to make the revitalized MAG and IGF12 a success.
Katitza... We are counting on your continued push and expertise too.<br><br> Gracias! Ginger<br><blockquote type="cite">
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On 29 April 2012 05:17, Adam Peake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp" target="_blank">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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As yet no agenda for the May meetings on the IGF website.
Expect the<br>
main topic will be to review and finalize the draft programme
paper<br>
(link should be<br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2012/Programme%20Paper-1.02%20April%20copy.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2012/Programme%20Paper-1.02%20April%20copy.pdf</a>)<br>
so it can be sent out with Mr. Sha's usual invitation to
attend the<br>
annual IGF. I think that's the usual pattern. And then there
should<br>
also be discussion of the workshop proposals.<br>
<br>
Perhaps our MAG members could ask what's planned.<br>
<br>
But for now I suggest we ask that remote access and
accessibility of<br>
the Baku venue be put on the agendas of both the open
consultation and<br>
the MAG meeting.<br>
<br>
Earlier in the year there was some good discussion about
improving<br>
remote access (after my naïve comments...) Would be good if
someone<br>
could present what was learnt from Nairobi as positive
statement about<br>
how best to conduct remote access in Baku. The host country
will need<br>
to know, and to prepare. Perhaps Ginger, Marilia (the diplo
team?)<br>
could prepare some recommendations?<br>
<br>
There were accessibility problems in Nairobi, all kinds of
hassle for<br>
people with disabilities. Shouldn't happen again. Might
suggest to<br>
the Secretariat and host country to have a discussion with the
PWD<br>
caucus and panelists of the Nairobi session where concerns
were<br>
raised. The UN should be expert, but as we saw in Nairobi,
they<br>
aren't always. Would be good to have this on the agenda and<br>
acknowledged as a priority.<br>
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Adam<br>
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