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Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette@apc.org>; <br>
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[governance] Re: [bestbits] IGF open consultation and MAG meeting December 2014 <br>
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<font size="+1">Thanks Bill.. very important addition.<br>
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Anriette<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/09/2014 11:32, William Drake
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<div>+100 with one small addition</div>
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<div>On Sep 25, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">anriette@apc.org</a>>
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<div> Dear all<br>
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As there will be fairly dramatic rotation of civil society
representatives on the MAG this year (most of us are up
for rotation) I think it is very important that we submit
well-prepared written submissions, and that as many of us
as possible attend the December meetings.<br>
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I would suggest that IRP makes a submission was we need to
make sure that human rights issues do not slip off the
agenda. We need some fixed platform for synthesising
rights issues at every IGF. The Round Table format in my
view works very well, but then it is imperative that it is
not scheduled to conflict with rights related workshops as
was the case in Istanbul.<br>
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And if both Best Bits and Governance can send inputs that
will also be good, and of course others too such as Just
Net and NCUC. APC will as always do our 'assessment' and
use that as a basis for submission.<br>
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The other thing that would be helpful would be for civil
society groups to have some idea about what theme or
themes to support for the next IGF<br>
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Also some specific things to focus on would be:<br>
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1) The Best Practice Forum mechanism - recommendations,
feedback on what worked what did not, etc.<br>
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2) Workshop proposal review process - a constant 'work in
progress' which still has flaws in my view<br>
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3) Format of the event - I am going to propose that the
IGF makes use of the services of someone who specialises
in participatory event organisation (very good people that
we have worked with in the past are <a rel="nofollow" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://aspirationtech.org/events">https://aspirationtech.org/events</a>)
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4) Strengthening the IGF, consistent with the NETmundial
statement. Intersessional work to prepare a topic or two that
is ‘mature’ enough to yield some measure of convergence and
could be treated for one day in the NM manner could be a very
useful way to demonstrate the increasing utility of the IGF to
the UNGA and others. There are various ideas about how this
might be done, and it’d be great to see some of them in
submissions.</div>
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So just a few thoughts. If CS groups are going to submit
collective inputs there is not that much time left to
prepare them.<br>
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Best<br>
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Anriette<br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><strong class="">Call
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stakeholders are invited to submit by <strong class="">27 October 2014</strong> written
contributions taking stock of the Istanbul IGF
meeting and looking forward to the IGF 2015 meeting,
including suggestions on the format, schedule and
themes. The written contributions will be
synthesized into a paper that will form an input
into the Open Consultations and MAG meetings of 1-3
December. Please send all contributions to <span id="cloak10650" style="word-wrap:break-word;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:takingstock2014@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return" style="color:rgb(64, 132, 131);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;" class="">takingstock2014@intgovforum.org</a></span>.</p>
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