<div dir="ltr"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">Anriette</span> <span class="">Hello</span><span>, hello</span> <span class="">to all,</span> <br><span class=""><br>Here</span> <span class="">attachments</span> <span class="">recommendations of the two</span> <span class="">editions of the</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">Central Africa</span> <span class="">(</span><span><a href="http://it4all.org/fgi">http://it4all.org/fgi</a></span><span class="">-</span><span>ac/</span><span>)</span><span>.</span> <span class="">Currently</span><span>, ideas</span> <span class="">are brewing</span> <span class="">for</span> <span class="">ECCAS</span> <span class="">(</span><span>Economic Community of</span> <span class="">Central Africa</span><span>), in collaboration</span> <span class="">with the</span> <span class="">regional office</span> <span class="">of the ECA</span> <span class="">is committed to</span> <span class="">bring</span> <span class="">leadership to</span> <span class="">the organization of the</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">Central Africa</span> <span class="">.</span> <br><span class=""><br>Since 2011,</span> <span class="">we</span> <span class="">have realized</span> <span class="">the problem with</span> <span class="">the institution that</span> <span class="">could have</span> <span class="">the powers of the</span> <span class="">organization</span> <span class="">like</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">AfIGF</span> <span class="">which is organized</span> <span class="">by the African</span> <span class="">Union</span> <span class="">with the technical collaboration</span> <span class="">of UNECA</span> <span class="">which houses the</span> <span class="">AfIGF</span> <span class="">secretariat</span> <span class="">in Addis Ababa.</span> <br><span class=""><br>The</span> <span class="">Central Africa</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">secretariat</span> <span class="">is</span> <span class="">temporarily</span> <span class="">held by</span> <span class="">ANTIC</span> <span class="">(</span><span><a href="http://www.antic.cm">www.antic.cm</a></span><span>) in Cameroon</span> <span class="">but</span> <span class="">is not formally</span> <span class="">recognized by</span> <span class="">the governments of the</span> <span class="">countries of Central</span> <span class="">Africa</span> <span class="">even less</span> <span class="">by ECCAS</span><span>.</span> <br><span class=""><br>It is</span> <span class="">for this reason</span> <span class="">that in 2013</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">CAFEC</span><span>,</span> <span class="">in</span> <span class="">collaboration with local</span> <span class="">NGOs,</span> <span class="">hardly</span> <span class="">organized</span> <span class="">the 2013 edition</span><span>.</span> <br><span class=""><br>The</span> <span class="">2014 edition</span> <span class="">still suffers from</span> <span class="">this problem and</span> <span class="">no country</span> <span class="">wants to</span> <span class="">get involved.</span> <span class="">I tried</span> <span class="">several times</span> <span class="">with the Ministry</span> <span class="">in charge of ICT</span> <span class="">and</span> <span class="">the regulatory authority</span><span>.</span> <span class=""><br><br>Apparently, the</span> <span class="">answer is neither</span> <span class="">yes nor</span> <span class="">no, but</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">question asked</span> <span class="">what</span> <span class="">gives credibility to</span> <span class="">this approach?</span> <span class="">Because,</span> <span class="">they say,</span> <span class="">globally</span> <span class="">it is the</span> <span class="">United Nations, the</span> <span class="">Africa</span> <span class="">level</span> <span class="">is</span> <span class="">the African Union and</span> <span class="">UNECA</span> <span class="">but</span> <span class="">regionally,</span> <span class="">which</span> <span class="">???</span><span>.</span> <br><span class=""><br>This is the dilemma</span> <span class="">we face in</span> <span class="">Central Africa</span> <span class="">level</span><span>.</span> <span class="">And it</span> <span class="">even</span> <span class="">has an impact</span> <span class="">on national</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">despite repeated</span> <span class="">pleas</span> <span class="">with</span> <span class="">organized</span> <span class="">as a basis</span> <span class="">the Tunis Agenda</span> <span class="">and organization of</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">worldwide</span><span>.</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN</b><br><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'bookman 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<br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-09-26 12:01 GMT+02:00 Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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This is making me wonder if we should not start a platform to record
all the recommendations related to IG that we make?<br>
<br>
Want to compile the African ones Kenyanito :) ?<br>
<br>
E.g. we have now had recommendations coming out of 3 African IGFs,
not to mention subregional ones.<br>
<br>
I wonder if the IGF would not want to create such a space? The
current site already provides a space for all contributions into
open consultations:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/contributionsigf" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/contributionsigf</a><br>
<br>
Anriette<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
On 25/09/2014 13:28, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">+1<br>
<br>
Ephraim<br>
<br>
On 25/09/14 12:32, William Drake wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
<br>
> +100 with one small addition<br>
<br>
> On Sep 25, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen<br>
> <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a> <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank"><mailto:anriette@apc.org></a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
>> Dear all<br>
>><br>
>> As there will be fairly dramatic rotation of civil
society<br>
>> representatives on the MAG this year (most of us are up
for<br>
>> rotation) I think it is very important that we submit<br>
>> well-prepared written submissions, and that as many of us
as<br>
>> possible attend the December meetings.<br>
>><br>
>> I would suggest that IRP makes a submission was we need
to make<br>
>> sure that human rights issues do not slip off the agenda.
We need<br>
>> some fixed platform for synthesising rights issues at
every IGF.<br>
>> The Round Table format in my view works very well, but
then it is<br>
>> imperative that it is not scheduled to conflict with
rights<br>
>> related workshops as was the case in Istanbul.<br>
>><br>
>> And if both Best Bits and Governance can send inputs that
will<br>
>> also be good, and of course others too such as Just Net
and NCUC.<br>
>> APC will as always do our 'assessment' and use that as a
basis<br>
>> for submission.<br>
>><br>
>> The other thing that would be helpful would be for civil
society<br>
>> groups to have some idea about what theme or themes to
support<br>
>> for the next IGF<br>
>><br>
>> Also some specific things to focus on would be:<br>
>><br>
>> 1) The Best Practice Forum mechanism - recommendations,
feedback<br>
>> on what worked what did not, etc.<br>
>><br>
>> 2) Workshop proposal review process - a constant 'work in<br>
>> progress' which still has flaws in my view<br>
>><br>
>> 3) Format of the event - I am going to propose that the
IGF makes<br>
>> use of the services of someone who specialises in
participatory<br>
>> event organisation (very good people that we have worked
with in<br>
>> the past are <a href="https://aspirationtech.org/events" target="_blank">https://aspirationtech.org/events</a>)<br>
<br>
> 4) Strengthening the IGF, consistent with the NETmundial<br>
> statement. Intersessional work to prepare a topic or two that
is<br>
> ‘mature’ enough to yield some measure of convergence and
could be<br>
> treated for one day in the NM manner could be a very useful
way to<br>
> demonstrate the increasing utility of the IGF to the UNGA and<br>
> others. There are various ideas about how this might be
done, and<br>
> it’d be great to see some of them in submissions.<br>
<br>
> Best<br>
<br>
> Bill<br>
>><br>
>> So just a few thoughts. If CS groups are going to submit<br>
>> collective inputs there is not that much time left to
prepare<br>
>> them.<br>
>><br>
>> Best<br>
>><br>
>> Anriette<br>
>><br>
>> *Call for Input*<br>
>><br>
>> All stakeholders are invited to submit by *27 October
2014*<br>
>> written contributions taking stock of the Istanbul IGF
meeting<br>
>> and looking forward to the IGF 2015 meeting, including<br>
>> suggestions on the format, schedule and themes. The
written<br>
>> contributions will be synthesized into a paper that will
form an<br>
>> input into the Open Consultations and MAG meetings of 1-3<br>
>> December. Please send all contributions to<br>
>> <a href="mailto:takingstock2014@intgovforum.org" target="_blank">takingstock2014@intgovforum.org</a><br>
>> <a href="mailto:takingstock2014@intgovforum.org" target="_blank"><mailto:takingstock2014@intgovforum.org></a>.<br>
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