<p dir="ltr">This is an important question Arsene. </p>
<p dir="ltr">For Kenya, just like the global IGF and other IGF initiatives elsewhere, the local IGF is not a registered entity. It's just a forum where the community come together to discuss issues of common good. We have successfully hosted a meaningful IGF for many years now. The global IGF is under the auspice of the UN. The African IGF is under the patronage of UNECA. </p>
<p dir="ltr">If you get an entity that is respected by different stakeholders, it can host the IGF. This will remove any bottlenecks of registering a new entity only for the IGF. But nothing prevents you from registering the entity if that is what fits the Congo scenario. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 11, 2016 7:36 PM, "Wisdom Donkor" <<a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello Arsane,<div><br></div><div>As far as i no, it has to be registered as non for profit organisation. </div><div>you will have to make sure that all structures are in place other wise you can form it have your event and </div><div>latter register it when you think the structures are in place.</div><div><br></div><div>We can talk more on skype if you want detailed explanations. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation<br>OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member<br></div><span style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<br></span></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>National Information Technology Agency (NITA) <br></div><div>Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)</div><div>Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana</div><div>Tel; +233 20 812881</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:wisdom_dk@hotmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>Skype: wisdom_dk</div><div>facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk<br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.nita.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nita.gov.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.data.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.isoc.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.itag.org.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.itag.org.gh</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elided-text">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Judith Hellerstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" target="_blank">judith@jhellerstein.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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HI Arsene,<br>
<br>
I would suggest a non profit form as you would want to raise funds
for it and you would want a legal entity. If a non-profit is too
difficult than a for profit would work as long as it is truly multi
stakeholder. I believe that the IGF-USA is a non-profit or at least
affiliated with a non profit. The Mag should have representative
from all sectors. You also make want to include restrictions on how
much companies can donate so that a few companies do not dominate on
the funding. <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Judith<br>
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<div>On 4/11/2016 8:37 AM, Arsene TUNGALI
(Yahoo) wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Dear colleagues,</span></div>
<div><span><br>
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<div><span>We are in the
process of having our first national IGF in the DRC and we
are wondering what legal status to give to it. Is is a non
profit? a movement? This question has been asked by our
Ministry in charge of ICT to us as the organizing committee.</span></div>
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<div><span>I am writing to
inquire which legal status your national initiatives have
within your countries. This will help us know how our
Secretariat and our own form of MAG will operate. Please do
share your experiences.</span></div>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<div><span>Thanks for your
support,</span></div>
<div><span>Arsene</span></div>
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