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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I think we applied for funding for captioning for our session and
were successful in getting the funding. Our session was on
accessibility and so we really did not want it to be a barrier and
the ITU was able to provide us with captioning for our session</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Judith<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/22/2016 4:38 PM, Norbert Bollow
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Judith Hellerstein <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com"><judith@jhellerstein.com></a> wrote:
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multiple languages.
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I think you're probably referring to the main sessions.
It has always been the case that the vast majority of workshops don't
have interpretation, as indeed it has always been the case that the
workshop organizers would somehow need to raise the money to pay the
interpreters.
Greetings,
Norbert
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<pre wrap="">Although I was not the main organizer of a
session I did play a role on one of the panels as a rapporteur and
was privy to all the decisions and this issue was never brought up.
I do know that if you order captioning of sessions there is a cost to
that.
I agree with you that is a large barrier to language diversity. We
should ask the MAG members that are on this list if they can explain
this
Cheers
Judith
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On 9/22/2016 3:24 PM, Arsène Tungali wrote:
Hi all,
Just wanted to share this with you because i have a concern regarding
the interpretation service. Hope i got it right :)
I cannot believe session organizers to pay the cost of interpretation
service? This is my first time i do this, is this new to IGF? Or do
session organizers always cover such costs?
Would love to hear your thoughts.
I note this can be a barrier to language diversity at the meeting and
cannot believe the UN asking organizers to pay for such a service.
Regards,
A
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Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Date: September 22, 2016 at 8:16:05 PM GMT+2
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:igf@unog.ch">igf@unog.ch</a>
Cc: Eleonora Anna MAZZUCCHI <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:EMAZZUCCHI@unog.ch"><EMAZZUCCHI@unog.ch></a>
Subject: IGF 2016: Updates for Session Organizers
Dear Workshop and Open Forum Organizers,
The IGF Secretariat would like to share with you a few brief updates.
As many of you already know, IGF 2016 will now be held at the PALCCO
Centre in Guadalajara, Mexico (and not the Instituto Cabanas). Please
note that the dates of the meeting, 6-9 December 2016, remain
unchanged!
Registration for the meeting is now open and all are welcome and
encouraged to register as soon as possible. Online registration will
be available until 17 November, approximately 3 weeks before the
meeting.
Interpretation in up to 3 of the 6 official UN languages (Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) can be made available
in one of the workshop/open forum rooms on request. The session
organizer(s) would bear the cost of this service, which will be
determined by the host country. Should you require or wish to have
interpretation for your session, kindly let the Secretariat know by
30 September.
For any questions, needs/issues to discuss relating to your workshop
or open forum session, please do not hesitate to contact the
Secretariat at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:emazzucchi@unog.ch">emazzucchi@unog.ch</a>!
Best to All,
Eleonora
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