<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please find below FYI</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Br,</div><div class="">Jacob <br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><center style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(237, 237, 237);" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="backgroundTable" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important; background-color: rgb(237, 237, 237);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templatePreheader" style="background-color: rgb(88, 88, 90);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="preheaderContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; text-align: left;" class="">Is this email not displaying correctly? <a href="http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4fd1ca1d5793b4d797ce48eb0&id=1e455ce587&e=2fef12bfc7" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(80, 202, 245); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">View it in your browser</a>.</div></td><td valign="top" width="190" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; text-align: left;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateContainer" style="border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateHeader" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 191, 191); padding: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="headerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Arial; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/4fd1ca1d5793b4d797ce48eb0/images/gip_logo.png" alt="" border="0" id="headerImage campaign-icon" style="border: 0px; height: auto; line-height: 34px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 600px;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateBody" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="bodyContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(88, 88, 90); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class=""><p class="">Dear Colleagues,</p><div style="color: rgb(88, 88, 90); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class=""><a href="http://giplatform.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4fd1ca1d5793b4d797ce48eb0&id=7867d34b45&e=2fef12bfc7" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 216); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class=""><img align="right" height="311" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/4fd1ca1d5793b4d797ce48eb0/images/f734fe73-40f1-4391-9f1c-2a90455e151e.png" width="220" style="border: 1px solid; height: 311px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: inline; margin: 5px;" class=""></a>The start of the year presents an excellent opportunity to look back and reflect on the main developments for 2016, and on what we can expect in the coming months. Two new reports have been published with the aim of 'looking back to look ahead':<ul class=""><li class=""><strong class="">The Top Digital Policy Developments of 2016: A Year in Review</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://dig.watch/2016&source=gmail&ust=1484238740355000&usg=AFQjCNHAi9EEf779q5M6mKo6ocGyU0cteA" href="http://giplatform.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4fd1ca1d5793b4d797ce48eb0&id=85b6aaab0a&e=2fef12bfc7" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 216); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">http://dig.watch/2016</a>. The report identifies the top 20 developments that have shaped digital policy in 2016, and includes - for each development - a summary of facts, analysis into the significance of each development, timelines, and resources.</li><li class=""><section class=""><div style="color: rgb(88, 88, 90); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(88, 88, 90); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" class=""><strong class="">Digital Politics in 2017: Unsettled Weather, Stormy at Times, with Sunny Spells</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://www.diplomacy.edu/2017predictions&source=gmail&ust=1484238740355000&usg=AFQjCNHUIs1WgRFUbvtSHejmA4GGq4g8EA" href="http://giplatform.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4fd1ca1d5793b4d797ce48eb0&id=d0fa71f698&e=2fef12bfc7" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 216); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">www.diplomacy.edu/2017predictions</a>. Dr Jovan Kurbalija's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5b76224c-88e4-fd77-6786-54e2daaebc38" class="">forecast for 2017 starts with an analysis of the general backdrop for digital policy in 2017: the broad conceptual references for understanding the specific digital policy developments. A prediction of the ten main digital policy developments for 2017 follows in the second part. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></div></section></li></ul><p class="">Your comments are most welcome.<br class=""><br class="">We look forward to seeing you for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/briefing-internet-governance-january-2017&source=gmail&ust=1484238740356000&usg=AFQjCNGyNTcofu9gBgt6jUg2EqsAzd8J8w" href="http://giplatform.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4fd1ca1d5793b4d797ce48eb0&id=704e56852e&e=2fef12bfc7" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 148, 216); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">our first briefing of the year, on 31 January</a>.</p>The GIP Team</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: rgb(88, 88, 90); 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