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<p>Dear all</p>
<p>Please join us for a social event following the first day of the
IGF 2021 open consultation and MAG meeting. More info below. We
will test a new platform for the social event and I would love to
see you there!<br>
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id="docs-internal-guid-709929a7-7fff-f7ae-1b84-a07ae4021bd7"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">IGF Open Consultation Social Event - Monday 22 February, 16:15 - 17.00 UTC</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> (17.15 - 18.00 CET)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Where: </span><a
href="https://www.wonder.me/r?id=58b35399-734f-4288-b6c3-3f00f5aa167d"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://www.wonder.me/r?id=58b35399-734f-4288-b6c3-3f00f5aa167d</span></a>
<p>Anriette<br>
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<div>The <a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021-first-open-consultations-and-mag-meeting"><font
color="#0563C1"><b><u>IGF 2021 First Open Consultations
and MAG Meeting</u></b></font></a> of the 16<font
size="1"><span style="font-size:7.3pt;"><sup>th</sup></span></font>
IGF planning cycle will be <font color="red">hosted online
on</font> <font color="red"><b>22, 23 and 24 February</b></font>.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The open consultations day on the 22<font size="1"><span
style="font-size:7.3pt;"><sup>nd</sup></span></font>
February will facilitate a dialogue amongst all stakeholders
for advice on how to develop a more focused IGF 2021
process, including its intersessional
work and annual meeting.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The consultations will also include a meeting with <b>Ms.
Maria Francesca Spatolisano, the Assistant
Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency
Affairs and Officer in Charge of the Office of the
Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology</b>
(<font color="red">22 February at 14:30 UTC</font>),
followed by an open discussion on the Secretary-General’s
Roadmap for Digital Cooperation’s proposed Multistakeholder
High-Level Body (para 93(a)). </div>
<div> </div>
<div>We will conclude the day with an <b>online social event</b>
hosted by the Government of Switzerland and MAG Working
Group on Hybrid Meetings, supported by DiploFoundation and
Geneva Internet Platform (event starts at 16:15 UTC).</div>
<div> </div>
<div>On 23 and 24 February, the MAG will further discuss the
IGF 2021 thematic focus and its intersessional work,
including the Best Practice Forums and Dynamic Coalitions,
as well as how to create synergies with the National,
Regional and Youth IGFs. The meeting
will also hear more about the new IGF’s intersessional
activity, the Policy Network on Environment.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>All stakeholders are kindly invited and encouraged to
join the <a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021-first-open-consultations-and-mag-meeting"><font
color="#0563C1"><u>IGF 2021 First Open Consultations and
MAG Meeting</u></font></a><b>
</b>to support developing a successful IGF 2021 process and
its <a href="https://www.gov.pl/web/igf2021-en"><font
color="#0563C1"><u>16</u></font><font size="1"
color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:7.3pt;"><u><sup>th</sup></u></span></font><font
color="#0563C1"><u>
IGF annual meeting</u></font></a>, scheduled to be
hosted by the Government of Poland in Katowice from 6 to 10
December 2021. </div>
<div> </div>
<div><font color="red"><b>AGENDA & REGISTRATION</b></font></div>
<ul style="margin:0;padding-left:36pt;">
<font face="DengXian">
<li>Please visit the IGF website to access the meeting’s <b>agenda</b>:
<a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021-first-open-consultations-and-mag-meeting"><font
color="#0563C1"><u>https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021-first-open-consultations-and-mag-meeting</u></font></a>
</li>
<li>A quick <b>registration</b> for the meeting can be
made through the IGF website: <a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021-first-open-consultations-and-mag-meeting-registration"><font
color="#0563C1"><u>https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021-first-open-consultations-and-mag-meeting-registration</u></font></a>
</li>
<li>Add the meeting’s reminders to your <b>calendars</b>:
<a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/node/11180/field_event_calendar_date/default/addtocal.ics"><font
color="#408483"><b><u>22 Feb</u></b></font></a> | <a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/node/11181/field_event_calendar_date/default/addtocal.ics"><font
color="#408483"><b><u>23
Feb</u></b></font></a> | <a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/node/11182/field_event_calendar_date/default/addtocal.ics"><font
color="#408483"><b><u>24 Feb</u></b></font></a></li>
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</ul>
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Anriette Esterhuysen - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anriette@apc.org//anriette@gmail.com">anriette@apc.org//anriette@gmail.com</a>
Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.intgovforum.org">www.intgovforum.org</a>
Senior advisor global and regional internet governance
Association for Progressive Communications
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.apc.org//afrisig.org">www.apc.org//afrisig.org</a></pre>
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