<div>I really enjoyed this session; thank you Anriette and Bill for moderating!<br></div><div><br></div><div>A recording is on YouTube here for those who were unable to attend live: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85gIrQd5RNo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85gIrQd5RNo</a><br></div><div><br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user"><div>Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline <br></div></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"></div></div><div><br></div><div class="protonmail_quote">
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On Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 at 13:39, Anriette Esterhuysen via Governance <governance@lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:<br>
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<p>Dear all</p>
<p>As we move closer to celebrating the IGF's 15th anniversary,
please do join this IGF2021 Preparatory and Engagement Phase
session on Wednesday, 17 November, at 13h00 UTC</p>
<p><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/en/node/15588" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.intgovforum.org/en/node/15588</a></p>
<p>Looking forward to lively and useful discussion.</p>
<p>Anriette</p>
<p><b>16 Years of IGF Evolution and Strengthening – Taking Stock
and Looking Forward</b></p>
<p>Wednesday, 17th November, 2021 (15:00 SAST) - Wednesday, 17th
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<p><em><dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">Facilitated by </dfn><dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> Chair in
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Strategy and Strengthening</em></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Interactive moderated panel that will look back and take stock of how the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> has evolved and what its key achievements have been; reflect on the current and future internet governance ecosystem and the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>’s role in this ecosystem, particularly in the context of ‘digital cooperation’ and the UN-Secretary General’s proposed ‘global digital compact’. The panel will consider the role the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> has and can play in inclusive internet governance, both through the further development of the multistakeholder approach and through closer engagement with multilateral processes. Finally the session will consider what is meant by the idea of a “stronger, more focused and impactful <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>” and propose specific steps to be taken to establish a stronger, more strategic <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> that operates on the basis of a multi-year plan working to the goal of the idea of an “IGF plus” with the institutional capacity, leadership and oversight needed to see it through the renewal of its mandate in 2025 and beyond.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Process: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The meeting will divided into roughly three parts with panelists speaking @ 20 minutes in each, with the remaining time reserved for open discussion with all participants. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Moderators: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Anriette Esterhuysen, <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> chair and William Drake, Columbia University, former <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> and WGIG member</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Rapporteurs:</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> Giacomo Mazzone, past <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> member and member, <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> <dfn title="(MAG) Working Group">WG</dfn>-strategy, Roman Chukov and Amrita Choudhury (<dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> <dfn title="(MAG) Working Group">WG</dfn>-strategy co-chairs)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Panelists:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Part I: Past/Origins </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Markus Kummer – <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> Support Association, WGIG and past <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> Executive Coordinator and interim <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> chair - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Wolfgang Kleinwächter – WGIG and EuroSSIG - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Christine Arida - Strategic Planning Sector Head at National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt a past host country of the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">PART II – Present dynamics</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Fiona Alexander – past <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> member and previously with the NTIA and member of <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> <dfn title="(MAG) Working Group">WG</dfn> strategy - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Flavio Wagner - past <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> member and member of <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> <dfn title="(MAG) Working Group">WG</dfn>-strategy - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Parminder Jeet Singh, IT For Change (cs) - CONFIRMED </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Esteve Sanz, Head of Sector EC - member of <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> <dfn title="(MAG) Working Group">WG</dfn>-strategy (gov) - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Part III: Futures/Options</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Yu Ping Chan, Office of the UN SG’s Envoy on Technology - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Concettina Cassa - past <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> member and co-chair <dfn title="(MAG) Working Group">WG</dfn>-strategy (Gov) - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:decimal" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Mark Carvell - EuroDIG Member and former UK government policy advisers and <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> member. Member of <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> <dfn title="(MAG) Working Group">WG</dfn>-strategy - CONFIRMED</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Questions and topics to be addressed </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Part I: Past/Origins </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">1. Over the years there have been various expressions of frustration with the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> supposedly being just a “talk shop” that does not take binding decisions. But this is an essential part of the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>’s DNA, as it is what governments and stakeholders at the 2005 Tunis <dfn title="World Summit on the Information Society">WSIS</dfn> summit thought was needed and what they could agree to. To set the stage for our discussion, please reflect on the considerations and processes that shaped the fundamental features of the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>’s design and made it what it has become today.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">2. The <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> Mandate approved by the 2005 Tunis <dfn title="World Summit on the Information Society">WSIS</dfn> summit included provisions stating that the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> should “Promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of <dfn title="World Summit on the Information Society">WSIS</dfn> principles in Internet Governance processes;” and “Identify emerging issues, bring them to the attention of the relevant bodies and the general public, and, where appropriate, make recommendations.” To what extent has the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> pursued these objectives? What has been achieved or not regarding these functions, and why?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">3. The global Internet governance agenda has evolved significantly over the past sixteen years, with many of the issues and political dynamics that animated early IGFs drifting from center stage while new ones came to the fore. What have been the key shifts in substantive focus and institutional dynamics over the course of the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>’s history to date?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Part II – Present dynamics</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">1. Name one positive change or achievement that you feel can be attributed to the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>. Is there anything significant that might have turned out differently if we had not had the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">2. Has the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> altered the global discourse or debate in any significant ways? How much does such discourse and soft norms matter, relative to negotiated formal agreements?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">3. The <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> has spawned new collaborative processes that work on an intersessional basis and then feed into the meetings, e.g. the policy networks, the <dfn title="National and Regional IGF Initiatives">NRIs</dfn>, the DCs and the BPFs. Have these efforts yielded any important results? What could be done to increase their salience? What roles could they play going forward as the landscape of Internet governance and digital cooperation continues to evolve?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">4. How has the multistakeholder approach worked in the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>? Is it continuing to develop conceptually and practically, or has it stagnated? If it has, what can be done to renew it?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Part III: Futures/Options</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">1. There have been various calls, including from high-level government figures, for the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> to produce more tangible outcomes. What forms could these take? What would be needed for the international community to agree to such a process and outcome?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">2. With regard to the United Nations’ Roadmap and Common Agenda, what roles and value-added do you see for the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn>? Do you see a specific role of the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> with regard to the proposed Global Digital Compact?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">3. What is your view of the terms of reference for the new Leadership Panel (formerly referred to as the MHLB)? How can we make this a useful grouping? What about the <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn>, do its terms of reference and functioning need to change? </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">4. Proposals have been made for the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> Secretariat and <dfn title="Multistakeholder Advisory Group">MAG</dfn> to work collaboratively on a multi-year plan. Do you think this is feasible? How would you go about developing and implementing such a plan?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.656; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">5. Name one aspect of how the <dfn title="Internet Governance Forum">IGF</dfn> operates that you would change, and one aspect you would like to retain.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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Anriette Esterhuysen - <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org//anriette@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org//anriette@gmail.com</a>
Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.intgovforum.org</a>
Senior advisor global and regional internet governance
Association for Progressive Communications
<a href="http://www.apc.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.apc.org</a> // afrisig.org</pre>
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