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<p><font face="Liberation Sans">T</font>his shows the complete
absence of support and enthusiasm among civil society groups and
persons for Leadership Panel .</p>
<p>On the ISOC list, I saw this posting</p>
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"does anyone have a handy link to the UN decision and process? If
this is a "firm" decision it goes against advice from what
seemed a strong consensus I noted at the UK IGF steering team and
I expect other many other groups."</p>
<p>ENDS</p>
<p>As I mentioned I have got offline messages from many showing
dismay with the Leadership Panel ...</p>
<p><b>Now, the problem is, much less the LP process being stopped,
or even being de-legitimized , I suspect the UN Secy General's
office and that of the Tech Envoy wouldnt even hear of and know
the fact that there is widespread, near total, non-acceptance of
and dismay at the LP in civil society and technical community
circles... </b><br>
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<p>This doesn't speak about the UN SG or his LP initiative: it
speaks about where the IG civil society is currently -- totally
in the dumps.</p>
<p><font face="Liberation Sans">parminder <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/11/21 3:22 pm, Sheetal Kumar via
Governance wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear all, <br>
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<div>We did not receive a requisite number of eligible
nominations for this process launched last week. We are
therefore unable to proceed with the nomination process for
the Leadership Panel as CSCG. <br>
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<div>While this does not constitute a boycott, we understand
that the level of doubt and concerns around the Leadership
Panel may indicate that there isn't the support required. <br>
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<div>We will continue to follow the process and to demand the
transparency and diversity required in all areas of the IGF,
and to work towards strengthening it in the coming years with
the view to realising the true spirit of the IGF's
multistakeholder mission. More on our previous/relevant
position here: <a
href="https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/open-letter-interpretation-paragraph-93a-un-secretary-generals-roadmap-digital-cooperation"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/open-letter-interpretation-paragraph-93a-un-secretary-generals-roadmap-digital-cooperation</a>.
There we say "Multistakeholderism, diversity and inclusion
should guide any new structure, building on the IGF legacy
thus far and be the basis for putting the structure in
function of shaping the global internet governance agenda in a
way that effectively addresses the persistent, exacerbated and
new challenges derived from the pandemic situation, including
the increasing power of some parts of the industry, in
particular the large technology companies, and the lack of
voices from more vulnerable and marginalised groups."</div>
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<div>We do not want this to be seen as discouragement to anyone
planning to nominate themselves. However, as a network, it is
clear that we don't have the support or interest to continue
with this specific nomination process. <br>
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<div>Best</div>
<div>Sheetal and Bruna
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 16:25,
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<div>Dear all, <br>
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<div>This is a polite reminder to share your nominations to
the CSCG for the IGF's leadership panel, as per the
process outlined below. We request this is done by <span
style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><u><b>COB November 22 </b></u></span>so
that we are able to submit by the deadline of <span
style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><u><b>November 29. <br>
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We look forward to
receiving your nomination/s.</span><u><b><br>
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13:51, Sheetal Kumar <<a
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<div>Dear all, <br>
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<div>As you may have seen, the IGF Secretariat has
launched the nomination process at the request of
the Executive Office of the United Nations
Secretary-General for the
<a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/internet-governance-forum-leadership-panel-call-for-nominations"
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<b><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">inaugural
Leadership Panel of the 2022 and 2023 Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) cycles</span></b></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following several rounds of
open consultations, the Leadership Panel is a
response to the Secretary-General’s
<a href="https://undocs.org/A/74/821"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Roadmap for
Digital Cooperation</span></a>, which calls
for strengthening of the IGF through, among
other aspects,
<i>’’creating a strategic and empowered
multi-stakeholder high-level body, building on
the experience of the existing
multi-stakeholder advisory group, which would
address urgent issues, coordinate follow-up
action on Forum discussions and relay proposed
policy approaches and recommendations from the
Forum to the appropriate normative and
decision-making forums</i>.’’ <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CSCG, and for this process,
this includes APC and IGC, will run a nomination
process to identify nominees for the two
categories:<br>
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<ul>
<li>Two [2] at-large members (distinguished or
prominent persons who do not fall under above
stakeholder groups) and </li>
<li>Two [2] CEO-level (or deputy-level)
representatives from each of the other three
stakeholder groups (civil society)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please note, this does not mean
we endorse the process or the mechanism itself. We
will send a letter with the nominations that
clearly reiterates our previous publicly stated
positions (such as this <font size="2"><a
href="https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/open-letter-interpretation-paragraph-93a-un-secretary-generals-roadmap-digital-cooperation"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Open
letter on the interpretation of paragraph
93(a) of the UNSG's Roadmap on Digital
Cooperation</a> and this on the <a
href="https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/why-inclusive-transparent-and-accessible-global-digital-governance-more-crucial-ever"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">future
of the IGF </a></font><a
href="https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/why-inclusive-transparent-and-accessible-global-digital-governance-more-crucial-ever"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">on the
Leadership Panel/Higher-level MAG</a>),
including the importance of maintaining the MAG's
current role and not supplanting it, the
importance of diversity and inclusion,
transparency etc and make clear that our
submission of nominees should not be read as
endorsement. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We intend that our nominations
reflect the above criteria. Please note that to
receive a CSCG nomination for the IGF leadership
panel you'll need to send us (me and Valeria and
Bruna cc'd) the information required on the <a
href="https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/leadership-panel-nomination-2022"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
<span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">online form</span></a>.
We request this is done by <span
style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><u><b>COB November 22
</b></u></span>so that we are able to submit
by the deadline of <span
style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><u><b>November 29. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We look forward to
receiving your nomination/s.</span><u><b><br>
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