[bestbits] IGF in Indonesia cancelled?

[Donny B.U.]

Hi, I'm part of the preparation committee of IGF2013, from civil society
sector. Since the committee, called ID-IGF, is coming from
multi-stakeholders.

Actually, we haven't received copy of gov letter to UN regarding to this.
Meaning, no official cancelation-decision have been made, yet.

I will be happy to give any information needed.

Regards,

-dbu-

On Friday, July 26, 2013, Anja Kovacs wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> After having heard rumours swirling for a while now, I was very sad to
> receive the message below via an AP IGF email list. Looks like the
> Indonesia IGF, at least for now, stands cancelled. Anyone here knows more?
>
> Best,
> Anja
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ang Peng Hwa (Prof) <TPHANG at ntu.edu.sg <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'TPHANG at ntu.edu.sg');>>
> Date: 26 July 2013 08:50
> Subject: [Rigf_program] IGF in Indonesia cancelled
> To: "program at aprigf.asia <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'program at aprigf.asia');>" <program at aprigf.asia <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'program at aprigf.asia');>>
>
>
>    Folks,
>
>  This is sad but official: the Indonesian organizers have cancelled the
> IGF. The announcement was made by the chair of the organizing committee (a
> businessman) after a meeting with the minister and the civil society group.
>
>  There is a news report in Bahasa Indonesia at
> http://inet.detik.com/read/2013/07/25/135130/2314218/328/kurang-dana-forum-internet-dunia-batal-digelar-di-bali.
>  Use Google translate and you will be able to read.
>
>  I had met the civil society organizers just this week. They were asking
> for possible tips on fund raising. After exploring the options, we
> concluded that they had approached most of the likely sponsors. Yes, there
> were some possibilities they had overlooked but these were not many.
>
>  According to the news report, out of the US$2.2M (Rp22 billion) budget,
> they had raised US$900k. The Ministry had given US$250k. So they had a
> shortfall of US$1.05M.
>
>  Third party sources I checked (i.e. Not the Indonesians themselves) said
> that one major cost was that the UN had asked for US$900k to fly personnel
> and security apparatus to the meeting.
>
>  Knowing a little of the inside story, I would say the situation is more
> complex than one might have guessed. Next year is the election year for
> Indonesia. So companies are asking: if I support you now but you do not
> win, what happens? Then two weeks before the IGF, there is the APEC meeting
> in the same venue. So the feeling that is Indonesia will be on the world's
> stage at that time already. Meanwhile, the Minister of Communication, whose
> ministry oversees the IGF, is under allegations of corruption. It's one of
> those series of unfortunate events.
>
>  Regards,
> Peng Hwa
>
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