[bestbits] IGF in Indonesia cancelled?

[Donny B.U.]

we are now having very intensive coordination and communication with
chengetai.
we lack of funds, and now trying to get money from globally.

 actually there's a lot of story behind this preparation it self.
especially since the resource mobilization (fundraising) held by
multistakeholders, and very hard to get fully funded by the government


-dbu-

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

> That might be a good idea, Joy.
>
> Donny, do you think people writing in could help in any way? Or are there
> other things we could? Do you know of any options that are still being
> pursued and that could perhaps be helped by a little public pressure?
>
>
> On 26 July 2013 09:28, joy <joy at apc.org> wrote:
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> Hi Anja - likewise I have heard rumours but nothing confirmed until this.
> I suggest we seek an official response from the Secretariat. It may yet be
> that alternative sources of funding are found, but we should seek a
> response and some kind of confirmation as soon as possible.
> I'm happy to write to Chengatai - has anyone else already done so?
> Joy
>
>
> On 26/07/2013 3:45 p.m., 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
> <mailto:TPHANG at ntu.edu.sg>>
> > Date: 26 July 2013 08:50
> > Subject: [Rigf_program] IGF in Indonesia cancelled
> > To: "program at aprigf.asia <mailto:program at aprigf.asia>" <
> program at aprigf.asia <mailto: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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