[bestbits] FW: "Open Talks" with ITU Secretary General

[Lea Kaspar]

Dear all,

For those of you interested in internet governance debates at the ITU level, I've recently been forwarded the below notification.

Please note that these discussions will feed into ITU's CWG-Internet, which, as you know, remains otherwise closed to observers (following our Best Bits statement on this topic). One of the topics on the agenda at the CWG at the moment is the role of governments in IG. Have in mind that while the ITU Plenipotentiary takes place in November 2014, the documents that will inform its work are being drafted much earlier (through processes like this).

Best,
Lea

From: Sareidaki, Despoina [mailto:despoina.sareidaki at itu.int]
Sent: 30 September 2013 17:27
To: Sareidaki, Despoina
Subject: "Open Talks" with ITU Secretary General
Importance: High

Dear Sir/Madam,
We would like to bring to your notice a series of informal consultations, called "Open Talks", which were launched by the ITU Secretary General, Dr. Hamadoun Touré, on 24 September 2013, on Internet-related public policy issues, including the role of governments in the multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance. This series will consist of the following formats:

 1.  A World Café<http://www.theworldcafe.com/method.html> on October 8, 2013 at the ICT Discovery<http://www.itu.int/en/ictdiscovery/Pages/default.aspx#.UjsMytJmi-0> in ITU Headquarters from 18:15 - 20:15
 2.  A Town Hall meeting at IGF 2013, Bali, Indonesia (October 25, 2013 9:00-10:30)
 3.  Online - through the use of an interactive crowd-sourcing platform (expected launch date: October 8, 2013).
The essence of the discussions during the informal consultations will inform the Secretary General's "Information Document", which will be submitted to the upcoming session of the ITU Council Working Group on International internet-related Public Policy<http://www.itu.int/council/groups/CWG-internet/> Issues (CWG-Internet) taking place from 11 to 12 November 2013.
You can find more information regarding this important initiative in the recent post of Dr. Hamadoun Touré on our ITU Blog: http://itu4u.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/launching-open-talks-with-itu-secretary-general/ .

We invite you to participate in any of the components of these "Open Talks" and we are looking forward to your opinions. Further details on each of the three sessions will be published on the ITU Website shortly.

Please also feel free to forward this information to your contacts.

Kind regards,
Despoina Sareidaki
SG / SPM / CSD
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