[bestbits] WSIS+10 High Level Event Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform launched

Wed Sep 4 17:17:54 EDT 2013

+1 on Joana's

next steps?

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Anja Kovacs <anja at internetdemocracy.in>wrote:

> Think Joana's is a very good proposal. +1 from me.
>
> Best,
> Anja
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> On 3 September 2013 05:19, Joana Varon <joana at varonferraz.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks Deborah and Jeremy for highlighting this.
>>
>> It seams all the documents are meant to be sent by one organization.
>> Having that in mind, I would suggest:
>>
>> For the document on outcome docs of WSIS+10, I guess a joint submission
>> from BB could be richer, meanly because, as Jeremy mentioned, it includes
>> ICT4D themes about which, at least for me, I wouldn't have much to say.
>>
>> For the second document, I tend to think that we could gain more space if
>> we make multiple submissions. But we could coordinate so we ensure that, on
>> the second one, about organization of the meeting, all the topics we want
>> to cover are dealt with and that there is a diversity of speakers from
>> civil society. Does it sound feasible?
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> joana
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>> -
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>> Joana Varon Ferraz
>> @joana_varon
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>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org>wrote:
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>>> Thanks for circulating this Jeremy. I wanted to flag that the deadline
>>> for submitting the two forms is 20 September, so in just under 3 weeks
>>> time. [At the bottom of the first page of each word doc the following is
>>> written: Please note that formal submission should be sent to the
>>> wsis-info at itu.int not later than 20 September 2013. "]
>>>
>>> From a quick read it looks like the first form will feed into the two
>>> outcome documents of the WSIS+10 Sharm el-Sheikh meeting (the WSIS+10
>>> Statement on Implementation of WSIS Outcomes and the WSIS+10 Vision for
>>> WSIS Beyond 2015 under mandates of the participating Agencies) and the
>>> second form relates to the organization of the meeting itself (themes,
>>> speakers, workshops).
>>>
>>> Per Jeremy's question, is there any interest in collaborating on a
>>> submission? I thought it would be good to pose this again to the list now
>>> that we know of the relatively short time frame.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Deborah
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>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Belatedly, the Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform for the 2014
>>>> WSIS+10 High Level Event has just been launched online.  This is for taking
>>>> stock of the implementation of the WSIS outcomes, and developing targets
>>>> and Indicators for an open and inclusive information/knowledge society for
>>>> all beyond 2015.  The website is:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.itu.int/wsis/review/mpp/
>>>>
>>>> Through this process, stakeholders will seek to develop
>>>> multistakeholder consensus on two outcome documents for the WSIS+10 event.
>>>>  To make a submission you can download Word documents that are on the above
>>>> site - online forms will be available soon.  A deadline is not yet, so far
>>>> as I can see, specified.
>>>>
>>>> Some individuals and organisations will be interested in sending their
>>>> own submissions.  I'm less sure about whether there is value or interest in
>>>> doing a joint submission.  Certainly, this falls outside Internet
>>>> governance per se and includes broader ICT4D themes.  But we can discuss
>>>> whether there is enough mutual interest in collaborating on a submission.
>>>>
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