[bestbits] Opening cermony

[Subi Chaturvedi]

Many thanks for sharing Deirdre. Delighted and proud.

From this part of the world (India) some points for your consideration

- increasingly global world leaders are telling women to stay in their
place, we would like to give a shout out to all the women and girls in tech
journalists and online media practioners too that internet is indeed their
rightful place and we will do all, to enable and celebrate their role in
#netgov
2. Focus on the quality and not just quantity in representational terms of
CS actors in net gov and also highlight the role that the net is playing in
bridging gaps in governance and improving democracies
3. Funding-Despite confirmed invites even on Mains many CS participants
struggled and unfortunately will not join us in person this year. We need
to find sustainable solutions.
4. Responding to Netmundial and articulating our support for perpetuity and
continuity of IGF with a mandate beyond 2015 hopefully until 2025 if not
2050 :)
5. Access -connecting the unconnected bringing the next billion online
6. Human rights and free speech. GOVERNMENTS must engage with new media and
not clamp down/fear the medium if they do not understand it. Help is just
around the corner. We welcome them at IGF and would like to see more of
them at the table especially from developing countries, emerging economies
and small island nations.

Thank you for your consideration. And many congratulations.  We have an
excellent amplifier and integrator, in you.

Warmest

Subi Chaturvedi

On 19 Aug 2014 19:11, "Deirdre Williams" <williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
> Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the  MAG  to make the
civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please send me your
suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far as it's possible in
such a short time, I can say what all of us want to be said.
> The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me to as
large a view as possible by passing on this message to others in as wide a
reach as possible.
> Thank you
> Deirdre Williams
> Co-coordinator, IG Caucua.
>
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