[bestbits] ITU Plenipot transparency & participation letter - comments close Weds, 4:00 pm EDT/ 10:00 pm CET

[Anne Jellema]

Dear friends,



After the pre-IGF BestBits meeting, it was decided to set up a fluid
working group to coordinate civil society engagement at the upcoming ITU
Plenipotentiary Conference. Since the meeting, a group of around  25
members of civil society have been coordinating various activities:

• Pre-conference knowledge sharing;

• Coordination of specific advocacy efforts;

• Organising on the ground civil society activities in Busan.



As part of coordinating specific advocacy efforts, the group has developed
a letter with several specific asks regarding PP Conference processes. Please
find the letter here: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Z2Rf7Zrxwk .


Due to the need to send the letter out as soon as possible, and seeing as
the letter has already gone through a lengthy process of consolidation
among the group members, we are requesting that the text be open for
comments for a period of 24 hours (rather than the standard 48), i.e. until
4:00 pm EDT tomorrow. After this, a final text, which we'll try to pull
together as fast as possible, will be available for 24 hours for
endorsements.


During the 24 hours open for comments, we would encourage members to focus
on red lines that would prevent them from endorsing the letter rather than
detailed line by line edits.


This is a targeted effort to influence the ITU Secretariat and encourage
them to do what is in their power to facilitate broader stakeholder
engagement in the Conference itself. This does not preclude any additional
advocacy efforts directed at Member States of the ITU, who will, in the
end, decide the Conference outcomes.



This letter will be sent to the ITU Secretary General/Secretariat later
this week, and then to various ITU delegations as an FYI.


Special thanks to Matthew Shears and Lea Kaspar for leading the drafting.



In addition, if anyone else is interested in contributing to the efforts of
the fluid working group, please drop me a note.



Very best,

Anne



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