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

[Deborah Brown]

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Thanks Anne for this great summary and coordinating this.

In addition to addressing this letter the ITU Secretary General, could
we also address it to (or copy) the current deputy Secretary General
who is the uncontested candidate to be the next SG? It could be
strategic to start engaging him early on and relevant to include him
in his current post in any case.

Kind regards,
Deborah

On 10/7/14 3:40 PM, Anne Jellema wrote:
> 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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