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

[Anne Jellema]

Great suggestion Deborah - the ITU fluid working group supports this idea.
Best
Anne


On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Deborah Brown <deborah at apc.org> wrote:

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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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