[bestbits] Invitation: WSIS+10 Review Civil Society Strategy Meeting at IGF2015

[Anja Kovacs]

Dear all,

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the *Joao Pessao WSIS+10 Review
Civil Society Strategy Meeting tomorrow, from 2-6 pm, at the Joao Pessao
2015 IGF venue. *

This event is coorganised by the Association for Progressive
Communications, the International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions, in collaboration with the Center for Technology and Society
of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (CTS-FGV), Center for Democracy and
Technology, Coding Rights, Global Partners Digital, Kickanet and Public
Knowledge.

As you all know, in December 2015, a WSIS+10 Overall Review High Level
Meeting of the UN General Assembly will assess the progress made in
implementing the WSIS outcome documents as well as decide on the way
forward. As the 2015 IGF takes places only shortly before this meeting, it
is an excellent opportunity for civil society to *take stock of where we
are in the preparatory process, as well as to strategise about how we can
make sure that civil society's main concerns are appropriately reflected in
the final outcome document*.

Moreover, as the cofacilitators of the WSIS+10 Review process are present
in Brazil, and as there is a main session on the WSIS+10 Review at the IGF
as well, there are *opportunities for civil society to strenghten its voice
in the process at the IGF as well*.

To make the most of all those opportunities and building on earlier similar
regional and global civil society initiatives , we invite all civil society
participants in the 2015 IGF to join us for a session that will:

- update you on the process, the main issues at stake and the major
faultlines between our governments
- share information from earlier regional and global civil society events
on the WSIS+10 Review, and the extent to which inputs in the review process
which were based on these events are reflected in the current draft outcome
document
- outline the content of the latest draft, and where the main faultlines
with civil society input lie
- provide an opportunity to jointly strategise on how to make sure that
civil society priorities are strongly reflected in the WSIS+10 Review main
session (building on the earlier experience at the NETmundial with similar
formats)
- collectivitely strategise on the main messages that civil society wants
to convey to the co-facilitators of the WSIS+10 Review process, Amb.
Nusseibeh from the UAE and Amb. Mazeiks from Latvia.

Amb. Nusseibeh from the UAE will be joining the event part of the time. In
addition, a civil society meeting with Amb. Mazeiks from Latvia has been
scheduled for Wednesday morning, ensuring another opportunity to convey our
messages.

For more information, please write to anja at internetdemocracy.in or
deborah at apc.org.

We hope that many of you will be able to join us tomorrow afternoon!

With warm regards,

On behalf of the organisers,
Anja




-- 
Dr. Anja Kovacs
The Internet Democracy Project

+91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
www.internetdemocracy.in
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