[governance] My new appointment

[Qusai Al-Shatti]

Dear Bertrand:
Congratulation Bertrand and wish all the best, I hope this will help in improving the dialogue between civil society and other stakeholders.

Regards,

Qusai Al-Shatti


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The following message was sent by "Bertrand de La Chapelle" <bdelachapelle at gmail.com> on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:16:49 +0200.

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> Dear all,
> 
> As the Athens Forum approaches, I am looking forward to seeing you all again
> and continuing our debates and common endeavours.
> 
> But before it takes place, I want to announce publicly on the list that
> things have evolved on my side recently and that I have just been appointed
> by the French government as its "Special Envoy for the Information Society",
> (in French : Délégué Spécial pour la Société de l'Information) > with the
> responsibility to cover the various aspects of the post-WSIS and related
> processes.
> I have decided to accept this offer to return to formal diplomatic service
> with the conviction that I can bring my past experiences in the business and
> civil society sectors to this new role and thus contribute further
> to the development of innovative multi-stakeholder processes, including
> those decided in Tunis.
> 
> The present period is different from the summit years where the challenge
> was to get civil society accepted. Now, the multi-stakeholder principle is
> accepted - at least in theory - by all governements. I can therefore pursue
> the same vision in this new role as before : the challenge is to give life
> to multi-stakeholderism and make it work concretely for the benefit of the
> international community.
> 
> I will participate in this new capacity in the upcoming Internet Governance
> Forum in Athens and am looking forward to seeing many of you there again and
> continue our interactions, including in the workshops.
> 
> Best
> 
> Bertrand
> 
Dear all,
> 
> As the Athens Forum approaches, I am looking forward to seeing you all again
> and continuing our debates and common endeavours.
> 
> But before it takes place, I want to announce publicly on the list that
> things have evolved on my side recently and that I have just been appointed
> by the French government as its "Special Envoy for the Information Society",
> (in French : Délégué Spécial pour la Société de l'Information) > with the
> responsibility to cover the various aspects of the post-WSIS and related
> processes.
> I have decided to accept this offer to return to formal diplomatic service
> with the conviction that I can bring my past experiences in the business and
> civil society sectors to this new role and thus contribute further
> to the development of innovative multi-stakeholder processes, including
> those decided in Tunis.
> 
> The present period is different from the summit years where the challenge
> was to get civil society accepted. Now, the multi-stakeholder principle is
> accepted - at least in theory - by all governements. I can therefore pursue
> the same vision in this new role as before : the challenge is to give life
> to multi-stakeholderism and make it work concretely for the benefit of the
> international community.
> 
> I will participate in this new capacity in the upcoming Internet Governance
> Forum in Athens and am looking forward to seeing many of you there again and
> continue our interactions, including in the workshops.
> 
> Best
> 
> Bertrand
> 

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