[governance] all IGF workshops accepted

[Ralf Bendrath]

http://www.intgovforum.org/

[NEW] Advisory Group Meeting

The Advisory Group held a meeting in Geneva on 7 and 8 September 2006. It 
refined the draft programme for the inaugural meeting and developed 
criteria for the selection of speakers and panellists. More details will 
be made available on this Web site in due course.

[NEW] Workshops

The Advisory Group also discussed the proposals that have been submitted 
for workshops. Based on the number of proposals and the meeting facilities 
available, it provisionally agreed to offer slots to all workshop 
proposals. However, the Advisory Group had some questions with regard to 
some aspects of the proposals:

* It was not always clear whether the guiding organizational principle for 
holding workshops, i.e. the multi-stakeholder approach, is truly respected 
in all cases. Some clarifications may therefore be need in some cases and 
some adjustments may be necessary in other cases .

* The overall theme of the meeting - “Internet governance for development” 
was not given sufficient priority. All organizers are therefore encouraged 
to review their proposal under this aspect.

* There was some overlap between some workshop proposals. In a first 
phase, all organizers are therefore encouraged to examine whether they 
would like to join forces with other institutions and merge their 
proposals. Any wishes to do so should be addressed to the IGF secretariat 
at: igf at intgovforum.org. In a second phase, the Advisory Group may make 
concrete proposals for merging some workshops.

All organizers will be contacted shortly.
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