[governance] For a real impact of IGF in least developed countries

[Ken Lohento]

For your information - KL

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The African civil society for the information society (ACSIS) submitted 
a contribution to IGF within the framework of the preparation of the 
India meeting. The contribution targets the draft programme in 
discussion but also general issues around IGF. Some of its comments are 
directed to stakeholders in general (including Africans)

The title of the contribution in English is: "For a real impact of IGF 
in least developed countries"

It includes, among other, recommendations or concerns such as:

- IGF's impact in Africa is hardly seen so far

- the need to decisively make efforts to make the IGF useful to 
developing countries - establishing permanent thematic working groups, 
provide supplementary resources to the secretariat, find more resources 
for participation, etc.
- the review of IGF should give opportunity to analyze IGF impacts on 
LDCs and a multilingual approach should be followed for this review in 
order to include all stakeholders
- the need to consolidate and give more visibility to 'best practice 
fora' that potentially favor the reinforcement of capacities of the 
global South.
- a proposal to publish results of the IGF (in print and or electronic 
documents : manuel/collection of  best practices, etc.) with particular 
attention to results useful to DCs
- regarding theme 2 of the draft programme, the replacement of 
« Promoting cybersecurity, and Trust" by « Promoting cybersecurity, and 
Freedom of expression  on the Internet" to also give more visibility to 
human rights issues along with security issues
- the need to have important information in UN languages on the website
- a appeal should be made to LDCs's governments in the final documents 
produced at Hyderabad, for them to initiate/strengthen/support national 
IG(F) processes for the consolidation of IG for Development in those 
countries

- the need to strengthen remote participation mechanisms

- the need to discuss norms and standards in India

- an appeal to African stakeholders to better contribute within the 
framework of the IGF to the promotion and consolidations of the IG(F) on 
the continent
- a proposal of a meeting of CS on IGF prior to Egypt 2009 to discuss 
IGF role and impact.

etc.


The document is in French.

KL
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