[governance] Formation of Regional IGF - IGF PAK

[Imran Ahmed Shah]

Urdu Internet Society
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Ref: UIsoc-2K11/Lhe/0917-02
 
17th September 2010
To:     All members of the IGC Mailing List
 
Formation of Regional IGF – IGF PAK
Dear All members of the IGC,
Some words about Urdu Internet Society:
My name is Imran Ahmed Shah (I am from Pakistan), beside other voluntarily 
global and local contributions and initiates, I also belongs to Urdu Internet 
Society (UISoc) as a Founder & Executive Member. (www.UISoc.org). Urdu Internet 
Society (UISoc) is a Social Community Network for the support of Global Urdu 
Internet Community. (Urdu is the most popular & spoken language of Asia and 
there are more than 60m Urdu Speaking People around the world and about 30% 
approx. out of them are linked with Internet). 

Urdu Internet Society provides support for ICT & Security Policies Development 
for the betterment of the Urdu related users and the Nation. We are also 
engaging work groups of the technical experts as support teams to facilitates 
users (members) to discuss  their problems, propose them solutions, and 
highlight their achievements as well as to conduct surveys and to publish 
statistical analysis + survey reports. We also help to coordinate with experts 
for policies development services.
Recent Initiative about Global Information Security:
Urdu Internet Society (UISoc) and Pakistan Information Security Association 
(PISA), has engaged 'International Information Systems Security Certification 
Consortium' (ISC)2 to conduct "Information Security Asia Conference 2011" in 
Pakistan. This will be the 1st International Information Security Conference in 
Pakistan. Urdu Internet Society fully support this important initiative and has 
offered its services as Organizing Partner of the Conference. One of the federal 
Ministries has principally agreed to become the Primary Partner to Organize and 
Host the event. We also have obtained support from Cabinet of Pakistan. IEEE, 
Pakistan also has confirmed their support for the event. We also have got 
meeting with the Protractors of the three big Universities and have obtained 
their support for our initiatives.
Initiative about Regional IGF:
With reference to IGF, with the context of Global & Regional Policies 
development and demand from the Public and Private Sectors, I was asked to form 
a regional IGF Working Group engaging Technical Experts, ISPs, IT users and 
companies, involving the representatives of Academia and Government 
Institutions. This regional IGF working group will have to provide the 
coordination for local community members and will provide the related contents 
and material in local language that is Urdu. We agreed to dedicate the website 
IGFPAK.com/org for this purpose. We also agree to invite representative of 
Public and Private Sector, non-resident Pakistan (Local community members living 
abroad) and Security & Anti-Cyber-Crimes Fighting Groups.
It was my opinion that we should provide bilingual contents in Urdu & English 
and before announcing it, we should obtain the permission from IGF Secretariat. 
However, the consensus was very much necessary to-do so. I also informed my 
fellows about the IGC and told them to obtain opinion, if found IGC coordinator 
find it feasible. 

We decided to obtain the consultation from IGC Coordinator, and if they support 
than we could forward to IGF Secretariat. I was wondering for information to 
take the further steps and I contacted Ms Ginger Paque, (as she is the 
Coordinator of IGC) through email some days ago, for the same queries. She asked 
me to circulate my queries and request for support to IGC mailing list to obtain 
the opinion and guidance of the experts. 

Fortunately, today, during the 4th day session of IGF Session regarding “Asia 
Pacific Regional IGF”, Room-6, Remote Participation, Ms Ginger Paque encouraged 
me to submit my queries online for everyone. I followed her and submitted my 
queries, my request asking for support and guidance from IGC, IGF and other 
Working Groups. I was surprised when I heard that she was representing my 
queries and request (word by words) to the audience of the session and in the 
presence of Secretary-General for Internet Governance, Mr MARKUS KUMMER. 

During the two consequent sessions, in the same Room No. 6, participants 
discussed about the regional IGFs formation pre-requisites and/or review 
comments on it. Finally, Mr MARKUS KUMMER described that “They can say they are 
Pakistan or whatever IGF. And then all, collectively all the national and 
regional IGF initiatives say, if you want to be one of us, you have to be open, 
you have to be bottom/up, and you have to be multi-stakeholder. And if you 
fulfill these criteria, then we allow you collectively to call yourself IGF.”; 
Later on Mr MARKUS KUMMER also had defined the procedure and pre-requests for 
the formation of Regional IGF during his address in second last session that 
Regional IGF should be transparent and open for all comprising the 
multi-stakeholders.
We are formulizing the pattern to organize the working group for IGF PAK, 
following the guide lines of the Secretary-General for Internet Governance, Mr 
MARKUS KUMMER. We are listing down current matters, which should be included for 
discussion at this platform. Regional website IGFPAK.com will provide the online 
presence of this working group and will host the related contents and meetings 
information in English & Urdu Languages.
Request for Suggestions and Support from IGC members:
You are requested to please guide us in this regard with your opinion, 
willingness of support, becoming the part of the working groups or highlight the 
important issues to include in the initiative with the regional and global 
prospective and Internet Governance aspects.
Thanking you & Best Regards,
 
Best Regards,
 
Imran Ahmad Shah
 
Founder& Executive Member
Urdu Internet Society
[imran at uisoc.org]
[+92-300-4130617]
 
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P.S.:Respected Dr Sarmad Hussain/ Mr Zahid Jamil/ Mr Fouad Bajwa and Mr Naveed 
ul Haq, we also need your support to join our hands for this important 
initiative and for a common goal and a collective achievement to strengthen 
Regional IGF, the IGF PAK. (as you all are at IGF from Pakistan, well before my 
entrance to this community network). We look forward to participating in 
collaborative efforts to organize local IGF Working Group in Pakistan.
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