[governance] Formation of Regional IGF - IGF PAK

Sat Sep 18 09:18:35 EDT 2010

Hi,

Just curious: what do you mean by "Urdu is the most popular & spoken
language of Asia"
with 60m speakers around the world (incl. in Pakistan?) What happens to,
say..., Mandarin?

Mawaki

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Urdu Internet Society
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> Ref: UIsoc-2K11/Lhe/0917-02
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> 17th September 2010
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> To:     All members of the IGC Mailing List
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> *Formation of Regional IGF – IGF PAK*
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> Dear All members of the IGC,
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> *Some words about Urdu Internet Society:*
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> *Recent Initiative about Global Information Security:*
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> 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.
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> *Initiative about Regional IGF:*
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> *Request for Suggestions and Support from IGC members:*
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> 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.
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> Thanking you & Best Regards,
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> Best Regards,
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> Imran Ahmad Shah
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> Founder & Executive Member
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> *Urdu Internet Society*
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> [imran at uisoc.org]
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> [+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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