[governance] IGF 2012 / Updates ... ?

Thu Apr 5 11:50:48 EDT 2012

Suffice it to say ,  I believe both the Business constituency and Civil society groups have an issue with a possible split-venue in Baku. 

This - shared concern - was expressed in very direct terms at the IGF consultation and open MAG meeting in Geneva this past February.

We've yet to hear back from either the IGF secretariat or the Azeri host committee on the venue that has been selected. If it's not a downtown hotel, it likely will be the Baku Expo centre - one that we'll have to share with BakuTel that is taking place as exactly the same time.

http://www.bakutel.az/2012/

regards

Robert

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On 2012-04-05, at 9:33 AM, Magaly Pazello wrote:

> Hello!
> This is very strange model I never have heard such thing in my work on UN conferences and meetings since 1992 also because security reasons it is much more practical and cheaper concentrate everything in one only location. This don't make sense. When UN split locations it is to keep civil society as far as possible from the "serious" discussions among State-members like happen in UNCED (Rio-92) what is going to be the same now again in June in Rio. In my view we should send a strong opposition to this separeted model even when google shows two of the hotels as almost overlapping each other.
> 
> Magaly Pazello
> 
> 2012/4/4 Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com>
> Split it into three?  mmhhhhh
> 
> 1. reduces the chances of hoping into one workshop , then leaving for another? restricting freedom of movement, depending on the distance. 
> 
> I hope they bare in mind PWD's as well. 
> 
> 
> Kind Regards
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> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:
> Roland,
> 
> I was at the consultation in Geneva back in Feb. 
> 
> - As of Feb, UN assessment had not yet taken place. So , venue wasn't yet confirmed.
> --The Azeri delegation said they had several options . The leading option they were presenting was to host the  event downtown, split between two or 3 hotels. However, it was also mentioned that the venue could also be the Baku Expo facility (where Baku Telecom will also be taking place)
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> On 2012-04-04, at 12:21 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
> 
>> on Wed, 4 Apr 2012, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> writes
>>> what venue has been selected.
>> 
>> At the last consultation they said the plan was to split the meeting across three adjacent venues: Hilton, Mariott and Park Inn.
>> -- 
>> Roland Perry
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