[governance] Announcing the First Arab IGF

[parminder]

Congrats Qusai, That is a big step for the region. And special congrats 
to you and your organisation for pushing this....parminder

On Tuesday 14 February 2012 04:56 PM, Qusai AlShatti wrote:
> Dear Colleagues:
> I would like to take the opportunity to announce the establshment of 
> the Arab IGF (AIGF). The first meeting of AIGF will be organized by 
> Kuwait Information Technology Society which will be held in Kuwait 
> on the first week of October 2012. I am attaching the AIGF announcement.
>
> *Announcement of*
>
> *_The endorsement of the Arab Internet Governance Forum (AIGF) process_*
>
> A Multistakeholder open consultation meeting to discuss the launch of 
> the Arab Internet Governance Forum (AIGF) was held during the period 
> of 31/1 – 1/2/2012 in Beirut, Lebanon. The open consultation was 
> organized by the League of Arab States (LAS), the United Nation 
> Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Council 
> of Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon. The open consultation was 
> sponsored by Kuwait Information Technology Society and RIPE NCC and 
> was attended by the IGF secretariat. More than 50 participants 
> representing stakeholders from governments, private sector, civil 
> society and regional organizations in the Arab World attended the open 
> consultation and engaged actively in discussing the importance of an 
> Internet Governance Forum for the Arab World.
>
> The open consultation was carried based on the request of the Arab 
> Telecommunication and Information Technology Council of Ministers 
> (ATICM) to seek feedback from various stakeholders on the need for an 
> Arab IGF. The ministers requested it after receiving the outcome of an 
> expert group meeting that was organized by the ESCWA in October 2010 
> which emphasized on the need to have a dialogue on Internet Governance 
> with relevance to stakeholders in the Arab World.
>
> During the open consultations, a strong consent emerged on the need 
> and the importance for the Arab IGF especially with the turn of events 
> in the region and the major role of the Internet in these events. A 
> report recommending the establishment of AIGF was drafted by the 
> participants and forwarded by the LAS Secretariat to the Executive 
> Bureau of the Arab Telecommunication and Information Technology 
> Council of Ministers (ATICM) on 2/2/2012, who welcomed the outcome, 
> endorsed it and recommended the active participation of all 
> stakeholders, including governments, in the Arab IGF process.
>
> The participants in the open consultations focused also on the goals 
> of the AIGF and its structure. There was consent to adopt a structure 
> similar to the IGF’s current structure with a secretariat and a 
> Multistakeholder Advisory Committee (MAG). _A proposal was made by 
> Kuwait Information Technology Society to host the First Arab IGF in 
> Kuwait in early October 2012 and a proposal was made by the Republic 
> of Egypt National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority to be the 
> AIGF secretariat_. There was an agreement and consent on both 
> proposals by the participants. It was agreed that a public 
> announcement for the MAG membership will be made to give the 
> opportunity for all stakeholders in the Arab world to express their 
> interest to participate in it.
>
> The open consultation recommended that the AIGF should:
>
> · Focus on discussing public policies related to Internet Governance 
> especially in the areas of access, stability, security and development.
>
> · Facilitate the exchange of information, best practices, knowledge 
> and lessons learned by involving experts, technical community and 
> Academics.
>
> · Gather different opinions and build consensus for unified Arab views 
> on priorities and on mechanisms to respond to Arab countries needs 
> related to Internet governance issues.
>
> · Discuss emerging issues and present recommendations on it.
>
> · Build and develop capacity in Internet Governance as well as improve 
> the participation of all stakeholders to benefit from all possible 
> resources of knowledge and expertise.
>
> · Communicate globally the Arab positions and enhance the Arab role in 
> formulating Internet Governance policies.
>
> · Outreach with the Internet Governance Forum and other regional IGFs 
> with purpose of exchanging knowledge and expertise.
>
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