[governance] Announcing the First Arab IGF

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Grande Qusai! Congratulations!

fraternal regards

--c.a.

On 02/14/2012 09:26 AM, 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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