[governance] Announcing the First Arab IGF

Tue Feb 14 11:27:40 EST 2012

Dear Khaled:
We wish that you were there with us in Beirut. The open consultation were
conducted in an open transparent inclusive multistakeholder process were
all participants from all multistakeholder groups actively engaged in an
equal manner in discussing the Arab IGF and in drafting the outcomes of the
open consultations. I don't have the list of final participants but all
stakehlders groups from the Arab World were represented. Actually we
requested the ESCWA and LAS before the meeting to ensure a
multistakeholders representation in the open consultations. A public
announcement was made for this purpose. Furthemore when the open
consultation was requested by the Arab ministers of communication, they
requested that it should be conducted in a multistakeholder format.

We look forward for your participation in the Arab IGF and its process.

Regards,

Qusai AlShatti
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:57 PM, khaled koubaa <khaled.koubaa at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Qusai,
> Could you please share with us the list of participants at that meeting in
> Lebanon.
> I have real concern with contnuous oversight of some gov-organizations of
> the Arab IGF without real multistakeholders involvment.
> Thank you,
>
> Khaled Koubaa
>
> Sent by an Android phone
> Le 14 févr. 2012 11:41, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> We warmly congratulate this development and look forward to including this
>> in our Calendar.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Qusai AlShatti <qshatti at gmail.com>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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>>
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