[governance] Announcing the First Arab IGF

Tue Feb 14 13:29:09 EST 2012

I am just wondering whether the UAE ICT regulators were also there at the
planning. If not, I am happy to facilitate the introduction? Let me know.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Qusai AlShatti <qshatti at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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