[governance] Announcing the First Arab IGF

Tue Feb 14 15:18:50 EST 2012

Kahlid&Tijani,

There was a lady from Tunisia Ms. Roukia who represented Arab ICT ORG. The
whole AIGF process was delayed for one year due to the Arab spring and
ESCWA had to organize the last consultation meeting to establish the forum
very quickly and it might explain the reason why other CS ORGs from the
Arab region did not manage to participate.

I was very much involved since 2009 in this process. I participated in the
consultaions that took place in 2010 and 2012 and I also constributed with
other CS members from the Arab region to define the Arab IG roadmap
published by UNESCWA and based on which the forum will be organized. I
suppose that the emerging issues since the roadmap was drafted will be also
taken into consideration to define the agenda of the first edition.

Please do follow @IGFArab on Twitter and ArabIGF on Facebook for more
updates about the whole process. It will be great if we get as many Arab CS
members involved. It will be also great to do some outreach at the local
level to define the IG process since the concept is still ambiguous to the
masses in the region. I am afraid a lot of work needs to be done in this
regard.

Hanane Boujemi

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Dear Quasi,
> Would you please share the next meeting schedule for AIGF activities?
> I hope that if there is some remote participation facility, some of our
> Group Members may join from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Saudi Arabia.
> We can also ask UN-GAID to participate and support in AIGF formation
> activities.
> Thanks and Regards
> Imran Ahmed Shah
> ------------------------------On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 12:33 AM PKT Qusai
> AlShatti wrote:>Dear Salenieta:>Yes they were there.>>Qusai>>On Tue, Feb
> 14, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <>
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:>>> 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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