[governance] Announcing the First Arab IGF
Khaled KOUBAA
khaled.koubaa at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 10:39:35 EST 2012
Dear Qusai,
Please note that my email is not personal not against your effort nor
ESCWA one. And it is not because I was not invited as person.
I am sure that you are aware about Youth role and that you will provide
them with great opportunities.
What I would honestly like to see is a real civil society with enough
knowledge about critical IG issues playing a continuous role at regional
and local level.
Regards,
Khaled
Le 15/02/2012 16:20, Qusai AlShatti a écrit :
> Dear Khaled and Hanan
> Thank you Hanan for your kind comments and thank you khaled for
> raising your concerns. The fact that someone was not there in the
> meeting does not mean that the meeting was not set in the right way or
> did not comply with multistakeholder participation. Actually as I have
> mentioned in a previous input and echoed by some of my colleagues, the
> open consulation was inclusive, open and publicly anounced for
> participation.
>
> However what khaled have in mind is what we are planning for the Arab
> IGF. We do want the Arab youth who drived change in the Arab world and
> still doing it to be the main dirve of the AIGF. I believe AIGFshould
> be a dialouge space for them. It should allow us to exchange views
> with the youth as well as listen to them.
>
> We need also to bare in mind that the purpose of the open consultation
> that took place in Beirut was only to discuss the launch of the AIGF
> and I think all of us agree that it is important to us. The planning
> of AIGF and its program are our upcoming activities. It will start
> with a public announcement for the AIGF MAG membership and we look
> forward to all stakeholders to express their interest and participate
> in the AIGF MAG.
>
> Let us look forward to make the upcoming AIGF a successful one by
> making it inclusive, transparent and open to all with emphasis on Arab
> youth and activists.
>
> Regards,
>
> Qusai AlShatti
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Hanane Boujemi <hananeb at diplomacy.edu
> <mailto:hananeb at diplomacy.edu>> wrote:
>
> Kahled
>
> I get your point and I can confirm that civil society fingerprints
> are quite significant in setting the scene of the AIGF even though
> there were only few members present.
>
> Now that the process took off effectively with Kuwait taking the
> lead in organizing the first AIGF (and thanks to Qusai for his
> constant support) and ESCWA as well who really worked hard to get
> this process out of the door. We have to join forces to make it a
> successful true open forum to all parties concerned. There will be
> open consultations to decide on the themes and workshops and
> that's where civil society from the region must be ready to raise
> the main issues at stake vis-a-vis IG.
>
> There is no chance for the AIGF to be another episode in
> the oppression soap opera , power is now changing as you said and
> it's in the hand of the common man thanks to the Internet.
>
> Hanane
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Khaled KOUBAA
> <khaled.koubaa at gmail.com <mailto:khaled.koubaa at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hanane,
> The AICTO is a Governmental-Organization and does not
> represent the civil society.
> You know more than me that they are really very few of real
> civil society "free" and "independent" CSO in the Arab World.
> The private sector is as well governed in a big part by
> governments. So what we will have is a Arab IGF where what the
> governments will propose will be congratulated and accepted by
> the participants.
> Let's be honest with ourselves, are we just continuing to do
> the same "cinema" than before ?
> I think that a region like the Arab region where there is now
> huge geopolitical regional change, revolutions in some
> countries, power changing in some others, and all this with a
> big role being played by Internet.
> Do you think an Arab IGF can be made like this ? We need a
> real participatory process.
> Where is the revolution leaders ? where is the Internet and
> Human rights activists ? are they involved ? will the be
> invited ? I don't think so.
> The same old pro-dictators continue to play the same game in
> our countries.
>
> Khaled
>
> Le 14/02/2012 21:18, Hanane Boujemi a écrit :
>>
>> 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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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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