[governance] Feb IGF12 Consultations / Draft Notes

Pascal Bekono pbekono at gmail.com
Sat Mar 3 10:39:33 EST 2012


Thank you Robert, well summarised, good job !

2012/3/3, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>:
> Thank you Robert for this comprehensive report.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Sala
>
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Robert Guerra
> <rguerra at privaterra.org>wrote:
>
>> Wanted to share with the list my very summarized notes from the Open IGF
>> consultation & Open MAG meeting that took place this past Feb in Geneva
>>
>>
>>
>> Azerbaijan – Information regarding 2012 IGF
>>
>> -       Will take place in November (Week of Nov 5th): Nov 5 (Monday)
>> Ministerial meeting,  Nov 6 (Tuesday) IGF Start
>> -       Several venues are being considered: The Baku Expo Centre or
>> Hilton+ Park Inn
>> -       Key hotels: Park Inn, Hilton Hotel & Marriott (Park Inn & Hilton
>> are next to each other)
>> -       Shuttle buses will be arranged. Special vehicles will be provided
>> for those with limited mobility
>>
>> Venue:
>>        Proposal that Opening & Closing session take place at the Heydar
>> Aliyev Palace.
>>        Organizing committee is proposing that the IGF not take place at
>> one single venue, but instead be “split” among 3 key hotels
>>
>>        NOTE: the comment that the venue would be “split” caused an
>> immediate reaction from some of the key private sector and civil society
>> representatives at the Open Consultation.
>>
>> *       Concern that multiple venues will make logistics very complex and
>> increase time required to move around different “IGF spaces”
>> *       IGF Secretariat mentioned that the UN Security team has – NOT YET
>> – visited the (proposed) venue
>> *       Bakutel (18th Annual Azerbaijan International Telecommunications
>> conference, 7-10Nov) is also taking place in Baku.  (
>> http://www.bakutel.com)
>> *       Concern by many that this would fragment and/or dilute IGF
>> audience
>> *       Concern that with 2 events taking place at the same time
>> accommodation will be at a premium and difficult to obtain
>> *       Concern that Bakutel and IGF might be hosted at the same venue.
>>
>> Visas : Arrangements with Azeri foreign ministry are being negotiated.
>>        An expedited process is likely to be arranged so as to make
>> “process as easy as possible”.
>>        Normally can take up to 5-7 days for a visa to obtained. This will
>> be expedited for IGF participants.
>>        Comment made that “will try and see if Visas can be obtained upon
>> arrival” by IGF participants.
>>        Information about visas will be announced no later then 3 months
>> before event (Aug 2012)
>>
>> Flights:
>>        Airport : Heydar Aliyev International Airport  (IATA: GYD)
>>        Served by several airlines:
>> *       Aeroflot (Moscow), BMI Codeshare (London) , Austrian Airlines
>> (Vienna), Turkish Airlines (Istanbul), (Dubai), Qatar Airlines (Doha),
>> (Milan) and Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
>> *       Air Baltic also offers flights with good prices from/via Riga.
>> *       Comprehensive list of Airlines servicing Baku can be found here  -
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_International_Airport
>>
>> Accommodation:
>>        A variety of options will be available – from “Guest Houses” to 5
>> star hotels
>>        Request is made for people “not yet to book hotels”, as “preferred
>> rates will be negotiated”
>>        Host country website where one will be able to obtain additional
>> details and IGF negotiated rate will be available in 2-3 weeks (by 1st
>> week
>> in March)
>>
>> Refs:
>>        http://wikitravel.org/en/Baku
>>        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku
>>        Map of Baku - http://goo.gl/8iEgy
>> .       Google Map for Baku - http://g.co/maps/r25zm
>>
>>
>>
>> Summary of key Interventions and/or announcements
>>
>> 1.      A variety of organizations and/or countries announced they were
>> contributing funding to the IGF secretariat:
>>        (Number Resource Organisation (NRO)
>>        ISOC (will increase funding from 10K to 50K USD
>>        UK. Will make 15,000 £ donation (Approx 24, 900 USD)
>>
>> 2.      Azerbaijan – Details of 2012 IGF
>>        Will take place in November (Week of Nov 5th)
>>        Will start with (closed) ministerial meeting on the 5th, and IGF
>> will start on the 6th
>>        Concurs with the Chinese delegation’s view that Human rights should
>> not appear in the nor in the title of the next IGF nor as a key cross
>> cutting theme.
>>
>> 3.      Brazil – Creation of a UNESCO Regional Centre on the Information
>> Society
>>        For training of Govts & Civil Society on Internet Governance
>>        Hopes regional centre will contribute to enhanced knowledge and
>> participation of developing countries at IGF
>>
>> 4.      Argentina – South-South School on Internet Governance
>>        Will take place 19-23 March in Bogota
>>        http://www.south-ssig.com.ar/
>>
>> 5.      Kuwait Information Technology Society : 1st Annual Arab IGF
>>        Will take place in Early Oct, in Kuwait
>>        Contact : Qusai Al-Shatti, qshatti at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> 6.      IGF Secretariat – IGF update
>>        Call for MAG candidates was extended until Feb 24th (mostly due to
>> requests by Govts, who have not yet named their reps)
>>        Special Advisor to the Secretary General has not yet been named.
>>        This is a prerogative of the Secretary General
>>
>>        Executive Coordinator Position has not yet been filled
>>
>>        The UN recruitment office reviewed over 100 applications. Short
>> list has been developed. IGF trust fund does is not yet large enough to
>> support the position and run the secretariat. Filling the position on hold
>> until “adequate funds” are available to appoint someone to the position
>>
>>        Call for workshop proposals will be issued in March
>>        Renewed MAG will meet in May (during WSIS week) – week of May 13th.
>> Open IGF consultation – 15 May, Open MAG meeting – 16, 17 May
>>
>>
>>
>> 8.      Proposed Topics (Proposed at the open consultation, not the open
>> MAG meeting)
>>
>>        Economic development (China)
>>        Accessibility & Disability (Hungary)
>>        There should be a focus on “current developments” (Egypt)
>>        A ministerial meeting should take place the day before (Egypt)
>>        Cloud Computing (Indonesia)
>>        Cyber Security (Indonesia)
>>        Access (Indonesia)
>>        Multi-Linguisim (Indonesia)
>>        Internet Filtering (Argentina, CitizenLab, LACNIC, ISOC)
>>        Privacy (CitizenLab, LACNIC)
>>        Human Rights (Sweden, Finland, Argentina, APC, CitizenLab)
>>        Developing Country Perspectives (ICC)
>>        Economic Growth & Job Creation (Walt Disney/ICC, EU)
>>        Security, Openness & Privacy (UK, EU, Walt Disney/ICC)
>>        New Models of sharing content (Argentina)
>>        Internet Governance for Sustainable development (Pakistan & China)
>>        Internet Intermediaries
>>        Critical Internet Resources
>>        ICTs for disaster management/preparedness
>>        ICT for development (Azerbaijan)
>>        Creating an enabling environment (UK)
>>        Cloud Computing, particularly in Developing countries (GIIC)
>>        Social Networks & Role of Youth (Azerbaijan)
>>
>>
>>
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