[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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