[governance] Call for Participation - IGF Best Practices

[Constance Bommelaer]

Dear all,

This is to inform you that the IGF Secretariat has just launched an open call to take part in the 2014 IGF Best Practices discussions.

All stakeholders from governments, IGOs, Civil Society, the business and technical communities, are invited to join the preparatory process leading to the Istanbul IGF Best Practices Forums. All interested participants can take an active part in preparations by joining the following lists:

1. Developing meaningful multistakeholder participation mechanisms:
http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/bp_multistakeholder_intgovforum.org

2. Regulation and mitigation of unwanted communications (e.g. "spam"):
http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/bp_spam_intgovforum.org

3. Establishing and supporting Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) for Internet security:
http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/bp_certs_intgovforum.org

4. Creating an enabling environment for the development of local content:
http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/bp_localcontent_intgovforum.org

5. Best practices for online child protection:
http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/bp_childprotection_intgovforum.org

The respective discussion groups can be found in the IGF Community section<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/community/groups/display?categoryid=8> of the IGF Website.

Lead experts, supported by independent consultants, will engage with the community in a view to exchanging on existing practices and discussing ways to further collaborate. A discussion of unintended consequences, both positive and negative, of mistakes that were made and of lessons learned will further enrich an understanding of what has been accomplished. The means employed to achieve a solution are as important as a learning experience as the actual ends achieved.

Between now and beginning of September, the communities will work through mailing lists, online virtual meetings and through the IGF Community portal. The discussion will be documented by independent experts and feed into five 90 minute sessions in Istanbul, that will in turn report into a Best Practices wrap up session.  A summary booklet/handout on each Best Practices discussions/sessions is also one of the intended outcomes to be published after the IGF 2014 meeting.

I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to get engaged in an important multistakeholder process!


Best regards,

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Constance Bommelaer
Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships
The Internet Society
www.isoc.org

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