[governance] Taking place next week: Asian Regional Consultation on the WSIS+10 Review - remote participation available

[Anja Kovacs]

Dear all,

The Internet Democracy Project, Bytes for All, APNIC, the Association for
Progressive Communications, ISOC, Global Partners Digital and ICT Watch are
together organising an *Asian Regional Consultation on the WIS+10 Review*
from 3 to 5 September in Pattaya, Thailand.


The Asian Regional Consultation on the WSIS+10 Review will bring together
experts from different backgrounds and from around the Asian region who are
concerned about issues concerning ICTs, sustainable development, human
rights and Internet governance, to ask:
*what are the issues that our governments need to squarely address in the
process of the review? *


The meeting is timed so as to be able for the group to comment on the
non-paper that will have been released by the co-facilitators of the review
process in late August (inputs into that paper can be made by all
stakeholders and are due on 31 July). The group will take stock of the
extent to which priorities for the Asian region have been reflected in the
non-paper, and will work together on formulating a joint comment on the
non-paper (comments on the non-paper will be due in mid-September, and will
be drawn on by the co-facilitators to formulate a zero-draft). The group
will also look forward to consider which further inputs could be made or
actions could be taken strategically to ensure that priorities from the
Asian region are fully taken onto board in the final WSIS+10 Review outcome
documents. If there are other processes the group believes this work could
usefully feed into, these might be taken into consideration as well.


*The meeting is conceived as a highly interactive working meeting that is
geared towards producing a joint submission to the next input round on the
Review outcome document. *Participants will be drawn from all
non-government stakeholder groups, and will have a wide and rich variety of
backgrounds, both in terms of professional expertise and geographical
location. What unites all, however, is a shared commitment to a free and
open Internet and to the use of technology to benefit the development and
human rights of all in our region.


*We're very happy to let you know that remote participation will be
available. *For more information on remote participation and the event in
general, please see the event website <http://www.wsis10.asia/>. Or follow
us on Twitter @WSISAsia #wsis10.


We look forward to your inputs into this event. Do please let me know if
you have any comments or questions.


Warm regards,

Anja


-- 
Dr. Anja Kovacs
The Internet Democracy Project

+91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
www.internetdemocracy.in
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