[governance] #IGF2016: "Enabling Inclusive & Sustainable Growth"
Wisdom Donkor
wisdom.dk at gmail.com
Fri Apr 8 14:09:44 EDT 2016
Sorry for re-posting
Looking at the UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015 6 dialogue points
that framed the SDG's agenda and upon thorough discussions of proposed
themes by MAG members in Geneva, there was the need to look for a theme
that connects well with the SDG's that will promote and enable inclusive
sustainable growth in all forms, members agreed on the theme: *ENABLING
INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLE GROWTH*. There was the believe that this theme will
catch the attention of all including governments. The sub-theme thus cut
across and will complement the main theme.
Hope the summary bellow will help understand the import of the theme.
*Prio to the UN General Assembly was a dialogue (25 September 2015)
discussions on the following themes:*
· Interactive Dialogue 1 - Ending poverty and hunger
<https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8141Interactive%20Dialogue%201%20-%20Poverty%20and%20Hunger.pdf>
· Interactive dialogue 2 - Tackling inequalities, empowering women
and girls and leaving no one behind
<https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8146Interactive%20Dialogue%202%20-%20Inequalities.pdf>
· Interactive dialogue 3 - Fostering sustainable economic growth and
transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and production
<https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8151Interactive%20Dialogue%20%203%20-%20Growth%20Industrialization.pdf>
· Interactive Dialogue 4 - Protecting our Planet and Combatting
Climate Change
<https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8156Interactive%20Dialogue%20%204%20-Climate%20Change%20Environment.pdf>
· Interactive dialogue 5 - Building effective, accountable and
inclusive institutions
<https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8161Interactive%20Dialogue%205%20-%20Institutions%20and%20Governance.pdf>
· Interactive dialogue 6 - A strengthened global partnership for
realizing the post-2015 development agenda
*At the United Nations General Assembly. 13 December 2015*
*Seventieth session Agenda item 17*
*Information and communications technologies for development*
Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in
which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of
universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its
commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda
by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and
dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and
an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to
achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic,
social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to
building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and
seeking to address their unfinished business,
In paragraph 55 of the Tunis Agenda, and in this regard recognize that the
existing arrangements have worked effectively to make the Internet the
highly robust, dynamic and geographically diverse medium that it is today,
with the private sector taking the lead in day-to-day operations and with
innovation and the creation of value at the edges. However, almost 4
billion people, representing approximately two thirds of the people
residing in developing countries, remain offline.
It was recognize that there is a need to promote greater participation and
engagement in the Internet governance discussions of Governments, the
private sector, civil society, international organizations, the technical
and academic communities and all other relevant stakeholders from
developing countries, particularly African countries, least developed
countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing
States, and middle-income countries, as well as countries in situations of
conflict, post-conflict countries and countries affected by natural
disasters. We call for strengthened, stable, transparent and voluntary
funding mechanisms to this end.
It was also reaffirm that Internet governance should continue to follow the
provisions set forth in the outcomes of the summits held in Tunis and Geneva
All of the discussions of the assembly seek to strengthen universal peace
in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms
and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge
and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries
and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement
this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of
poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to
take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift
the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this
collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17
Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets demonstrate the scale and
ambition of the new universal Agenda. The agenda seek to build on the
Millennium Development Goals and complete what was not achieve. The agenda
seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and
the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible
and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic,
social and environmental.
The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next fifteen years in
areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet:
*People*
We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and
dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential
in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.
*Planet*
We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through
sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural
resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can
support the needs of the present and future generations.
*Prosperity*
We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and
fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress
occurs in harmony with nature.
*Peace*
We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which
are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development
without peace and no peace without sustainable development.
*Partnership*
We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda
through a revitalised Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based
on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focussed in particular on
the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of
all countries, all stakeholders and all people.
The interlinkages and integrated nature of the Sustainable Development
Goals are of crucial importance in ensuring that the purpose of the new
Agenda is realised. If we realize our ambitions across the full extent of
the Agenda, the lives of all will be profoundly improved and our world will
be transformed for the better.
Cheers
*WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation
OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member
E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
National Information Technology Agency (NITA)
Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)
Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
Tel; +233 20 812881
Email: wisdom_dk at hotmail.com
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www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> *United Nations General Assembly. 13 December 2015*
>
> *Seventieth session Agenda item 17 *
>
> *Information and communications technologies for development *
>
>
>
>
> Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
> “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in
> which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of
> universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its
> commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda
> by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and
> dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and
> an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to
> achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic,
> social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to
> building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and
> seeking to address their unfinished business,
>
>
>
>
>
> In paragraph 55 of the Tunis Agenda, and in this regard recognize that
> the existing arrangements have worked effectively to make the Internet the
> highly robust, dynamic and geographically diverse medium that it is today,
> with the private sector taking the lead in day-to-day operations and with
> innovation and the creation of value at the edges. However, almost 4
> billion people, representing approximately two thirds of the people
> residing in developing countries, remain offline.
>
>
>
> It was recognize that there is a need to promote greater participation
> and engagement in the Internet governance discussions of Governments, the
> private sector, civil society, international organizations, the technical
> and academic communities and all other relevant stakeholders from
> developing countries, particularly African countries, least developed
> countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing
> States, and middle-income countries, as well as countries in situations of
> conflict, post-conflict countries and countries affected by natural
> disasters. We call for strengthened, stable, transparent and voluntary
> funding mechanisms to this end.
>
>
> It was also reaffirm that Internet governance should continue to follow
> the provisions set forth in the outcomes of the summits held in Tunis and
> Geneva
>
>
> ·
>
> Interactive Dialogue 1 - Ending poverty and hunger
> <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8141Interactive%20Dialogue%201%20-%20Poverty%20and%20Hunger.pdf>
>
> · Interactive dialogue 2 - Tackling inequalities, empowering women
> and girls and leaving no one behind
> <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8146Interactive%20Dialogue%202%20-%20Inequalities.pdf>
>
> · Interactive dialogue 3 - Fostering sustainable economic growth
> and transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and production
> <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8151Interactive%20Dialogue%20%203%20-%20Growth%20Industrialization.pdf>
>
> · Interactive Dialogue 4 - Protecting our Planet and Combatting
> Climate Change
> <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8156Interactive%20Dialogue%20%204%20-Climate%20Change%20Environment.pdf>
>
> · Interactive dialogue 5 - Building effective, accountable and
> inclusive institutions
> <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/8161Interactive%20Dialogue%205%20-%20Institutions%20and%20Governance.pdf>
>
> · Interactive dialogue 6 - A strengthened global partnership for
> realizing the post-2015 development agenda
>
> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
> ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation
> OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member
> E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
> National Information Technology Agency (NITA)
> Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)
> Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
> Tel; +233 20 812881
> Email: wisdom_dk at hotmail.com
> wisdom.donkor at data.gov.gh
> wisdom.dk at gmail.com
> Skype: wisdom_dk
> facebook: facebook at wisdom_dk
> Website: www.nita.gov.gh / www.data.gov.gh
> www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <
> compsoftnet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Arsene,
>>
>> Inclusive as how and what growth are we sustaining. More
>> clarification please.
>>
>> Peter
>> On Apr 7, 2016 10:09 AM, "Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo)" <arsenebaguma at yahoo.fr>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> Just been announced, from Aida and Wisdom (friends on the MAG).
>>> The Overarching theme for #IGF2016 is: "*Enabling Inclusive &
>>> Sustainable Growth*"
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>> Do you have any comments?
>>> What do you miss in this theme?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Arsene
>>> IGC Co-coordinator
>>>
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