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serif">Dear Olga,<br>
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Thank you for your excellent proposal! <br>
The intent is to have an interactive discussion with all our
Members; we would welcome information from all regions on the
call. <br>
Looking forward to the discussion. <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Constance <br>
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On 8/22/13 3:39 PM, Olga Cavalli wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Constance,
<div>many thanks, very useful.</div>
<div>I see you include some eropean activities, do you want to
include regional activities as well?<br>
If this is the case I will be happy to provide information
about Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance
activities.</div>
<div>Best</div>
<div>Olga</div>
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Members,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">We would
like to share with you some information about key
Internet governance events, and opportunities for
all our Members to participate in important
consultation processes (CSTD, WSIS, etc.) This
graphic does not intend to be exhaustive but
provides a perspective (2003-2016) on a few of
these milestones that are of interest to our
community: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ig%20milestones%20_0.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ig%20milestones%20_0.pdf</a>
</span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">A diversity
of input from all stakeholders is critical and we
encourage our Members to participate to the
Internet governance consultations that are
currently open (see below). We also invite you to
share your thoughts and insights on this list
which will be very useful as the Internet Society
prepares its own submissions. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Our
collective participation to the Internet
governance debate will help reinforce the
Multistakeholder Internet model!</span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Please also
note that we will organize an <b>Internet
governance Webinar on 19 September 2013</b>
(time tbc, Webex invitation will follow) to
prepare for IGF 2013 and pursue the dialogue with
our Members on the other ongoing and upcoming
Internet governance consultations and events. </span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">UPCOMING IG
EVENTS AND CONSULTATIONS </span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">CSTD<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The UN CSTD
Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation has issued a
questionnaire soliciting views on Enhanced
Cooperation. The questionnaire is open to any
relevant stakeholder involved in Internet-related
public policy issues. </span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">We
encourage you to provide your own views on this
important issue <b>by 31 August 2013</b>: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx"
target="_blank">http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx</a></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">ISOC
Questionnaire on Multistakeholder Participation
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style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The
Internet Society launched a survey to gain greater
insights into multistakeholder governance
perceptions and processes at all levels –
national, regional, and international. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The questionnaire
is open to all interested participants and is
available <b>until 30 September 2013</b><span>: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://internetsociety2.wufoo.com/forms/internet-society/"
target="_blank">https://internetsociety2.wufoo.com/forms/internet-society/</a>
</span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">IGF 2013<br>
------------</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The IGF
2013 will be held from 22-25 October in Bali,
Indonesia. </span><span style="font-size:10pt">The
overarching theme proposed by the MAG for the 2013
IGF meeting is: "Building Bridges"- Enhancing
Multistakeholder Cooperation for Growth and
Sustainable Development".</span><span
style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">For further
Information regarding the programme paper, the
meeting or the venue, visit the IGF's (<a
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href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/"
target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/</a>)
and ISOC’s websites. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">WTDC-14<br>
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style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The ITU
World Telecommunication Development Conference is
taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 31
March to 11 April 2014. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The
objective of WTDC-14 is to identify priorities for
the development of telecommunications and ICTs,
taking into account contributions made by ITU
Member States and Sector Members, and to adopt the
Sharm el-Sheik Action Plan (SSAP) setting future
activities of the ITU
Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) over
the next four years.</span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Six
Regional Preparatory Meetings (RPMs) are taking
place in 2013 in preparation to WTDC 14. We
encourage you to take part in the relevant
remaining regional meetings if you are an ITU
Sector Member of if you have the opportunity to
take part in national delegations or other
regional entities.</span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">More
information on participation modalities is
available here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/development/world-telecommunication-development-conference-wtdc"
target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/development/world-telecommunication-development-conference-wtdc</a>
</span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">WSIS+10
Process</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The WSIS+10
High Level Event will be organized by the ITU on
13-17 April 2014, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. </span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Following
on the first phase of the WSIS Review process
initiated by UNESCO in February this year, this
extended version of the WSIS Forum will assess
progress made in the implementation of the WSIS
outcomes (2003 and 2005) related to the WSIS
Action Lines, with a view to developing proposals
on a new vision beyond 2015, potentially exploring
new targets. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The preparatory
process is comprised of an Open Consultation
Process that will produce two draft Outcome
Documents: 1/ a draft WSIS+10 Statement on the
Implementation of WSIS Outcomes and 2/ a draft
WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015 under mandates
of participating agencies: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/review/mpp/"
target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/wsis/review/mpp/</a>
</span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Input on
these two documents is open to all WSIS
stakeholders and can be provided <b>until 20
September 2013</b>.<span> </span>Proposals on
themes & innovative approaches for the event's
format are also sought by the same date. <font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:10pt">ISOC will continue to
be very engaged in this process going forward
and we encourage you to get involved: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/wsis"
target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/wsis</a>
.</span></font></span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Thank you
in advance for your contributions and suggestions.
We are looking forward to pursuing the discussion
on this list and during the upcoming Internet
Governance Webinar (19 September, time tbc; Webex
invitation will follow). </span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Best
regards,<span class="HOEnZb"></span></span></font></p>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships
The Internet Society
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