[Chapter-delegates] [Isoc-ext-board] Transcript of discussions at Chapter meeting in Athens

[Christian de Larrinaga]

A proposal where ISOC did this with matched funding from UN might  
satisfy a number of issues


Christian
Christian de Larrinaga

On 7 Nov 2006, at 18:32, Veni Markovski wrote:

> Thank you, Terry.
>
> I'd like to add two more points from the meeting:
>
> A. To have ISOC organize regional IGFs (thanks, Sebastian):
>
> eIGF (Europe)
> AfrIGF (Africa)
> saIGG (S.America)
> naIGF (N.America)
> aIGF (Asia)
>
> and
> B (which was not discussed in such depth, as I describe, but the idea
> was born during that meeting):
>
> Working Title:
> Create and support the ISOC governments' educational network (IGEN)
>
> Abstract:
> Governments worldwide are turning towards regulating, using,
> mastering the Internet - within the borders of their respected
> states, but often even beyond that. ISOC could and should create IGEN
> to help governments in understanding how the Internet works, what are
> the positive and negative sides from regulating it.
>
> Decription:
> ISOC could initiate a 10-year program for educating governments
> worldwide. It will be aimed first at the 75 countries, where ISOC has
> chapters, but will eventually cover at least another 75 countries. By
> thinking global and acting local, ISOC will have the opportunity to
> "make a difference" (and sorry for using cliches) in a very complex
> world. The program will aim at educating different ministries. We'll
> aim at having 6 training workshops per year for 12 governments.
> Funding for the sustainability of the project will not be that much,
> compared to impact and influence, and results.
>
> Involvement of ISOC community; benefit for ISOC community:
> ISOC community will be involved, as in many countries the chapters
> and the members will be the implementing agencies of this project.
> The ISOC community could also benefit - directly and indirectly - as
> the lecturers could come from this community. The benefits from
> changing the governments' policy in the field of ITC are unaccountable
>
> External Partners:
> - ISOC chapters
> - other civil society organizaitons (Diplo Foundation, APC, etc.)
> - businesses with interest in IG (VeriSign, Afilias, others)
> - UNDP, Council of Europe, other regional organizations.
>
> Measurable goals:
> 2007: start the first 5 pilot
> countries.                        Expenses: $ 200,000 (per year)
> 2009: cover 50 countries (2 countries per month).       Expenses: $
> 1.100.000 (per year)
> 2010: cover the first 75 countries.                     Expenses: $
> 1.000.000 (per year)
> 2017: have more than 150 countries covered by IGEN.     Expenses $
> 1.500.000 (per year)
>
> Risks:
> In some countries this may not be possible to happen (that's why 100
> countries are left outside of the program). In other countries
> governments may not listen to the education.
>
> Why ISOC and not someone else?
> Because ISOC has the knowledge.
> Because ISOC has the funding needed for that.
>
> best,
> Veni
>
> P.S. Joining Wladek - please, use OpenDocument or even RTF, but no
> doc in the future
>
> At 12:10 PM 07.11.2006 '?.'  -0500, Terry Monroe wrote:
>> Chapter Delegates-
>>
>> Attached is a summary of last week's meeting of the ISOC Chapter
>> representatiaves in Athens.
>>
>> For those individuals who attended this meeting, we thank you very  
>> much for
>> participating. Also, please let us know if we missed anything in the
>> discussion (or if we omitted the names of anyone in attendance)  
>> and we will
>> revise this document accordingly.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Terry Monroe
>> Director of Development & Membership
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Veni Markovski
> http://www.veni.com
>
> check also my blog:
> http://blog.veni.com
>
>
>
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