[Chapter-delegates] The European offensive

[Markus Kummer]

Hi,

We started inviting government representatives to IETF meeting two years ago. To begin with, we focused on policy makers from developing countries, either delegates we had identified in ITU meetings or  people identified by our Regional Bureau Directors. Apart from attending regular IETF meetings, they participate in special sessions we organise for them. We usually ask them in advance what they are interested in and set up special sessions around these issues. As we noticed that there was also great interest from policy makers from Europe and North America and we also invited people from these regions. The European Commission encouraged the member of their High Level Group on Internet Governance to attend the IETF meeting and after their last session in February several members from that group indicated their interest to participate. There is nobody from Estonia among them but you are more than welcome to reach out to policy makers in your country and get them interested.