[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [GAID Champions] Effective participation of Civil Society Organizations in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

[waudo siganga]

Dear Delphine,

You have much support from me and the ICT Community in Kenya for your
letter to Mr. Kummer. I am confident that he will bring this urgent
matter to the attention of the relevant decision makers to ensure Africa
is effectively represented in the IGF process and specifically the
upcoming proceedings in Greece.

Kind Regards,
Waudo Siganga
Chairman
The Computer Society of Kenya



On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 00:44:00 +0200 (CEST), "NANA Delphine"
<delynana2002 at yahoo.fr> said:
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>   Dear All,
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>     Please see below and attached an open letter of the African Civil
>     Society for the Information Society (ACSIS)  Network on ICT4D,
>     regarding Civil Society participation in the Internet Governance
>     Forum Process
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>   Chers Tous,
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>   Nous vous prions de trouver ci-dessous et en attaché, une lettre
>   ouverte
> du Réseau de la Société Civile Africaine sur la Société de l'Information
> (ACSIS). relative à la participation de la société civile au processus du
> Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet
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>                           OPEN LETTER
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>                                                                                                     To 
>                                                                                                    M.
>                                                                                                    Markus
>                                                                                                    KUMMER
>                                                                                                   Coordinator
>                                                                                                   Secretariat
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>                                                                                                   the
>                                                                                                   Internet
>                                                                                                   Governance
>                                                                                                   Forum
>                                                                                                   Geneva-Switzerland
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>    Dear Sir 
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>    We wish to reiterate our support to the Internet Governance Forum and
>    your continued effort for its success.
>    
>   Civil Society has proven through all the WSIS process its commitment to
>   contribute to the emergence of a sustainable information society,
>   conducive to an improved life and a sustainable economy for all
>   citizens and communities. Developing countries civil society and
>   particularly African Civil Society, despite the difficulties they
>   usually face, managed to contribute to the outcomes of the Summit.
>   Hereby, we are reaffirming our commitment to contribute to the
>   subsequent Internet Governance Forum processes.
>    
>   We would like also to recall our belief in the following fundamental
>   principles, that the various consultations related to the Internet
>   Governance Forum confirmed that:
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>   ·        IGF activities should have an overall development orientation.
>   ·        Capacity building to enable meaningful participation in global
>   Internet policy development should be an overarching priority.
>   ·        Meaningful participation including both assistance to attend
>   meetings and training in the subject matter of Internet governance has
>   to be effective.
>    
>   We would like to call your attention to the difficulties encountered by
>   the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from the Least Developed and
>   Developing countries and Africa in particular, in sourcing needed
>   financial support to be physically present at meetings, (from the
>   Advisory Committee meetings to the Athens and other related meetings). 
>    
>   It should be recalled that, even though remote participation, when
>   adequate facilities are provided for it, can have some effectiveness,
>   it is limited and does not replace physical presence. The need for a
>   viable support mechanism is especially crucial for CSOs and developing
>   countries at this very beginning of the Forum process. The failure to
>   find adequate solutions to this problem might seriously prevent, to an
>   important extent meaningful participation from those stakeholders and
>   will be contrarily to the WSIS and IGF stated principles. We also wish
>   that practical procedures are also put in place for stakeholders to 
>   ensure their participation.
> 
> We thank you in advance for the consideration you will give to this
> concern of ours towards an effective CSO and developing countries
> participation in the Internet Governance Forum.
>    
>   We are confident that IGF will find a relevant answer to those
>   concerns, which may be through consultations with appropriate
>   institutions such as African governments, development partners and UN
>   institutions or any other suitable strategy.
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>                      FOR THE ACSIS NETWORK
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>                                         The President
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>                                     Delphine NANA MEKOUNTE
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