[IRPCoalition] 2014 Brazil Meeting on Internet Governance - Letter supporting Multistakeholder participation

[Fouad Bajwa]

+1 and very timely indeed!

Best Regards
Fouad Bajwa

Sent from my mobile device

On Nov 22, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Marianne Franklin <m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
> 
> FYI, the following letter below has been drafted through a collaborative effort across several civil society platforms in order to support current efforts on the ground, in Brazil and this week's ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires to ensure that the 2014 Brazilian hosted meeting on Internet Governance holds to its promise of inclusive and multistakholder participation at the preparatory level and for the meeting itself.
> 
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> LETTER FINAL DRAFT
> To
> Mr. Paulo Bernardo Silva, Minister of Communications - Minicom
> 
> Mr. Virgilio de Almeida, Secretary for Information Technology Policy at the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation - MCTI
> 
> Mr. Valdir Simão, Special Assessor for the Presidency
> 
> Emb. Benedicto Fonseca, Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Affairs of the Minister of External Relations - MRE and
> Mr. Harmut Glaser, Secretariat of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee - CGI.br
> 
> We, as representatives of three networks that include civil society organisations and individuals involved in Internet governance, are writing with reference to preparations for the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance that is planned to be held in São Paulo, Brazil by April 2014.
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> 
> During the eighth Internet Governance Forum in Bali this year, many of us met in person, and some others participated remotely and agreed that the following persons would be delegated to serve as interim Liaisons from across these networks for purposes of planning the Global Meeting:
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> * Ms Joana Varon Ferraz
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> * Ms Carolina Rossini
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> * Mr Carlos A Afonso
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> * Ms Laura Tresca
> 
> This letter is to express our continuing support for this arrangement as planning for the meeting takes shape. The above interim Liaisons shall remain at disposal of the Brazilian authorities in all matters pertaining to the organisation of the Global Meeting, and we urge that our Liaisons should in the context of these preparations be invited to all meetings with all other constituencies as full participants in this process. We support their work and look forward to hearing of progress in their reports back to our networks that are made up of a broad constituency of civil society groups and individuals. They have our trust and support.
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> If you have any inquiries about the above matter, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time, either directly or through the above Liaisons.
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> Yours sincerely,
> 
> etc
> ******
> 
> Please indicate if you support this letter being sent as soon as possible as the work that Joana, Carolina, Carlos, and Laura have been doing on behalf of civil society, broadly defined, in this respect needs support from everyone committed to this meeting being a successful and constructive one.
> 
> If anyone is not clear about why we are proposing this letter, or who are not up to speed with the Brazilian initiative, please feel free to ask. There are quite a few people on this list new to all these issues so do not hesitate to speak up. All those involved will do their best to clarify for sure.
> 
> Thanks all for the time to consider this cross-network initiative.
> MF
> 
> -- 
> Professor Marianne Franklin
> Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
> Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> Dept. of Media & Communications
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
> Tel: +44 20 7919 7072
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