<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>Please find below the intervention I made this morning on the second day of the open Consultations on the Convening of the IGF, propsing an iterative process to select a few themes to structure the Athens meeting. Sorry for not circulating it earlier for comments, the idea came to me yesterday evening in view of the discussions on the first day.
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<div>Comments on this idea are welcome, as I believe the various cacuses in civil society would be interested to participate in such a </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman">First Consultations on the Convening of the Internet Governance Forum</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Personal contribution by :</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Bertrand de La Chapelle</font></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Email : </font><a href="mailto:lachapelle@openwsis.org"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
lachapelle@openwsis.org</font></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">You invited us yesterday to contribute in a thinking aloud mode and I will follow your recommendation here, presenting a few concrete ideas in a personal capacity to feed the debate, focusing on the first meeting of the Forum in
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Athens</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">.</span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The IGF should be established in the most pragmatic and self-organizing manner possible. As the participant from
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Singapore</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> mentioned yesterday : we want the IGF to start small and evolve. To prove the movement by walking, and save time, the simplest approach could be to
<b>organize </b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Athens</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> as a 3-4 days open conference</span>
</b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">, with a basic registration process, like the one used for the present meeting, open even to interested individuals.</span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Athens</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">
should address a diversity of substantive issues in a limited number of <b>thematic sessions</b> (4 to 6 max), in addition to the necessary opening and final wrap-up plenaries. </span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The purpose of these thematic sessions is to allow all actors to reach
<b>a better understanding of each issue</b> and the challenges it raises, even if they do not agree at that stage on how it should be addressed, or what the solutions are. The only criteria should be that actors agree the issue exists and should be addressed.
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">4)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Each session could start with <b>a panel
</b> of experts from the different categories of stakeholders presenting the different dimensions of the issue, followed by an <b>overview of the main actors</b> involved in addressing it. A <b>discussion</b> would then follow to explore how the Forum can facilitate deliberations about it and interaction among the various actors.
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">5)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">For each thematic session, a <b>rapporteur
</b> would present the main elements of the discussion in the wrap-up plenary to help structure activities in view of the next annual meeting of the IGF.</span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">6)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">How should these themes be selected ? Several suggestions have been made yesterday and surely will be today. But we need an iterative and structured process to identify them in an open and inclusive manner. In this perspective, following these consultations, an
<b>open call for suggestions of themes</b> could be initiated by the Secretariat, with a deadline of end of March.</span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">7)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Stakeholders would contribute <b>one page submission, in a proposed six point format
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">A <b>concise formulation</b> for the proposed theme;
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">b.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">A brief <b>description</b> of why it is important in their view;
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">c.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">How it is in conformity with the Tunis Agenda in terms of
<b>substance</b>, particularly in reference to para. 34 to 54;</span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">d.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">How it fits <b>within the mandate</b>
of the IGF as detailed in para 72;</span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">e.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Who the <b>main actors</b> in the field are, who could be encouraged to participate in the Forum and its thematic sessions
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">f.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Last but not least, why, in their view, this issue should be addressed
<b>in the first annual meeting</b> of the Forum rather than in subsequent ones. </span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">8)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Submissions would be posted online by the secretariat. A
<b>second phase for online comments</b> would be opened for all actors to express support or criticize the proposals during the month of April.</span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">9)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The second round of open consultations envisaged for
<b>May </b>could then, in view of a summary of comments by the Secretariat, select the few themes that gather the greatest consensus.</span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">10)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">At this second meeting, and only then, a more formal
<b>multi-stakeholder Program Committee</b> would be formed to help organize the introductory panels for each thematic session, and guarantee the involvement of the key stakeholders in this field. </span></span></font></p>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore">11)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Finally, during the </span></span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Athens</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> meeting, stakeholders who submitted issues not retained for the main thematic sessions would be given the opportunity to make short 3-5 minutes interventions in a special
<b>poster session of 2 to 3 hours</b> in order to further feed the agenda-setting process.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman">Mr. Chairman, I will limit my contribution at that stage to this issue and take the opportunity to thank you for holding this meeting in such an open format.
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