[Privsec] Re: our side-event at the PrepCom next week

[Robert Guerra]

Ralf:

Great to hear !

My net access is sporadic in the coming days, but will be back online  
and be catching up when  I get to Geneva on saturday.


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 14-Sep-05, at 3:19 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:

> Update from Montreux: The Data Protection Commissioners are really  
> getting more interested in and active around the WSIS.
> The Chairman of the "Berlin Group", Alexander Dix, will send  
> another letter to Karklins in the next days.
> This morning somebody from the El Salvador DP Commissioner[1] spoke  
> in the plenary and referred at length to WGIG and the need to have  
> a UN Working Group on Privacy as part of WSIS follow-up. He will  
> also be there during the Prepcom, I guess as a member of their  
> government delegation. We'll keep contact and see how we can  
> collaboratively push this idea forward, either in the framework of  
> the Internet Governance follow-up or elsewhere.
>
> Shall I ask him if he can present at our side-event on Thursday?
>
> We could also try to get the Swiss Commissioner involved. He was  
> very pleased by the event we had yesterday with EDRI, EPIC, PI,  
> PSWG and some other groups, and would probably like to stay in  
> touch. Not sure though if he could have any impact on the Swiss  
> negotiating positions. Shall I ask him also?
>
> Or should we first do the event on our own, in order to bring  
> across our NGO points of view?
>
> Ralf
>
> [1] Fernando Argüello Tellez, Especialista en Normative Regulatoria  
> y Asuntos de Competencia
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