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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">(Apologies for
cross posting)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">Dear all, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height:
18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">The
Sixth Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Nairobi on 27-30
September 2011 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)
Gigiri.
The proposed main theme of the meeting is: '<b style="">Internet
as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and
innovation</b>'.<br>
The call for workshop proposals deadline is on Friday 15th April
and it would
be great if we could get a few Kenyan proposed workshops, along
the following key
themes:</span></p>
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18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;"><br>
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<ol>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">
IG4D / Internet governance for development (IG4D) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">Emerging
Issues </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">
Managing critical Internet resources </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">
Security, openness and privacy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">
Access and diversity </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">
Taking stock and the way forward</span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;"><br>
Steps to submitting proposals see here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2011">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2011</a><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;">and below</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
Courier;"><br>
Thank you and looking forward to those proposals. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
Courier;">p.s no payment required to propose and organise a
workshop during the IGF</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
Courier;">
Best<br>
<br>
Alice</span><span style="font-family: Courier;"></span></p>
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<p><strong>Steps to submitting proposals</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Log in to the IGF Website with your username and password</li>
<li>If you do not have a username and password you can register
here: <a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/user/register"
title="New user registration page">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/user/register</a>
</li>
<li>Once you have logged in click the menu item: Workshops --->
New Proposal. </li>
<li>Once your proposal is submitted you can edit your proposal by
going to the "Manage your proposals" menu item under the
Workshops menu</li>
</ul>
<p>The template for submitting can be viewed below. Proposals should
respect the organizational principles and criteria for the
selection of workshops. The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG)
will assess the proposals. The final schedule will be determined
in light of the number of proposals submitted.</p>
<p><strong>Organizational Principles</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The guiding organizational principle for holding workshops is
the multi-stakeholder approach. Geographical diversity is an
equally relevant factor.</li>
<li>All proposals fulfilling the selection criteria and using the
template will be posted on the IGF Web site.</li>
<li>Proposals should preferably be submitted in English. <strong>15
April 2011</strong> is set as the final deadline for
submitting proposals. </li>
<li>Interested parties are encouraged to submit their proposals as
early as possible, as the selection process will take place on
an ongoing basis. An early decision will facilitate the planning
of workshops.</li>
<li>The rooms reserved for workshops and all equipment, including
a screen and a PC or laptop for projections and a projector
(XGA/SVGA Data), will be available free of charge. Details
related to the logistics will be made available in due course.
No Secretariat funding is available for the organization of
workshops.</li>
<li>Workshops should have a plan of incorporating remote
participation into their sessions and organizers should identify
a remote moderator. The workshops will be Web cast and have live
transcription. </li>
<li>There will be no interpretation provided for workshops. If
interpretation is desired the workshop organizers are free to
make their own arrangements in coordination with the IGF
Secretariat. The organizers will be responsible for all
associated costs.</li>
</ul>
<p> <strong>Selection criteria</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Relevance to the main themes and sub-themes. Priority will be
given to proposals related to the main themes and relation to
the theme questions.</li>
<li>Demonstratively proposed or organized following the
multi-stakeholder principle (e.g. at least three relevant
stakeholder groups being represented in the organization of the
workshop).</li>
<li>Capacity to improve understanding of the IGF themes and
topics.</li>
<li>Proven experience, expertise and capacity to manage the
staging of the workshop, including the raising of funds
necessary to do so.</li>
<li>Timeliness, completeness and adherence to deadlines.</li>
<li>The provision of background papers.</li>
<li>Developing country support</li>
<li>Gender balance</li>
<li>Balance of speakers to participant discussion in the design of
the workshop; that is, the degree of interaction planned</li>
<li>Youth participation</li>
<li>Suitability for remote participation, for example linkages to
a hub event.</li>
<li>A name of a remote moderator is also required for each
workshop.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Content and format</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> They are two general workshop types:<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>- Feeder workshops:</strong>
which will focus on the specific issues relevant to the Nairobi
meeting themes and will act as leaders to the relevant main
sessions. These workshops should also address themselves in part
to one or some of the questions of its main session. As was done
in previous years in the relevant main sessions, the moderators of
these sessions will call on the feeder workshop rapporteurs to
relate the viewpoints expressed in the workshops. Each feeder
workshop will be asked to assign a rapporteur whose role will
include attending the relevant main session, giving a brief
overview of the session's discussions and take part in a one hour
round table session that will immediately proceed the main session
on that topic. They should also be available to act as a resource
to the moderators of the relevant main session. To the extent
possible participants from the feeder workshops are also
encouraged to attend the main sessions related to the feeder
workshops in order to broaden the discussions on the sub-themes of
the sessions. <br>
<strong><br>
- Other workshops:</strong> Workshops on other topics of
relevance to Internet Governance.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 30px;">(More details to both these
types of workshops are available in the <a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2011/programmepapers/ProgrammePaper.24.02.11.pdf">draft
programme paper</a>.)</blockquote>
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Workshops dealing with topics that are addressed in the main
meeting will not be scheduled at the same time as the main
meeting.</li>
<li>Workshops should explore a theme from different angles and
different stakeholders' perspectives. Pure advocacy workshops
will not be considered.</li>
<li>All workshops will be Webcast and have realtime transcription.</li>
<li>Workshops should respect the general format of meetings and
should be structured to be interactive, allowing a large portion
of their time for open discussion and interaction with meeting
attendees, such as a Q&A session. They could include keynote
presentations, moderated panels and discussions both from the
floor and from remote participants. Workshops should be designed
with the format that is most appropriate to the particular topic
under discussion.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><br>
Template for submitting proposals </strong><br>
<br>
An online form will be made available shortly for the submission
of workshop proposals containing the following questions:</p>
<p><strong>Question 1:</strong> Title of proposed workshop.<br>
<strong>Question 2</strong>: Please provide a concise description
of the proposed workshop.<br>
<strong>Question 3:</strong> Which of <a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/104-general/788-themes"
title="Five themes">the five broad IGF Themes</a> or the
Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under? <br>
<strong>Question 4a:</strong> Have you, or any of your
co-organizers, organized an IGF workshop before?<br>
<strong>Question 4b:</strong> If so, please provide the link(s) to
the report(s):<br>
<strong>Question 5:</strong> Provide the names and affiliations of
the panellists you are planning to invite.<br>
<strong>Question 5b:</strong> Name of Remote Moderator. <br>
<strong>Question 6</strong>: Provide the name of the organizer(s)
of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder
groups. (Please note that workshops are expected to adhere to the
multistakeholder principle, including geographical and gender
diversity and to provide different perspectives on the issues
under discussion.)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Proposals should not exceed <strong>1000 words</strong>.</p>
<p>Workshop organizers are encouraged to read the <a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2011/programmepapers/ProgrammePaper.21.03.11.pdf"
title="Draft Programme paper [Updated 21.03.11]">draft programme
paper</a> before submitting their workshops.</p>
<p><br>
<strong>Additional information</strong></p>
<p><strong><br>
</strong><strong>Contact Person:<br>
Contact person's phone number:<br>
Contact Person's E-mail Address:</strong></p>
<p><br>
<strong>Reporting</strong></p>
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