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Dear all, <br>
<br>
Please note deadline for submission of workshop proposals for the
IGF taking place in September 27-30 in Nairobi has been extended to
April 22nd. <br>
<br>
<br>
best<br>
<br>
Alice<br>
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<br>
<p><span>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>Internet
as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and
innovation</b>'.<br>
The call for workshop proposals deadline has now been extended
to 22nd April 2011 <br>
</span></p>
<p><span>Steps to submitting proposals see here: <a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2011">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2011</a><br>
</span></p>
<p><span>and below</span></p>
<p><span><br>
Thank you and looking forward to those proposals. <br>
</span></p>
<p><span>p.s no payment required to propose and organize a workshop
during the IGF</span></p>
<p><span> Best<br>
<br>
Alice</span><span></span></p>
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<pre><strong>Steps to submitting proposals</strong></pre>
<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><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>(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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