<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi<div><br></div><div>For anyone who plans on attending the IGF and would be interested in sharing views with the European Commission….Megan Richards will be speaking on our clearing house workshop as well <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2014/index.php/proposal/view_public/153">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2014/index.php/proposal/view_public/153</a></div><div><br></div><div>Greetings from <a href="http://www.euro-ssig.eu">http://www.euro-ssig.eu</a> in Meissen,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:Luciana.PEREZ-CATAN-FLORES@ec.europa.eu">Luciana.PEREZ-CATAN-FLORES@ec.europa.eu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>WEBINAR - Preparation for IGF Istanbul 2-5 September: Exchange of views with Civil Society</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">July 28, 2014 at 3:17:46 PM GMT+2<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">INVITATION</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">WEBINAR - Preparation for IGF Istanbul 2-5 September: Exchange of views with Civil Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In preparation for the ninth IGF meeting in Istanbul from 2-5 September, you are kindly invited to a webinar to exchange information and views on on-going global discussions on Internet governance. A stronger and more incisive presence and involvement of civil society, particularly those organisations based in Europe or with an EU-interest, is key to ensuring that the multistakeholder model works well. Also to ensure that the EU role in the further evolution and strengthening of the Internet Governance Forum takes into account all voices, those of civil society will be most important.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The webinar will be chaired by Megan Richards, Principal Adviser at DG CONNECT and Head of the European Commission's Delegation to the Ninth IGF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Date: 7 August 2014<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Time: 10h30 – 11h30<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Login details will be provided after registration<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Draft Agenda:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">An intense year for Internet governance - taking stock of Internet governance developments<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Debrief by the European Commission and exchange of information and views with participants<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Preparations for the Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Debrief by the European Commission and exchange of information and views with participants<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">How can civil society play a bigger role in Internet governance discussions, and in particular in the IGF?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Debrief by the European Commission and exchange of views on on-going fundraising efforts for the IGF Trust Fund and other possibilities for in-kind contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">To register, please send an email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:CNECT-D1-EVENTS@ec.europa.eu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">CNECT-D1-EVENTS@ec.europa.eu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mentioning the subject of the webinar, by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u>4 August</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; 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