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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Dear Friends,</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">[Apologies for possible duplications]</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">We would like to bring to your attention the civil society call for expressions of interest to participate in the </span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><a href="https://www.gccs2015.com/gccs/all-about-gccs2015" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;">Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015</a></span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> (GCCS 2015) and a civil society pre-event, hosted by the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and taking place in The Hague on 16 and 17 April 2015.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Following on from the London (2011), Budapest (2012), and Seoul (2013) Conferences, the 2015 event in The Hague will provide an opportunity for strategic level discussion of key cyberspace issues. The Conference aims to examine </span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><a href="https://www.gccs2015.com/gccs/all-about-gccs2015" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; color: black;">core issues</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> related to the cyber domain, structured around the three main themes of </span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><a href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/freedom" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; color: black;">Freedom</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">, </span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><a href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/security-0" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; color: black;">Security</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> and </span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><a href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/growth" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; color: black;">Growth</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">. Focus will be placed on exchange of knowledge and ideas on these issues and the development of concrete solutions. The Conference will encourage multi-stakeholder participation from the worlds of business, academia as well as civil society.</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">A day and a half civil society pre-event will take place in the run-up to the Conference (14-15 April) to facilitate civil society coordination and input into the main Conference. An in-depth training on cyber security issues will be offered as part of this pre-event. In addition, an online training curriculum will be made available to the wider public. The Conference organisers are interested in a balanced and diverse participation and in supporting those who will find a practical use for the training and attendance offered.</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">The Expression of Interest Form, in addition to logging interest in attending the Conference and the civil society pre-event, will also serve as a platform to capture requests for financial support. Limited financial support is available for a number of civil society participants.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">In order to be considered as a Conference/pre-event participant and/or a candidate for financial support, please fill in the Expression of Interest Form via the following link by <b style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px;">January 30</b>:</span><u style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><a href="https://www.gccs2015.com/civil-society-participation-form" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.gccs2015.com/civil-society-participation-form</span></a></span></u></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Expressions of interest and requests for funding received will be evaluated by an ad hoc </span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><a href="https://www.gccs2015.com/sites/default/files/attachments/AdvisoryBoardProfiles.pdf" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;">Advisory Board</a></span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> set up to assist the organizers of the Conference in selecting civil society participants to receive funding and to attend the GCCS2015 and the civil society pre-event, to help ensure that the Conference is as inclusive and representative as possible.</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Criteria for financial support are designed to ensure a diverse spread of applicants is achieved, focussing on global south applicants and aimed at securing a balance of gender, regional diversity and level of experience in cyber security issues.</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Please feel free to share this information with your networks.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Best wishes,</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">On behalf of:</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Andrew Puddephatt, Evelien Wijkstra, Tim Maurer</span><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4599990844727px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span style="line-height: 17.0400009155273px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Advisory Board Co-chairs</span></p><div><br></div></div> </div></body>
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