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<div class="">Following Constance`s note below, we are pleased to announce that ISOC is launching a call for applications for a policy fellowship to participate in the upcoming <a href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/" style="color: rgb(25, 158, 201);" class="">WSIS+10
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From: </span>Constance Bommelaer <<a href="mailto:bommelaer@isoc.org" class="">bommelaer@isoc.org</a>><br class="">
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Date: </span>Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 13:33<br class="">
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To: </span>Internet Policy External <<a href="mailto:InternetPolicy@elists.isoc.org" class="">InternetPolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:internetsociety_chapterleaderscommunityne@ConnectedCommunity.org" class="">internetsociety_chapterleaderscommunityne@ConnectedCommunity.org</a>"
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject: </span>[Internet Policy] WSIS+10 negotiations are accelerating<br class="">
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<div class="">As many of you are aware, the <a title="Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link" href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/Portals/5/WSIS%2010%20GA/WSIS%20nonpaper%20draft%20-%20final.pdf" class=""><strong class="">WSIS+10 Review Non-Paper</strong></a> was
recently released, and we have a very small window to react. The UN website was updated just a few hours ago: the document is now open for comments -<u class=""> including from non-governments</u> - until 18 Sept. (see details <a title="Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link" href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/Events/1st-Preparatory-Meeting/Comments-for-non-paper" class="">here</a>).
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ISOC strongly believes <strong class="">the </strong><a href="http://www.openwsis2015.org/" class=""><strong class="">WSIS+10 Review process needs to be open to all stakeholders</strong></a>. We commend the UN on opening up this comments process to non-government
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<div class=""><b class="">= > Please note that the registration closes tomorrow, 11 September, 17:00EDT. If you are considering attending the October meeting, register urgently <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1npwf4wuIl9Tl_k0Hpnvz68Pjh5Cdi9J6lGF-gl_R_m8/viewform" class="">here</a>.</b></div>
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<div class="">ISOC is currently shaping a new policy fellowship program to promote further engagement in the WSIS consultations, and event registration will be needed as a formal requirement. More on the fellowship from my colleague Raquel Gatto soon!</div>
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- <a title="Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link" id="LPlnk235163" href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/roadmap" class="">WSIS Process Roadmap</a><br class="">
- <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/wsis" class="">ISOC WSIS resources</a><br class="">
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Subject: [bestbits] [Call for expressions of interest] WSIS Review: Civil society coordination meeting in October<br class="">
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="vertical-align:baseline" class="">We would like to bring to your attention
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<b class="">a meeting to facilitate civil society engagement in the WSIS Review process,
</b>scheduled to take place on<b class=""> </b><b style="text-decoration:underline" class="">October 14-15, in New York.</b> The meeting is being organised by Global Partners Digital (GPD), in collaboration with the Association for Progressive Communications
(APC), Access Now, the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University in Delhi, Coding Rights, FGV/ CTS, Internet Democracy Project, KICTANet, and Public Knowledge, with support of the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.<br class="">
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The WSIS process has been a unique vehicle in promoting a development-oriented, human rights respecting information society, recognizing the important role played by all stakeholders in its governance. This year, as WSIS marks its 10th anniversary, the
<a href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/" target="_blank" class="">UN General Assembly is set to evaluate its progress and decide its future</a>. In order for the WSIS to continue acting as a conduit for ICT4D underpinned by human rights beyond 2015, it is important
that views of all stakeholders, especially those from developing countries, are reflected in its outcomes. To contribute to this goal, this meeting will aim to further coordinate global civil society priorities, input and engagement in the Review process.
The New York meeting will take place in advance of the deadline for submissions on the zero-draft of the Review outcome document (October 15) as well as the informal interactive consultations on October 19. The meeting agenda will be shared closer to the date.</span></div>
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Those interested in attending should fill in the expression of interest form available
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here</a>. Limited financial support is available for a number of participants and the information given will help decide who will receive support. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by GPD and the Dutch government, based on the following criteria: </span></div>
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Criteria for financial support are designed to ensure that a diverse spread of participants - with focus on global south applicants and those who have previously been engaged in the Review - is achieved, and to secure gender and regional diversity. Due to time
constraints and difficulties this poses for obtaining visas, visa status may be taken into account for applications received after the second deadline (24 September).<br class="">
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The applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and successful applicants will be notified within 3 working days of each deadline:<br class="">
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<i class="">*We advise those who require visas to apply as soon as possible, ideally by the first deadline.</i><br class="">
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in partnership with APC and support of GPD, is developing a WSIS+10 resources platform at
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The goal is to highlight the core issues that are at the stake for the region and enable people to comment in a specific session/paragraph of the next documents that are/will be under consultation (namely the non-paper; zero draft and second draft).
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in an issue based approach, according to their field of knowledge, research and concern, even if they do not have the time to engage in all the issues of the WSIS review process to organise their own submission. Comments in that platform will be simply compiled
and forwarded to the Secretariat, according to Preparatory Process Roadmap reviewing WSIS+10, to amplify voices from the region and posted at
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