<div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px">Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The main aim of the Open Forum is to facilitate exchange of good practices between African sub-regional IGFs (Central Africa, North Africa, and West Africa), on their processes, especially the successes and failures and the way forward, taking into account the multistakeholder dimension of IGF and to share the Key achievements of the 6th African IGF, held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, under the theme “</span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Enabling an Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa”</em><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">. Other continental IGFs such as the Arab IGF may be invited to share their processes with Africa.</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Forum will also be used to discuss implementation of the African IGF Charter and the status and way forward of dot Africa. </p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Tag 1: </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/workshoptags/internet-icts-for-the-sustainable-development-goals" target="_blank" rel="nofollow me noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(9,96,171)">Internet & ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Tag 2: </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/workshoptags/multistakeholder-cooperation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow me noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(9,96,171)">Multistakeholder Cooperation</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Tag 3: </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/workshoptags/cybersecurity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow me noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:"Avenir Next","Helvetica Neue","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(9,96,171)">Digital Rights<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></a></div><div><br></div><div>Session description at: <a href="https://igf2017.sched.com/event/D5x0/african-igf-open-forum-of6">IGF2017</a> </div><div><br></div><div><b><u>REMOTE PARTICIPATION:</u></b></div><div>To be able to join remotely, Kindly click on the following link to register on the IGF platform:<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> </font><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-online-participation" target="_blank"><font size="2" color="blue" face="sans-serif">https://www.intgovfo<wbr>rum.org/multilingual/content/<wbr>igf-2017-online-participation</font></a> <br></div><div>Once you are registered the online participation page appears showing you all the session rooms.</div><div><br></div><div>Kindly look out for details bellow and click to access the WeBex platform to join the session.</div><div><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px"><a href="https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/j.php?MTID=m3b685e96914f0956222b30a5d1bc3cb5" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(64,132,131);text-decoration-line:none">Room XXIII</a></strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px"> Meeting Number: 843 495 561 </span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