[Bp_localcontent] Bp_localcontent Digest, Vol 3, Issue 11

Thu Aug 21 09:48:51 EDT 2014

Dear Colleagues,

Hope all is well.

I am honored to participate in the local content best practice forum in MCIT Egypt and to share with you our recommendations to enhance the creation and dissemination of local content.

Actually, we have two types of recommendations: 

   1.	Recommendations for the preservation of cultural and linguistic diversity:
*	Supporting multilingual education and promoting the use of mother tongue are essential in multicultural societies
*	Establishing virtual Knowledge Networks across continents to share information and data and knowledge, taking into account cultural and linguistic diversity
*	Supporting and strengthening global collaborative projects, and the need for community participation to be empowered through simple tools

2.	Recommendations for the governmental policies required to enhance the creation and dissemination of local content:
*	Lowering the cost of digital technology, along with the reduction of Internet access costs
*	Safeguarding linguistic diversity, particularly endangered and lesser-used languages by exploring all technological solutions and innovative platforms
*	Formulating policies and strategies for the development of digital content at the sectorial, national and regional levels.
*	Encouraging investments to support entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs operating in the digital content industry
*	Governments should work on making public sector information widely accessible in digital format so it can be easily used, re-used, combined and shared.

I hope it will be a useful contribution which can enrich the discussion in our session at the 2nd of Sept, 2014

Thanks & best regards,

Raymond M. Kamel

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Today's Topics:

   1. Getting ready for Istanbul - Next steps towards	IGF best
      practices (Constance Bommelaer)

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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:14:05 +0000
From: Constance Bommelaer <bommelaer at isoc.org>
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Cc: Wout de Natris <denatrisconsult at hotmail.nl>,	Janis Karklins
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	Chengetai Masango <cmasango at unog.ch>
Subject: [Bp_localcontent] Getting ready for Istanbul - Next steps
	towards	IGF best practices
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Dear Colleagues,

The IGF is a few weeks away now and will provide us an opportunity to meet in person and discuss the outcomes of the work this group has accomplished over the past weeks. We still have work ahead of us though -:), so here are proposed steps to get prepared for Istanbul:

  1.  Lead Experts of this group need to send the description of each 90 min Best Practices Forum (list of panelists, etc.) to the Secretariat (cmasango at unog.ch<mailto:cmasango at unog.ch> and STELEANU at unog.ch<mailto:STELEANU at unog.ch>) asap.
  2.  Lead Experts will be working in the coming days with Wout de Natris and John Laprise, the two consultants working with the Secretariat, on tightening up the draft outcomes. The drafts should reflect the mailing lists/webinars' discussions, answers to the common template questions (attached) but also background research conducted by the consultants.
  3.  The goal is for Lead Experts or the consultants to share the first drafts with their various lists by 20 August, inviting for public comments.
  4.  The draft outcomes will be presented by Lead Experts during each Best Practices Forum, in Istanbul, and during the Best Practices Main Session (please plan to participate: 4 Sept, 14:30, Main Session Room).
  5.  After the IGF, the consultants will work comments gathered during the IGF into the drafts, before final publication.

Here is the schedule of the 5 Best Practices Forums<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/schedule-igf2014> is Istanbul:

  *   2 Sept., 11:00 - 12:30, Room 1: Creating an Enabling environment for the Development of Local Content
  *   3 Sept. 14:30 - 16:00, Room 1: Regulation and mitigation of unwanted communications (e.g. Spam)
  *   3 Sept. 16:30 - 18h00, Room 1: Developing Meaningful Multistakeholder Mechanisms
  *   4 Sept. 9:00 - 10:30, Room 1: Online Child Protection
  *   4 Sept. 11:00 - 12:30, Room 1: Establishing and Supporting CERTs for Internet Security
  *   4 Sept. 14:30 - 16:00, Main Session Room: IGF Best Practices Main Session

Ahead of the IGF, Wout and John will also be working with the Secretariat to post all supporting documentation (written contributions received, background information used through your research, draft outcome document) on the IGF website so it can be used as a resource center in the future. A Best Practices section was created here: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/best-practice-forums

If you have any questions, please reach out to your Lead Experts (Susan Chalmers and Stuart Hamilton).

Thank you for all your efforts and contributions to this effort!

Best regards,

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Constance Bommelaer
Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships The Internet Society www.isoc.org

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