[IGFmaglist] Polish IGF and Council

[Veronica Cretu]

Dear Igor, many thanks for sharing this interesting news with us!

It is indeed interesting to know that the mandate of the Council for
Digitization will also include Internet Governance issues, given that often
similar Councils focus primarily on the e-government agendas and
digitization in the public sector. I applaud that the Council is based on
the multistakeholder approach, even if this model itself is not always
ensuring a full 'representativity' of the different sectors/groups, etc.
 Yet, it is an important model that could bring more opportunities for open
and participatory policy making around IG.

Wishing you best of luck in your new role as a Chairman of the Council and
looking forward to hear from you on how things work in practice, so that we
can also learn from your experience!

With very best,
Veronica



-- 
*Veronica Cretu *


*President, Open Government Institute**Republic of Moldova
- http://opengov.si.md/ <http://opengov.si.md/>*

*Member of the Steering Committee, *
*Open Government Partnership (OGP);*
*http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/steering-committee/role-and-current-membership
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/steering-committee/role-and-current-membership>*

*Member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group*
*To the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)*

*http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/1549
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/>*

*Member of the Nominating Committee of ICANN*
*(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbering)*

*http://www.icann.org/en/groups/nomcom/2014/members <http://www.icann.org/>*



*Email: veronicacretu at gmail.com
<veronicacretu at gmail.com> and/or veronica at cretu.md
<veronica at cretu.md>Skype: veronicacretu *
*Phone: 373 067435000*


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Igor Ostrowski <igor at ostrowski.waw.pl>
wrote:

> Dear MAG Members,
>
> I'm proud to announce that Poland has joined the growing group of
> countries, which embrace the multi-stakeholder model of cooperation on
> Internet Governance.    First of all, the Polish Minister of Administration
> and Digitization announced actions to create a Polish IGF in 2015 as a
> multi-stakeholder platform for cooperation. Second of all, the Polish
> Parliament introduced legislation, which allowed the Minister to create the
> Council for Digitization, a first multi-stakeholder body responsible for
> digital policy in Poland. The scope of responsibility is quite wide but
> does include many Internet Governance issues.   The Council is composed
> of representatives of: governmental administration, local authorities,
> entrepreneurs, the academic community, technical experts and
> non-governmental organizations.  In its activities, the Council will follow
> the best examples set by similar bodies worldwide, including the MAG,
> including promotion of the IGF model of discussion where representatives of
> the above mentioned communities will be given the right to take the floor
> on an equal footing.
>
> More information on the Council can be obtained in English here:
> https://mac.gov.pl/en/the-council-for-digitization
>
> As the newly appointed Chairman of the Council, I very much look forward
> to working with you and to draw from your expierence and advice.
>
> Best
> Igor
>
>
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