<font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div><div>Good day</div><div><br></div><div>I transferred my comments from email to document.</div><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;">Carol Roach MSc, PMP, Dip Procurement & Supply</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;">Under Secretary<br style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cabinet Office<br style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nassau , Bahamas<br style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">2024 Chair, IGF Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/roach-carol" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer;">https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/roach-carol</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">eMail: <a href="mailto:carolroach@bahamas.gov.bs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer;">carolroach@bahamas.gov.bs</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcroach242/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer;">https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcroach242/</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">website: <a href="http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer;">http://www.bahamas.gov.bs</a></div></div></div></font></div><br><br><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"><div><font color="#990099">-----"CASSA Concettina via WG-Strategy" <<a href="mailto:wg-strategy@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wg-strategy@intgovforum.org</a>> wrote: -----</font></div><div class="iNotesHistory" style="padding-left:5px;"><div style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left:solid black 2px;"><div>To: "wg-strategy" <<a href="mailto:wg-strategy@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wg-strategy@intgovforum.org</a>><br>From: "CASSA Concettina via WG-Strategy" <<a href="mailto:wg-strategy@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wg-strategy@intgovforum.org</a>><br>Date: 04/08/2024 11:25AM<br>Subject: [WG-Strategy] I:  [wsis20] GDC zero draft<br><br> <!--Notes ACF <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just re-s</span><span lang="EN-US">haring the message from Amrita including the link for collecting comments on GDC zero draft.<span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best,<span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Titti</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span> </span></span></p> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br> <br> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span></span></span></p> </div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Da:</b> Amrita Choudhury <<a href="mailto:amritachoudhury8@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">amritachoudhury8@gmail.com</a>> <br> <b>Inviato:</b> giovedì 4 aprile 2024 18:08<br> <b>A:</b> Hickson, Nigel (DSIT) <<a href="mailto:nigel.hickson@dsit.gov.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">nigel.hickson@dsit.gov.uk</a>>; wg-strategy <<a href="mailto:wg-strategy@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wg-strategy@intgovforum.org</a>><br> <b>Oggetto:</b> Re: [WG-Strategy] [wsis20] GDC zero draft<span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<span></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">A suggestion, could we  update all comments related to the GDC Zero Draft into a common document?<span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Sharing a link for collecting comments if that helps: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ba9YoLaWcS1z4ikD54tznITrn5uN5ucFXMxp7S1SlPI/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ba9YoLaWcS1z4ikD54tznITrn5uN5ucFXMxp7S1SlPI/edit?usp=sharing</a><span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Amrita<span></span></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 8:06 PM Hickson, Nigel (DSIT) <<a href="mailto:nigel.hickson@dsit.gov.uk">nigel.hickson@dsit.gov.uk</a>> wrote:<span></span></p> </div> <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"> <div> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Good afternoon <span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">I agree indeed; the mandate of the UN IGF (as called for in Tunis Agenda) is wide enough to encompass digital issues of pertinence; as we have witnessed in recent  years, in discussions from AI, through Blockchain to IOT. <span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Best<span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Nigel <span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Amrita Choudhury <<a href="mailto:amritachoudhury8@gmail.com" target="_blank">amritachoudhury8@gmail.com</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 4, 2024 1:59 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Carlos A. Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca" target="_blank">ca@cafonso.ca</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> wg-strategy <<a href="mailto:wg-strategy@intgovforum.org" target="_blank">wg-strategy@intgovforum.org</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [WG-Strategy] [wsis20] GDC zero draft<span></span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Responding to the thread on renaming IGF as the DCF, perhaps may not be a very prudent and necessary move.<span></span></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Firstly, most of the digital issues are being discussed at the IGF and its ecosystem. So it's not as if Digital issues need a new place to be discussed. When  it is organically being discussed today, why does the name need to be changed?<span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">IMO what needs to be done is enhance and strengthen IGFs capacity, especially through more funding for one, so that the recommendations made to enhance the IGF  can be implemented.  Suggestions had been made at the EGM and also in the MAG -LP letter to the Co-facilitators.<span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards,<span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Amrita<span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span></span></span></p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 6:18</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">PM Carlos A. Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca" target="_blank">ca@cafonso.ca</a>>  wrote:<span></span></span></p> </div> <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">A good proposal to bring to the Summit of the Future, Evelyne.<br> <br> frt rgds<br> <br> --c.a.<br> <br> On 04/04/2024 07:59, Evelyne Tauchnitz wrote:<br> > Ah - yes sure - Digital Governance Forum :)<br> > <br> > On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 12:26</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">PM Wolfgang Kleinwächter <<br> > <a href="mailto:wolfgang@kleinwaechter.info" target="_blank">wolfgang@kleinwaechter.info</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> >> You mean "Digital Governance Forum", not government, right?<br> >><br> >> w<br> >><br> >> Evelyne Tauchnitz <<a href="mailto:evelyne.tauchnitz@graduateinstitute.ch" target="_blank">evelyne.tauchnitz@graduateinstitute.ch</a>> hat am<br> >> 03.04.2024 20:37 CEST geschrieben:<br> >><br> >><br> >> Hi, maybe some of the technization of the IGF and duplication of efforts<br> >> in the GDC document could have been avoided, or could still be avoided, if<br> >> the IGF were renamed to 'Digital Government Forum' - I know, I have been<br> >> advocating for this before, but still, I think in light of recent<br> >> developments it would be worth to rethink, possibly also with a renewal and<br> >> widening of the IGF's mandate.<br> >><br> >> Best wishes,<br> >><br> >> Evelyne<br> [...]<br> > <br> > _______________________________________________<br> > WG-Strategy mailing list<br> 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