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IGF Open Consultations and MAG meeting- May 2013
The second Open Consultations and MAG meeting was held from 21 to 23 May 2013 at the European Broadcasting Union, Geneva, Switzerland.
The transcripts
[NEW] Pre-event
Requests to hold a pre-event at IGF 2013 should be sent to igf[at]unog.ch by 30 June 2013. Pre-events are held one day before the IGF annual meeting. The events should be Internet Governance related and the organizations are required to indicate the description and objective of the event, duration and the organizing entity in their request.
[NEW] IGF Village Booth
Organizations that would like to hold a booth at the 2013 IGF should send their request to igf[at]unog.ch, by 30 June 2013. Please provide the dates on which you would like to hold the booth.
Resource persons
Resource persons are volunteers who can be called upon to comment by moderators of the main sessions or asked to participate in workshop panels. Internet governance experts are invited to join the IGF resource persons list. In order to sign up as a resource person, please register or login here.
Open Forum
Organizations dealing with Internet governance related issues are to be given a 90 minute time slot during the IGF 2013, at their request, to hold an open forum in order to present and discuss their activities. The meetings should focus on the organization’s activities during the past year and allow sufficient time for questions and discussions.
Each Open Forum will be required to produce a background paper and a report on the meeting.
To submit a request to hold an Open Forum meeting during the IGF 2013, please register or login here. The deadline to request an Open Forum time slot during the IGF 2013 is 30 June.
Dynamic Coalitions
During the IGF 2013, Dynamic Coalitions will be provided with a space to meet and to further develop their efforts. Meetings of Dynamic Coalitions should not be workshops. They should be Action Oriented and make an effort to ensure that a broad range of stakeholders can bring their expertise to the discussions. Only active Dynamic Coalitions can request for a meeting slot. Upon request, a group that wishes to form a new Dynamic Coalition may submit a proposal to the IGF Secretariat for a meeting slot. You can find the requirements for formulating a Dynamic Coalition here.
To submit a request to hold a Dynamic Coalition meeting during the IGF 2013, please register or login here. The deadline for submitting a Dynamic Coalition meeting request is 30 June 2013.
Interim Chair
Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo has appointed Mr. Markus Kummer as Interim Chair of the Open Consultations and MAG meetings. [PDF]
A draft synthesis paper reflecting all inputs received by the Secretariat is available. |