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<p style="text-align:center"><strong>------------------------------<wbr>---Policy Engagement Alert n°2, Jan. 2017--------------------------<wbr>-------</strong></p>
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<div id="m_-8345589678996699137magicdomid2" class="m_-8345589678996699137ace-line"><span class="m_-8345589678996699137author-251861989 m_-8345589678996699137b"><strong>Current and upcoming policy papers and/or surveys</strong><br><br><strong><em>-Caribbean Report - Removing Barriers to Connectivity and Unleashing the Internet in the Caribbean</em></strong><br>Report to be released in the first half of January. This report surveys eleven (11) Caribbean countries with a general overall focus of removing barriers to connectivity and a specific focus on interconnection and development. <br><br><strong>Upcoming submissions and applications</strong> <br><br><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/open-consultations.aspx" title="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/open-consultations.aspx" target="_blank"><em><strong>-ITU CWG-Internet: Online Open Consultation: "Developmental Aspects of the Internet"</strong> </em></a>(Deadline: 11 January)<br>The online open consultations are held throughout the period between two
 successive meetings of the CWG-Internet. This process gives an opportunity to all stakeholders to express their views with regards to the topic to be discussed at the physical meeting (3 February, Geneva). Suggestions from members welcome. More information about the questions and process are available <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/open-consultations.aspx" title="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/open-consultations.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br><strong>Engagements (conferences, national IGFs, etc.)</strong> <br><br><a href="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1235" title="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1235" target="_blank"><em><strong>-CSTD 2016-2017 Inter-sessional Panel</strong></em> </a>(23-25 January, Geneva)<br>The meeting will examine issues related to the follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Findings and recommendations of the Panel are expected to be
 considered at the 20th session of the CSTD to be held in May 2017. More information available <a href="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1235" title="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1235" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br><em><strong><a href="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/WGEC-2016-to-2018.aspx" title="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/WGEC-2016-to-2018.aspx" target="_blank">-CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation - Second Meeting</a></strong> </em>(26-27 January, Geneva) <br>The group's second meeting will review the input received from all stakeholders to two guiding questions formulated by the group during its first meeting in September. More information about the meeting, including the contributions, please visit the CSTD website <a href="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1215" title="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1215" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br><strong><em>-G20 German Presidency/OECD conference on "Key
 Issues for Digital Transformation in the G20"</em></strong> - (12 January, Berlin)<br>ISOC will participate in this conference that will serve as the kick-off for the digital agenda of Germany’s G20 Presidency and will also launch the OECD’s horizontal project on the impacts of and challenges to digitalisation. <br><br><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/groups.aspx" title="http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/groups.aspx" target="_blank"><strong><em>-ITU Council Working Groups and Expert Group</em></strong> </a>(30 January - 10 February, Geneva)<br>ISOC participates as a sector member to the various council working groups of the ITU, including the Expert Group on the International Telecommunication Regulations (EG‑ITRs). Of special note is the Open Consultations to the CWG-Internet (3 February) in which all stakeholders are invited to participate. More information available <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx" title="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br><strong>Recent activities</strong><br><br><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/" title="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/" target="_blank"><em><strong>-Internet Governance Forum</strong></em></a>, (6-9 December), Guadalajara, Mexico <br>The 11th edition of the Internet Governance Forum, including Day 0 events, took place in Guadalajara, Mexico between the 5th and 9th of December. ISOC staff and Board members participated as speakers in more than 40 different sessions, and ISOC sponsored more than one hundred young individuals as IGF ambassadors and as participants of IGF Youth to participate in the event. For more information, please visit our website <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/igf2016" title="https://www.internetsociety.org/igf2016" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br>Kathy Brown’s speech in the Opening Ceremony urged stakeholders to find a coherent voice on threatening issues
 for the future of the Internet: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/igf2016-internet-society-urges-all-internet-stakeholders-find-coherent-voice-key-issues" title="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/igf2016-internet-society-urges-all-internet-stakeholders-find-coherent-voice-key-issues" target="_blank">www.internetsociety.org/news/.<wbr>..</a><br><br>For a good overview of the week and the various sessions, including a final report, we also recommend the Geneva Internet Platform's <a href="http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/11th-internet-governance-forum" title="http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/11th-internet-governance-forum" target="_blank">Digital Watch</a> - a project in partnership with ISOC that provided daily updates and reports from the IGF.<br><br><br><br></span></div>------------------------------<br><a href="mailto:gahnberg@isoc.org" target="_blank">gahnberg@isoc.org</a><br>------------------------------<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a>          </span><span><span id="gc-number-96" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span></div></div></div>

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