[Pal-dc] IGF 2016 Main Session: Papers from DCs

[Eleonora Anna MAZZUCCHI]

Dear All, 

Thank you for continuing to contribute to the planning for Dynamic 
Coalitions' main session at IGF 2016! 

With apologies for cross-posting (!),  as we move closer to the meeting 
and begin to refine the content of the session, all DCs should kindly note 
the requirement to produce individual substantive papers. As agreed during 
DC Coordination meetings, submission of the paper will be necessary for 
the DC to participate in the main session. The deadline for a first draft 
is 30 September 2016.

Further details on the paper are included below this message and as an 
attachment. The information is also available on the DCs Coordination page
, together with any other documents pertaining to main session planning. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Secretariat for any questions 
or feedback on this! We would be happy to help. 
 

Very best,

Eleonora
IGF Secretariat 






 IGF 2016 DCs Main Session: Substantive Paper 

During discussions in DC coordination meetings, it was agreed each DC 
would produce a substantive paper by deadline in order to participate in 
the DCs Main Session this year. 
The papers will serve as collective background material for the session 
and be put forward individually for feedback, both in advance of the IGF 
and during the IGF itself. It was proposed and agreed that feedback be 
collected through online and hard-copy DC issue surveys (or ?Idea Rating 
Sheets?), piloted at IGF 2015. 

Bearing in mind many DCs have produced substantive papers in years past, 
or do so on a regular basis and introduce their work into other fora, the 
paper for the main session can build on or be an updated version of any of 
this previous work. It is only essential that the DC be able to cull from 
the paper key ideas for discussion in the main session and for receiving 
feedback before and during the meeting. 

Timeline & Process for Main Session Paper 

-The initial draft should be emailed to the Secretariat 
(emazzucchi at unog.ch) by Friday, 30 September 2016, midnight UTC, for the 
DC to qualify for main session participation. 

-A second draft, as well as the extraction of five key points for aligning 
with the DC issue surveys, should be completed on/ about 1 November. This 
also conforms with the deadline for the IGF Best Practice Forum (BPF) 
outputs and with the general practice of submitting papers 6 weeks ahead 
of a meeting. 

-An email to the IGF community promoting the papers and the online version 
of the DC issue surveys is sent on/ about 1 November. 

-The DCs? shared IGF booth opens with the hard-copy version of the papers, 
as well as DC issue surveys, from 6 December. 

General Paper Guidelines 

- The paper should not exceed 5 pages. 

- Should not read as an ?activities report? and should contain a few 
thought-provoking issues/questions that can be put to IGF participants. 

-Should be as inclusive as possible of the views and ideas of the DC?s 
constituent members . 


For any questions/feedback please feel free to reach out to the 
Secretariat at emazzucchi at unog.ch ! 
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