[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] CS dialogue with the G77 and China

[Adam Peake (ajp at glocom.ac.jp)]

It seemed like a very worthwhile meeting and I'm sorry I couldn't stay
too long.  If we are to keep development and capacity building as
central themes of IGF we must work well with G77+

Thanks for arranging things.

Adam




On 5/24/06, William Drake <drake at hei.unige.ch> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick note to say that we had a productive meeting today with some of
> the G77 & China governments and agreed to actively explore maintaining an
> ongoing dialogue, most notably with respect to the development dimensions of
> Internet governance.  We will probably try to organize follow-up F2F
> meetings, perhaps in the summer and fall, and could create a joint
> electronic space to advance more inclusive discussion.  There was also some
> interest in the possibility of collaborating on the monitoring and analysis
> of governance trends from a development perspective, although the modalities
> would have to be worked out. Finally, they were keen to see more analytical
> work on IG and development from academics and other CS researchers, which
> could aid their own efforts.
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
>
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