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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Renata,<br>
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Just a short comment here. "Political Will" is a term that can
easily be misunderstood. There are structural issues in Cuba, but
this is not the place for that discussion. While in Havana I cited
the successful Transition Estonia digital/Internet strategy.
Estonia stressed that political will includes clarity on the
principles to be advanced/protected, as well as abandoning what
the Estonians called "legacy thinking" and not just "legacy
technology". Myanmar's recent transition from near zero access to
over 50% (cell) access was also cited as a strategy for blending
the interests of the old telecom system with the new realities of
cellular networks. The bottom lines is that Political will has to
embrace more than the why and what. Political will also has to
embrace open space to explore how to execute the how. It is
important to note that the Estonian transition was developed from
within and not imported from outside, while benefiting from
lessons learned elsewhere.<br>
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Sam L.<br>
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<small><i>Some On 29/03/2016 12:23 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro
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<div><small><i>Hi Sam</i><i><br>
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<small><i>I took a pic of the 2 Cuban representatives here </i><i><br>
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<small><i>They were really vocal to the US Ambassador about
agreements which would increase internet connectivity in
the region so one can see the political will is there (i
am assuming they are from government or CS advocates).
Dialogue lines were open, the official line by the US govt
included lines such as "internet is the democratization of
power". </i><i><br>
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</i><i>When someone from Spain asked about dialogue w/ China
and Russia as well for privacy laws (lots of people from
banks here and worried about EU on privacy), the
ambassador talked about anticipating something on OECD. </i><i><br>
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<small><i>So political will is all you see here. But, this in
ambassador. If that will translate further...</i><i><br>
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<div><small><i>All the best</i><i><br>
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<div><small><i>Renata</i></small><br>
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