<div>Greetings all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would like the NCSG to consider responding to this public consultation. I will endeavour to draft a statement and share a link to a Google Doc by the end of this week with a view to submitting something by the first week of September. It is possible that we may decide an NCSG response is not appropriate (in which case, this might become an open letter that anyone can add their name to, should they support the sentiments), but it may be easier to make that determination once I have some words on paper. For now, however, I  invite any suggestions you may have as to the direction this draft statement might take. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div><br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div>Ayden Férdeline<br></div><div><a title="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline">linkedin.com/in/ferdeline</a><br></div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div>-------- Original Message --------<br></div><div>Subject: [Policy] FW: UK Parliament SDGs Inquiry - Invitation for Evidence<br></div><div>Local Time: August 15, 2016 6:14 PM<br></div><div>UTC Time: August 15, 2016 5:14 PM<br></div><div>From: ocl@gih.com<br></div><div>To: policy@isoc-e.org<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear colleagues,<br></div><div><br></div><div>please be so kind to find below a Parliamentary Enquiry about the
    IGF's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which closes on 16th
    September 2016. We have been discussing this with the Internet
    Society's HQ and find that an already drafted paper by appears to be
    a rather suitable submission from our Chapter:<br></div><div><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ISOC-Internet-opportunity-for-sustainable-development.pdf" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noreferrer">http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ISOC-Internet-opportunity-for-sustainable-development.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><div><br></div><div>The aim is to draw attention to the importance of the Internet in
      the overall achievement of the SDGs and therefore the importance
      of the open access to the internet (and the development of
      infrastructure that goes with that) and the need for policies that
      enable and sustain the open and accessible Internet. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Are there any other points which you think the Chapter should
      make?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Also -- you'll notice this is a public Parliamentary Enquiry, so
      we encourage you to also submit your own proposals directly.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Kindest regards,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br></div><div>ISOC UK England Chair<span style="color:black" class="colour"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="font"><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="size"></span></span></span><span style="color:black" class="colour"><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="size"></span></span>
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            </b><span style="color:black" class="colour"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="font">Farooq
              Ullah <a href="mailto:fullah@stakeholderforum.org" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><fullah@stakeholderforum.org></a><br>
              <b>Reply-To: </b>Farooq Ullah
              <a href="mailto:fullah@stakeholderforum.org" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><fullah@stakeholderforum.org></a><br>
              <b>Date: </b>Wednesday 10 August 2016 at 16:11<br>
              <b>To: </b>Sustainable Development Announcement List
              <a href="mailto:sdg@lists.iisd.ca" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><sdg@lists.iisd.ca></a><br>
              <b>Subject: </b>UK Parliament SDGs Inquiry - Invitation
              for Evidence</span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div><br></div><p><br></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black" class="colour"><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"><span style="font-size:13.5pt" class="size">Invitation
                        to submit evidence for UK Parliamentary Inquiry</span></span></span></u></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt" class="size"></span><br></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font">UK Parliament’s House
                      of Commons</span></b><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font">Environmental Audit
                      Committee  </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"></span><br></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="mainheading"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:16pt" class="size">THE
                    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN THE UK</span></span></b><b><span style="color:gray" class="colour"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:18pt" class="size"></span></span></span></b><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Dear Colleagues,</span><br></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The UK Parliament’s
                  Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry
                  into the domestic implementation of the UN Sustainable
                  Development Goals (SDGs). The </span><a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114)" class="colour"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">17 SDGs</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"> were adopted by the General
                  Assembly on 25 September 2015.</span><br></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">We welcome submissions of
                    evidence <u>from all stakeholders from all over the
                      world</u> to understand what can and should be
                    done in the UK to achieve the SDGs domestically.
                    This includes the identification of best practices
                    from other countries and other policy areas.</span></b><br></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The SDGs cut across all
                  areas of Government – from ending poverty and
                  achieving gender equality through to tackling climate
                  change and using resources sustainably.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Unlike their predecessors,
                  the Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs are
                  universal and apply to all countries and peoples. The
                  Committee’s inquiry is focused on the delivery and
                  impact of the Goals within the UK.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The International
                  Development Committee reported on the SDGs earlier
                  this year. They expressed concern about “insufficient”
                  progress towards domestic implementation so far and a
                  “worrying lack of engagement” by Government
                  Departments.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The Government has committed
                  to publishing a report later this year, detailing its
                  approach to the Goals.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The Office for National
                  Statistics (ONS) and UK Stakeholders for Sustainable
                  Development (UKSSD) have been carrying out an
                  information gathering exercise about how to measure
                  the UK’s domestic progress against the SDGs.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The Committee’s aims in
                  undertaking this inquiry are to:</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Establish how the SDGs might
                  be implemented and progress measured in a way which
                  leads to meaningful change within the UK and allows
                  effective scrutiny of the Government’s performance.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Consider how it will
                  scrutinise the Government’s performance against the
                  SDGs as part of its wider programme of scrutiny.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The Committee invites
                  submissions on some or all of the following points:</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt" class="para"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Domestic delivery of the
                    SDGs</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">What are the potential
                  costs, benefits and opportunities to the UK of
                  delivering the Goals domestically?</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Which Goals are the most
                  relevant to the UK? Where is UK domestic performance
                  believed to be strongest and weakest?</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:17.85pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18.15pt;page-break-after:avoid" class="para"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">How best to deliver the
                    Goals</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">What structures, governance
                  mechanisms, resources and lines of accountability are
                  required within Government nationally and locally to
                  ensure that efforts to deliver the Goals will be
                  meaningful and achieve real change? Who should be
                  providing leadership on this agenda?</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:90.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">How are other countries
                  implementing the SDGs domestically? What examples of
                  best practice are there that the UK can learn from?</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">            <b>Measuring and
                    communicating performance</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:89.85pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">How can performance against
                  the Goals be measured and communicated in a way that
                  best engages policy makers, local government,
                  businesses and the public and allows effective
                  scrutiny of the Government’s performance by Parliament
                  and civil society?</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:89.85pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">How should measurement
                  against the SDG indicators be integrated with existing
                  measures of sustainable development performance, such
                  as the Sustainable Development Indicators and the
                  Well-being measures?</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:89.85pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt" class="para"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:Symbol" class="font">·</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:7pt" class="size">         </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">How can performance best be
                  communicated in a way that involves businesses, the
                  public and local government in achieving the SDGs
                  within the UK?</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:17.85pt;page-break-after:avoid" class="para"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Deadline for submissions </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:17.85pt;text-align:justify" class="para"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">Submissions should be <u>no
                    more than 3,000 words</u> in length and should be
                  made through the online portal. The deadline for
                  submissions is <b>5 pm on Friday, 16^thSeptember</b>.
                  Send a written submission using the form on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/sustainable-development-goals-in-uk-16-17/" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114)" class="colour">inquiry page</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font"><span style="font-size:14pt" class="size"></span></span><br></p><div style="margin-left:17.85pt"><p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Arial" class="font">The Committee values
                      diversity and seeks to ensure this where possible.
                      We encourage members of underrepresented groups to
                      submit written evidence. We aim to have diverse
                      panels of Select Committee witnesses and ask
                      organisations to bear this in mind if invited to
                      appear.</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"></span><br></p></div><div><p style="vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="size"> </span></span><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"> </span><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"><span style="font-size:8pt" class="size">FURTHER
                      INFORMATION:</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"></span><br></p></div><div style="margin-left:18.0pt"><p style="text-indent:-18.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"><span style="font-size:8pt" class="size"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"></span><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana" class="font"><span style="font-size:8pt" class="size">More
                      information can be found on the Committee website
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