UNESCO consultation on Internet Universality indicators

[Marita Moll]

Good questionnaire. I will forward it to several folks I know in 
academia and the community networking field in Canada. Hopefully, they 
will have time to respond. Time frame is pretty short.

Marita


On 10/17/2017 2:57 PM, Maryam Bakoshi wrote:
>
> Dear All:
>
> UNESCO CONSULTATION ON INDICATORS FOR INTERNET UNIVERSALITY: 
> INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE (DEADLINE 31 OCTOBER)
>
> As you know, UNESCO is holding a consultation on its work to develop 
> indicators for Internet Universality.  This consultation is open until 
> 31 October, and I am writing (on behalf of the consortium responsible 
> for developing indictor proposals) to ask if you could encourage 
> members of ICANN’s networks to contribute to it.
>
> UNESCO's Internet Universality framework is built around four core 
> themes in Internet development, which are concerned with Rights, 
> Openness, Access and Multistakeholder Participation (the R-O-A-M 
> principles).  The indicators which are to be developed will be used to 
> assess progress towards an Internet which is consistent with the 
> R-O-A-M principles at national and international levels.
>
> Work to develop the indicators is being led by the Association for 
> Progressive Communications, together with research partners from four 
> continents (Research ICT Africa, LIRNEasia, DIRSI and ict Development 
> Associates).  Particular attention is being paid, within the R-O-A-M 
> framework, to indicators concerned with gender inclusion and the 
> inclusion of children and young people.
>
> UNESCO, APC and its partners are keen to ensure that as many 
> stakeholders as possible contribute to the development of these 
> indicators. Stakeholder contributions are vital to ensuring that the 
> indicators meet the needs and concerns of the whole Internet community.
>
> A questionnaire inviting contributions to the project can be found in 
> six languages at the following websites:
>
> Arabic: https://ar.unesco.org/internetuniversality[ar.unesco.org] 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ar.unesco.org_internetuniversality&d=DwMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=bE2HdgWRDycp9rTiVT4rniVxsxwRdmqYbQLSoy_sJEo&m=Y7XBq7pYXmDpsvywPhQGjOJeS7H4zUFzQgJ_D6FHjh8&s=vXLRTvES6Bpa3x9WtwG_oH-QQdnbOw4WSXqfJKN2Z9A&e=>
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> Chinese: 
> https://zh.unesco.org/feedback/diao-cha-wen-juan[zh.unesco.org] 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__zh.unesco.org_feedback_diao-2Dcha-2Dwen-2Djuan&d=DwMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=bE2HdgWRDycp9rTiVT4rniVxsxwRdmqYbQLSoy_sJEo&m=Y7XBq7pYXmDpsvywPhQGjOJeS7H4zUFzQgJ_D6FHjh8&s=cLAHyFMMkROAggOGepVHEiC3GGKcnML6UcCjkdd0WZs&e=>
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> English: https://en.unesco.org/internetuniversality[en.unesco.org] 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.unesco.org_internetuniversality&d=DwMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=bE2HdgWRDycp9rTiVT4rniVxsxwRdmqYbQLSoy_sJEo&m=Y7XBq7pYXmDpsvywPhQGjOJeS7H4zUFzQgJ_D6FHjh8&s=CpxHcYBqaBDYtWo38cF6ts9DOKP8gLEF7vzWOviqCP0&e=>
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> French: https://fr.unesco.org/internetuniversality[fr.unesco.org] 
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> Russian: https://ru.unesco.org/internetuniversality[ru.unesco.org] 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ru.unesco.org_internetuniversality&d=DwMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=bE2HdgWRDycp9rTiVT4rniVxsxwRdmqYbQLSoy_sJEo&m=Y7XBq7pYXmDpsvywPhQGjOJeS7H4zUFzQgJ_D6FHjh8&s=k0hCWt6i9suj9NT9u-nuNrcEVFIuTOA6iyKv6-7l7Eg&e=>
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> Spanish: https://es.unesco.org/internetuniversality[es.unesco.org] 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__es.unesco.org_internetuniversality&d=DwMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=bE2HdgWRDycp9rTiVT4rniVxsxwRdmqYbQLSoy_sJEo&m=Y7XBq7pYXmDpsvywPhQGjOJeS7H4zUFzQgJ_D6FHjh8&s=7Vkmyl-4IUiAw4jOwEJd2xlEEAaGlProgKB0Nnjt7Cg&e=>
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> We very much hope that you will contribute and will encourage your 
> member-organisations and supporters to do so too. That will help to 
> ensure that the indicator framework which emerges will be of greater 
> value to all members of the Internet community. The closing date for 
> contributions is 31 October.
>
> If you do circulate to your networks, it would be really helpful if 
> you could let us know that you have done so.
>
> Many thanks for your help.  We look forward to reading your inputs and 
> those from your networks.
>
> *And please note UNESCO is leading a session on Internet Universality 
> Indicators at ICANN60 on Saturday October 28 from 13:30* 
> https://schedule.icann.org/event/CbJk/icann-unesco-session-on-defining-internet-universality-indicators
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> David Souter
>
> on behalf of the APC consortium leading the UNESCO's Internet 
> Universality project
>
> David Souter
>
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>
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> Inside the Information Society blog: 
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>  Sent on behalf of Adam Peake
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