Thank you for forwarding this Wisdom, I encourage everyone to get involved in whatever capacity you can -- including sharing them among your networks or reaching out to contacts to share their experiences or add content. Best, -Michael __________________ Michael J. Oghia iGmena <http://igmena.org/> communications manager Independent #netgov consultant & editor Istanbul, Turkey Skype: mikeoghia Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia> *|* LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Wisdom Donkor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Brian Clarke GUTTERMAN <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 > Subject: [IGFmaglist] Join and contribute to the work and > awareness/outreach of the IGF BPFs! > To: IGF Maglist <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: "Lynn St.Amour" <[log in to unmask]>, "[log in to unmask]" < > [log in to unmask]> > > > Dear All, > > The work of the 2016 IGF Best Practice Forum’s is well underway and is > helping pave the way to IGF 2016 in December this year. The Secretariat > would like to take this opportunity to encourage and invite all > stakeholders to participate in these diverse activities. A brief summary of > how you can participate in the BPF processes follows below. > > Please also feel free to contact the Secretariat directly and/or the > co-facilitators of the BPFs (cc'd here) for further information about how > you can get involved and ways in which your respective stakeholders can > join the work if they are not already. (Cybersecurity- Markus; IPv6- Izumi > and Sumon; Gender and Access-Jac and Renata; IXPs-Sala and Douglas; > Anti-Corruption-Mike N.) > > BPF Gender and Access: > > Following its work on online abuse and gender-based violence against women > in 2015, > > the BPF Gender is currently investigating ways to ensure equal and > meaningful access to the Internet regardless of gender. To plan and further > its work, the BPF holds meetings every two weeks, but also offers other > simple ways for stakeholders to get involved: > > Complete the BPF’s survey, aimed at mapping existing initiatives and > research in the field of gender and meaningful Internet access. > > Join an in-person or virtual webinar, hosted at various national and > regional IGF meetings. > > To learn more about the webinars and other ongoing work, join the BPF’s > mailing list. > > BPF on IPv6: Understanding the commercial and economic incentives beneath > a successful IPv6 deployment > > “Why adopt IPv6?” and how IPv6 Task Forces and capacity building > initiatives play in encouraging IPv6 adoption was at length discussed by > the 2015 BPF on IPv6. However, the decision to adopt IPv6 is not only a > technical one. Building upon last year’s work, this year’s BPF IPv6 will > focus on the economic incentives and commercial drivers behind the > decision to adopt IPv6. > > The BPF wants to reach out to organisations which have commercially > deployed IPv6 and willing to share their experiences. > > If you want to contribute, assist in reaching out to the commercial and > business community, take part in the brainstorming and help to shape the > 2016 BPF outcome document you can join the “bp_ipv6” mailing list and > participate in the regular virtual meetings. > > Subscribe to the BPF IPv6 mailing list and keep track of the BPF’s > progress at http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/best-practice-forums/bpf-ipv6 > > BPF on Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) > > The 2016 BPF on IXPs is currently finetuning its scope and goals and wants > to target relevant decision makers in the policy, business and regulatory > environments. It was felt that after last year’s focus on creating and > setting up IXPs and identifying an IXP’s stakeholders, it would be natural > for this year’s BPF to focus on growing and further developing an IXP. > IXPs can play a substantive role in achieving the UN Sustainable > Development Goals by in enabling access and contributing to an inclusive > and sustainable growth in their geographic area. > > The BPF on IXPs is seeking to widen its group of contributors and obtain > best practices and lessons learned from different stakeholders and > organisations, different geographic regions and form individual IXPs. > > To join the discussions and to contribute one should subscribe to the > mailing list and take part in BPF’s virtual meetings. > > All information on the BPF on IXPs can be found at > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/best-practice-forums/bpf-ixps > > BPF on Cybersecurity: > > Reviewing the outcomes of both the IGF Spam and CSIRT Best Practices > Forums over the last two years, there was an emerging consensus from the > community that the 2016 cybersecurity BPF would most benefit from > addressing cooperation and collaboration between stakeholder groups as a > topic. The community has expressed that all stakeholders may benefit from > having a multi-stakeholder discussion, including each of the major IGF > stakeholder groups, on how to engage and communicate with each other on > cybersecurity issues. There is also a feeling that this would be uniquely > fit for an IGF BPF. > > Currently, the BPF on Cybersecurity is conducting an open call for > inputs/contributions to gather initial inputs from the community which will > subsequently form the basis for the group’s output documentation. All are > invited to contribute to this call for contributions. > > Sign-Up to Participate in the 2016 BPF on Cybersecurity and Contribute on > the Mailing List: > > > https://www.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/bp_cybersec_2016_intgovforum.org > > BPF on Anti-Corruption > > Work on the new IGF BPF on Anti-Corruption is underway, to learn more, > sign up to the dedicated mailing list: > > > http://www.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/bp_anticorruption_intgovforum.org > > Regards, > > IGF Secretariat > > > > > -- > *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)* > E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist > National Information Technology Agency (NITA)/ > Ghana Open Data Initiative Project. > ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member, > Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member, > OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member > Email: [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > Skype: wisdom_dk > facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk > Website: www.nita.gov.gh / www.data.gov.gh > www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh > >