[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: Fwd: Summary: meeting at Gaite Lyrique (15 Nov 2018)

this was our 2018 Paris meeting report -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [CNSIG-Council] Fwd: Summary: meeting at Gaite Lyrique (15 Nov 2018) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:22:59 +0100 From: Shaun Pather &lt;spather(a)uwc.ac.za&gt; Reply-To: CNSIG Council &lt;council(a)lists.cnsig.info&gt; To: council(a)lists.cnsig.info Regards Shaun ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Shaun Pather* &lt;spather(a)uwc.ac.za <mailto:spather@uwc.ac.za>> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018, 17:10 Subject: Summary: meeting at Gaite Lyrique (15 Nov 2018) To: Carlos Rey-Moreno &lt;carlos(a)apc.org <mailto:carlos@apc.org>>, Carlos Rey-Moreno &lt;carlos.reymoreno(a)gmail.com <mailto:carlos.reymoreno@gmail.com>> *_Report back session _*__   *Group :  CN Summit* ·       Use pf the declaration and its purpose ·       How to get everyone involved ·       Levelling the playing field ·       Need an oversight committee for preparatory process ·       Must be a bottom up from regions to global ·       Focus on commonalities ·       Build on previous initiatives ·       Gathering needed before the summit of the CNs – spaces to accommodate local circumstances ·       Risk – stress in the process may backfire ·       Should not start with a blank page – but needs a framework document to be setup ·       Wireless international group is already meeting – need to ensure their inclusion ·       Role of woman to shape the process *Group:  Inclusivity* ·       Inclusivity is a broad issue: Gender, territorial, Language ·       Gender:  Cultural constrains in general is noted; needs to be a deepening of understanding of power relationships and roles of different members of society in each region ·       CN definition to help people realise if they need to be part of the process ·       Energy on putting action on sensitive groups – to empower marginalised people in more roles ·       Technologies that can be made your own has an important role e.g. Alta Mundi ·       As a collective of CNs – need to reflect more on what it means to be more diverse and inclusive ·       Actions must be undertaken as close to the ground as possible e.g. local content process ·       Regional diversity:  No representation of the Asia-Pacific region – must be addressed;  note several examples from this region in GisWatch ·       Language diversity:  Regional discussions are very important; therefore work at the regional level – before global level; noted that Francophone not represented – must be addressed; See Alta Mundi translation project – where communities undertook translation. ·       Race is also an issue to be addressed *Group:  Policy * ·       Work at national and regional level to obtain access to fibre and spectrum – provide exemplars (write up cases) as to how this can be done for others to learn from** ·       Similarly access to USFs – which must be more flexible in what they fund e.g. skills development, tech development** ·       Spectrum Access:  Has to be taken to regulators and a wider community of stakeholders; therefore need to provide some information pack in this regard** ·       Access to backhaul:  Bring cases that can demonstrate benefits of access; try to make governments look good in the process;   ** ·       Select best practice cases from different countries and provide such info to government** ·       Problem of treating first nations as a country within a country must be addressed ·       GisWatch / or continuation can be used for advocacy purposes *_Report back session _*__   *Group :  CN Summit* ·       Use pf the declaration and its purpose ·       How to get everyone involved ·       Levelling the playing field ·       Need an oversight committee for preparatory process ·       Must be a bottom up from regions to global ·       Focus on commonalities ·       Build on previous initiatives ·       Gathering needed before the summit of the CNs – spaces to accommodate local circumstances ·       Risk – stress in the process may backfire ·       Should not start with a blank page – but needs a framework document to be setup ·       Wireless international group is already meeting – need to ensure their inclusion ·       Role of woman to shape the process *Group:  Inclusivity* ·       Inclusivity is a broad issue: Gender, territorial, Language ·       Gender:  Cultural constrains in general is noted; needs to be a deepening of understanding of power relationships and roles of different members of society in each region ·       CN definition to help people realise if they need to be part of the process ·       Energy on putting action on sensitive groups – to empower marginalised people in more roles ·       Technologies that can be made your own has an important role e.g. Alta Mundi ·       As a collective of CNs – need to reflect more on what it means to be more diverse and inclusive ·       Actions must be undertaken as close to the ground as possible e.g. local content process ·       Regional diversity:  No representation of the Asia-Pacific region – must be addressed;  note several examples from this region in GisWatch ·       Language diversity:  Regional discussions are very important; therefore work at the regional level – before global level; noted that Francophone not represented – must be addressed; See Alta Mundi translation project – where communities undertook translation. ·       Race is also an issue to be addressed *Group:  Policy * ·       Work at national and regional level to obtain access to fibre and spectrum – provide exemplars (write up cases) as to how this can be done for others to learn from** ·       Similarly access to USFs – which must be more flexible in what they fund e.g. skills development, tech development** ·       Spectrum Access:  Has to be taken to regulators and a wider community of stakeholders; therefore need to provide some information pack in this regard** ·       Access to backhaul:  Bring cases that can demonstrate benefits of access; try to make governments look good in the process;   ** ·       Select best practice cases from different countries and provide such info to government** ·       Problem of treating first nations as a country within a country must be addressed ·       GisWatch / or continuation can be used for advocacy purposes Regards Shaun Disclaimer - This e-mail is subject to UWC policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at: https://www.uwc.ac.za/Pages/emaildisclaimer.aspx <https://www.uwc.ac.za/Pages/emaildisclaimer.aspx>