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> _______________________________________________ Council mailing list Council(a)lists.cnsig.info https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council