<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Dear colleagues, </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The 2016 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) intersessional work has been published, including the Best Practice Forum (BPF) outcome documents for the IXP and IPv6 BPFs.</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">__________________</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Michael J. Oghia</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://igmena.org/" target="_blank">iGmena</a> communications manager<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Independent #netgov consultant & editor</span><br></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Belgrade, Serbia<br></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Skype: mikeoghia<br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></font> <b>|</b> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Clarke GUTTERMAN</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:BGUTTERMAN@unog.ch">BGUTTERMAN@unog.ch</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:38 PM<br>Subject: [Igfregionals] Published & for distribution: New IGF resources now available<br>To: Anri van der Spuy <anri@avds.consulting>, Wim Degezelle <<a href="mailto:wdegezelle@drmv.be">wdegezelle@drmv.be</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:bp_gender@intgovforum.org">bp_gender@intgovforum.org</a>, <a href="mailto:igfregionals@intgovforum.org">igfregionals@intgovforum.org</a>, <a href="mailto:bp_ipv6@intgovforum.org">bp_ipv6@intgovforum.org</a>, <a href="mailto:outreach_com_2015@intgovforum.org">outreach_com_2015@intgovforum.org</a>, <a href="mailto:intersessional_2015@intgovforum.org">intersessional_2015@intgovforum.org</a>, <a href="mailto:dc@intgovforum.org">dc@intgovforum.org</a>, <a href="mailto:bp_ixps@intgovforum.org">bp_ixps@intgovforum.org</a>, "<a href="mailto:bp_cybersec_2016@intgovforum.org">bp_cybersec_2016@intgovforum.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:bp_cybersec_2016@intgovforum.org">bp_cybersec_2016@intgovforum.org</a>><br><br><br><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div><span id="gmail-m_2543431236851036907docs-internal-guid-560b25f4-d563-030c-8295-0044b58e5fe9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Internet Governance Stakeholders,</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:none;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_2543431236851036907Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are glad to let you know that the IGF has just published all of the tangible outcomes from its intersessional activities conducted in 2016. These outputs include:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BPF Gender: </span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3406/437" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">Outcome resource 2016</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (access and gender) & </span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3406/185" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">recommendations roadmap</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (online abuse and gender-based violence);</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-ixps" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">BPF on Internet exchange points (IXPs)</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-ipv6" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">BPF on commercial and economic incentives to deploy IPv6</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-cybersecurity" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">BPF Cybersecurity</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (‘Building Confidence and Security in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) through Enhanced Cooperation and Collaboration’); and</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3416/412" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s)</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Phase II).</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These resources are the outputs from bottom-up, inclusive, and community-driven activities of the IGF that took place over the course of 2016 (for more information about these initiatives, please see the </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Notes </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at the end of this email). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The IGF, along with the facilitators and rapporteurs for all of the respective intersessional activities, are grateful for the invaluable support given and time invested in these activities by numerous stakeholders and volunteers. We would also like to recognise the leadership and dedication of the coordinators, facilitators, and lead experts who supported the IGF’s intersessional work over the past year, including Aaron Hughes, Anri van der Spuy, Brian Gutterman, Constance Bommelaer, Douglas Onyango, Izumi Okutani, Jac SM Kee, Maarten Van Horenbeeck, Marco Hogewoning, Markus Kummer, Salanienta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Sumon A. Sabir, Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Segun Olugbile, and Wim Degezelle, among many others.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What can you do with the IGF’s intersessional resources?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We encourage all stakeholders to share these resources with their respective communities to ensure that the IGF resource outputs also become useful inputs into other processes of relevance to the Internet and its governance in 2017 and beyond.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope these resources will not only be useful for policymakers and other stakeholders, but will also continue to symbolise the IGF community’s belief that multistakeholder collaboration is fundamental in effectively addressing pertinent Internet policy challenges.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What’s next for the IGF’s intersessional activities?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All outputs from the IGF’s intersessional activities are intended to be living documents that can be updated at any time. At the first Open Consultations and IGF multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) meeting in March 2017, stakeholders will discuss potential themes for the next cohort of intersessional activities, including what will happen with the 2016 BPFs and their outputs. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The IGF Secretariat invites stakeholders to </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-community-public-consultation-call-for-inputs-taking-stock-of-the-2016-work-program-and" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">submit written contributions to the current public consultation</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> stock-taking exercise. In these contributions, stakeholders are also welcome to send recommendations and proposed themes for intersessional activities in 2017. Written inputs should be sent to </span><a href="mailto:takingstock@intgovforum.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">takingstock@intgovforum.org</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Friday 27 January.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_2543431236851036907kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IGF Secretariat</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOTES</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About the IGF</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_2543431236851036907kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-m_2543431236851036907kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet. While the IGF has no negotiated outcomes, it serves the important function of informing and inspiring those with policymaking power in both public and private sectors.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The IGF facilitates a common understanding of how to maximise Internet opportunities and address risks and challenges that arise. One of the ways in which it does so is through its intersessional activities, which are conducted following </span><a href="http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/a67d65_en.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">recommendations</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from the UN CSTD Working Group on Improvements to the IGF and form part of a broader effort by the IGF community to produce more tangible outputs to “enhance the impact of the IGF on global Internet governance and policy”. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About the IGF’s intersessional activities</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/best-practice-forums-4" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">The IGF Best Practice Forums (BPFs)</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> continue to offer unique platforms to investigate topical Internet policy challenges by collecting community input and experiences in a flexible and bottom-up manner. Through their substantive outreach efforts and continued calls for input and contributions, the BPFs have already enabled more diverse and varied participation in IGF processes, including from a richer variety of regions and stakeholder groups. By continuously involving new people in their work, the various BPFs also contributed to enlarging the global footprint of the IGF.  BPFs worked throughout the year in an open and inclusive way via open mailing lists, regular virtual meetings, and BPF workshops during the 11th IGF meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 6 to 9 December 2016. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About the BPF Gender</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333">The BPF Gender’s second publication, entitled </font></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">‘</span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3406/437" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">Overcoming Barriers to Enable Women’s Meaningful Internet Access</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">’, builds on its work </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333">in 2015, when it also published an extensive </font></span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/documents/best-practice-forums/623-bpf-online-abuse-and-gbv-against-women/file." style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">resource</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333"> on online abuse and gender-based violence. In 2016, the BPF furthermore produced a user-friendly infographic </font></span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3406/185" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">roadmap</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333"> for addressing online abuse and gender-based violence, based on the key recommendations for diverse stakeholder groups from its 2015 report. The BPF Gender is also partnering with ITU and UN Women’s </font></span><a href="http://equals.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">EQUALS</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333"> partnership, a global initiative aimed at addressing gender inequality, to raise awareness of its outputs. Further details of this collaboration will soon be announced.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About the BPF Cybersecurity</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-cybersecurity" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">2016 IGF BPF on Cybersecurity</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333"> built upon the previous work of the IGF CSIRTS and SPAM BPFs. Its work was also guided by the WSIS +10 review process which produced an </font></span><a href="http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/UNPAN96078.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">outcome document</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333"> with a strong focus on "building confidence and security in the use of information and communications technologies", making an IGF BPF related to cybersecurity even more relevant. The 2016 discussions and </font></span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3405/453" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">output report</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333"> addressed cooperation and collaboration on cybersecurity issues between stakeholder groups as an overarching theme. </font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About the BPF on Internet exchange points (IXPs)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-ixps" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">BPF </font></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">Contributing to the Success and Continued Development of Internet exchange points (IXPs)</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> collected best current practices that have proven to contribute to building strong and successful IXPs. Exchanging traffic at an IXP has a number of benefits that can contribute to a more affordable, stable, faster and more reliable Internet of a higher quality in a region. The success of an IXP will be measured by its ability to sustainably contribute to the development of its local Internet ecosystem. The BPF on IXPs focused on the management and operation of an IXP and identified factors that can contribute to success.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About the BPF IPv6</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IPv6 is the Internet’s addressing system that was developed to deal with IPv4 exhaustion and to make the Internet future-proof. The fast growing number of networks that already supports IPv6 today proofs that IPv6 is a technically feasible option for business. The BPF </span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-ipv6" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">Understanding the commercial and economic incentives behind a successful IPv6 deployment</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">collected case studies on commercial experiences with IPv6 deployment to better understand challenges and incentives, and provide an opportunity to learn from each other.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Phase II</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333">In 2016, the IGF furthered its seminal work on </font></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333">Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) </font></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333">by </font></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333">investigating challenges and opportunities for addressing and overcoming barriers to meaningful Internet access, promoting meaningful access in diverse contexts and regions, and ensuring that meaningful access also supports the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals. </font></span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3416/412" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#1155cc">Read the report here</font></span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333">.</font></span></p><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:georgia;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333"><br></font></span></div></span><br>Brian Gutterman | Associate Programme Officer<br>Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum<br>United Nations Office at Geneva | Dependance La Pelousse <br>Email: <a href="mailto:bgutterman@unog.ch" target="_blank">bgutterman@unog.ch</a> | Tel: <a href="tel:+41%2022%20917%2034%2023" value="+41229173423" target="_blank">+41229173423</a> | <a href="http://intgovforum.org" target="_blank">intgovforum.org</a>        <br>       </div></font>

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