Dear Roberto, Vanda, all Glad to be able to help in the theme of building multistakeholder organizations in national and regional levels. I can speak from my own personal perspective, as the IGF MAG is a varied group and Secretariat is in the position to provide better information on a historical perspective. Personally, I started participating in national initiatives in the "Brazilian Internet Forum", which is the name given in the country to the national IGF. After that and other events I became involved in ICANN. The idea of building an ALS in my region is a possiblity I've been investigating. Also one of the reasons my first involvement was in LACRALO. So, I'd definitely recommend getting to know the experiences with the group participants of the NRIs (National and Regional Initiatives), some of them are well known ICANNers and I guess are on this list. You can also easily access reports of their dialogues through the IGF website http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf-initiatives There is also a mailing list http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfregionals_intgovforum.org Another issue is exactly what the "R" stands for. You may think of building "national" organizations but some countries may not really have the status of state or some regions may want to organize themselves independently (as they may be hindered by) their own country. So, the multistakeholders which will be involved with the new organization (the ALS) may also be defined by the idea of "national" initiative you have and which audience do you want to reach. Best, Renata