Good morning all, This is a good thread and an excellent set of action items. As someone based in New York who is talking to delegates daily about the review, I can tell you that there is a particular need for two kinds of good ideas: * How more financing can be attracted to delivering the action lines more quickly. It is widely understood that calling new funds to be started is basically not going to work but that doesn’t mean existing resources can’t be made more easily accessible to developing countries. We’ve suggested a portal connected to the action lines which provides connections to relevant programs from international financial institutions, regional development banks, and private foundations in particular. Some language on prioritizing the use of USFs to bridge divides leveraging best practices could be another addition. * Ideas for how existing institutions can work more effectively together without changing their mandates or objectives, particularly UNGIS, CSTD, IGF, and the WSIS Forum. The idea here would be to connect common threads across the four more effectively so that what happens at one has more value throughout the different processes. One thing in particular I would strongly advise: we need to move beyond talking about multistakeholderism and why it is the right approach generally to proposing more specific examples of how it can be used to deliver development outcomes faster. Best, Nick -- Nick Ashton-Hart APCO (m) +<tel:+971%2055%209548671>1 202 779 1072 nashtonhart@apcoworldwide.com<mailto:nashtonhart@apcoworldwide.com> From: Angela Wibawa via wsis20 <wsis20@icann.org> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM To: Alejandro Pisanty <apisanty@gmail.com>, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> Cc: wsis20@icann.org <wsis20@icann.org> Subject: [wsis20] Re: Stakeholder consultations at ICANN84 and next steps Dear Alejandro and Olivier, Thank you for summarising the discussions that took place at ICANN84 and for proposing the action items. In terms of the list/ schedule of events, the UN DESA roadmap webpage (here<https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/PreparatoryProcessRoadmap/>) provides a useful insight on some of the key activities for WSIS+20. In terms of written materials, there are several useful information on the WSIS+20 Outreach Network webpage (here<https://www.icann.org/en/government-engagement/wsis20-outreach-network>) – specifically under the “Resources” and “Knowledge Hub” tabs at the lower part of the webpage. You might also find information on our past contributions to the WSIS+20 related processes (here<https://www.icann.org/en/government-engagement/submissions-to-external-bodie...>) useful. My colleagues might add further insights once they get a chance to. Best Regards, Angela Wibawa Director APAC, Government and IGO Engagement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +65 9661 6009 From: Alejandro Pisanty via wsis20 <wsis20@icann.org> Reply to: Alejandro Pisanty <apisanty@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, 2 November 2025 at 11:40 To: Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>, Alejandro Pisanty <apisanty@gmail.com> Cc: "wsis20@icann.org" <wsis20@icann.org> Subject: [wsis20] Re: Stakeholder consultations at ICANN84 and next steps Dear Olivier, thanks for the summary and especially thanks for the heads-up. There is little time left and we must work hard and at speed. "issue-trading" is too close to "horse-trading" and that usually happens way above our heads, and behind doors only government representatives can cross. Also, we do know that there are many governments, and many individual representatives, whose positions are already adverse and will harden for something like the UN GA. Some are lost cases and probably trying to communicate with them will only harden their positions even further and do more damage than good. Each one of us knows of a few so we can triage relatively fast. Let's use all possible fora left before the fateful dates. One forum for sure is LACIGF, coming this week November 5 and 6. It takes place in Cordoba, Argentina, and online. There may be other international meetings and some NRIs (National and Regional Internet Governance Forums) upcoming, some ot them with a good chance of being powerful before their own governments and beyond borders. Let me propose the following action items: 1. Craft a briefing paper that highlights the important issues and the damage they can bring if done wrong; 2. Caucus among the participants in LACIGF and other upcoming venues and plan a solid intervention. Since in LACIGF and likely any other meeting in the coming few weeks the programs are already solidified, let's a. talk to all scheduled participants and see that they convey the messages in their interventions and other discussions; b. take the microphone (and written participations as well) in all possible relevant panels and discussions. I* staff - can you come up with a list/schedule of events, from your own files and plans, and share it? can you share the briefing texts you have already written and maybe fine-tuned for the alarm Olivier is sounding? Let's meet in small groups and push this work forward. Yours, Alejandro Pisanty On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via wsis20 <wsis20@icann.org<mailto:wsis20@icann.org>> wrote: Dear Colleagues, those of you attending ICANN84 will have been aware of the stakeholder consultations that His Excellency Ambassador Ekitela Lokaale (Kenya) held throughout the week, both in open, large assemblies and in small groups. Ambassador Lokaale is one of the two Co-Facilitators of the WSIS+20 review process, the other being Her Excellency Suela Janina (Albania), who was not present in Dublin. I was very pleased with the extent to which Ambassador Lokaale was open to full dialogue and to listening to all parts of ICANN's community. It was also very interesting to obtain some feedback as to what topics to be included in the Paper will have a chance to remain there and what topics are already flagged as receiving significant opposition by some member States. Of course, the next big steps will be the virtual stakeholder consultations to be held on 14 November. Instructions on how to participate are given on: https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20 [publicadministration.desa.un.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20__...> and https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/rev1consultation [publicadministration.desa.un.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/r...> But then, the final meeting in the process will be that of the UN High Level Event on 16 and 17 December 2025: https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/GA%20High-Level-Meeting [publicadministration.desa.un.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/G...> And this is where one particularly concerning bit of information troubled me: that there might be some "issue trading" at this high level, with issues that are not related in any way with the WSIS+20 process, traded for geopolitical reasons. And therefore, I heard that we, in our communities, should make sure that our countries' respective Ambassadors and Delegations at the UNGA be fully briefed about the importance of the WSIS+20 process, of our multistakeholder values, of the importance of the WSIS principles to the Internet and its repercussions beyond the Internet. This is a job for each and everyone of us, with our respective national delegations. 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