Dear all,

In late March, a cross-stakeholder group of over 150 organisations and experts published a Five-Point Plan for an Inclusive WSIS+20 Review, providing recommendations to help operationalise the WSIS+20 review modalities to ensure transparency, inclusivity, and meaningful stakeholder engagement.

With the publication last week of the indicative roadmap, a cross-stakeholder group has worked on a follow-up document to the Five-Point Plan: Eight Practical Recommendations. This is intended to respond to the roadmap and build on the Five-Point Plan with practical and action-oriented recommendations to ensure meaningful stakeholder engagement as the review process evolves.

We are now reaching out to invite organisations and individuals engaging in the WSIS+20 review to endorse the Five-Point Plan follow-up. We intend to publish and formally disseminate the follow-up before the 1st Preparatory Meeting & Stocktaking Session, taking place on 30th May. We are therefore seeking endorsements up until Wednesday 28th May 23:00 (EDT) for the version we share with the co-faccs, member states and UN entities. However, like the Five Point Plan, the period for endorsements will be open-ended and, once published, we will maintain a form on GPD's website to collect additional endorsements.

In addition to considering your own endorsement, we would be grateful for any help to disseminate it with your communities.

To recap:

The Five-Point Plan follow-up is now open for endorsements. Please add your endorsement by today, Wednesday 28th May 23:00 (EDT) to be included in the version we share with the co-faccs, UN entities and member states.
We will publish the follow-up on GPD's website on Thursday 29th May and encourage other endorsers to do the same. As with the Five Point Plan, we will maintain a form to add endorsements after initial dissemination and publication.

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any comments or questions.

Best wishes,

The GPD team

Ellie McDonald (she/her)

Policy and Advocacy Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL

M: +44 (0)7502277163 | Time zone: GMT | gp-digital.org

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