Re: [npoc] Re: NPOC Some Sugestions for African Outreach Strategy

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cher Olévié,

Merci beaucoup pour ta contribution forte intéressante et détaillée.

I'm wondering if we we actually have time to produce NPOC promotional
materiel in French in time for your STAND DU LIBRE in Lomé in December?
Unless you draft the contents yourself directly in French by the end of
this week, I can't see getting them printed in time...even that would be
tight!

I'm in agreement with your suggestions and, with your agreement, would like
to include them in our outreach plan.

You all have until the end of this week end to make any last comment on
NPOC's draft outreach plan. I have reserved some time next week to finalize
the document.

Cheers, Alain

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi ! to  all of you my dearest sisters, brothers and friends !
> First of all, do receive my warmest greetings from Lomé-la-belle,
> capitole of Republic of Togo in West Africa.
>
> Merci beaucoup cher Alain de me passer le témoin dans cette affaire
> qui me concerne tout autant, en effet.  Un grand merci à Klaus aussi
> pour ses 'inputs' très pertinents et absolument constructifs.
>
> Puis, un grand bravo à mon frère et ami Poncelet pour ses propositions
> et suggestions qui démontrent effectivement sa clairvoyance de
> l'écosystème des TIC en Afrique. Toutes mes félicitations mon frère et
> ami !
>
> Je suis totalement (à 100%) d'accord avec toutes les propositions et
> suggestions de Poncelet, de même que des "input" de Alain et de Klaus
> qui renforcent en fait le plan. C'est effectivement ce qu'il faut
> faire pour bien promouvoir les idéaux du NPOC en Afrique que vous avez
> tous proposé. Je n'ai plus grand chose à chose à dire sionon que je
> voudrais insister sue ce qui suit :
> Il y a effectivement des institutions et des organisations de la
> société civile à but non lucratifs avec lesquels le NPOC pourrait
> collaborer en Afrique pour atteindre ses objectifs.
>
> En effet, outre l'AFRINIC et les chapitres de l'ISoc dans nos
> différents pays, il y a :
> - la Fondation Africaine des Logiciels Libres, le FOSSFA, qui est à la
> fois une institution de renforcement de capacités en TIC, le point
> focal régional pour le West Africa IGF (WAIGF), membre fondateur de
> African IGF et qui organise tous les deux (2) ans, une Conférence
> Internationale dénommée IDLELO sur le continent. De mon humble point
> de vue, je pense que le NPOC a beaucoup à faire avec une telle
> organisation en Afrique. Mais, il y a aussi l'Association Africaine
> des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres - AAULL (actif dans les pays
> francophones à travers les associations nationaux avec l'appui de
> l'OIF (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie), l'African
> Network Operators Group (AfNOG) devenu récemment African Internet
> Forum (AIS), l'Africac Top Level Domain (AfTLD), les associations des
> professionnels des TIC dans chacun des pays africains qui (ou dont les
> membres) participent à différents salons et foires sur le continent et
> à travers le monde,  sont des partenaires (parties prenantes) que je
> nous devrions, au NPOC, avoir.
> Et je suis prêt à y contribuer autant que possible.
>
> Par ailleurs, faisant allusion à la promotion de l'accès universel
> dont parlait notre frère et ami Poncelet, j'entrevois également la
> recherche d'un nécessaire partenariat avec des associations
> d'envergures internationales telles que : l'Association des Maires
> Francophones, l'Association des parlementaires francophones qui, selon
> mon constat, drainent très souvent dans leur sillage des projets de
> jumelages entre les villes (francophones et d'Afrique) et certains
> projets de développement favorisant l'accès universel dans nos
> contrées et régions démunies. Elles sont donc, de mon humble avis, des
> partenaires incontournables à inclure dans le programme du NPOC.
>
> D'autre part, il faudra "bien penser" et "bien faire" des "marketing
> materials" pour promouvoir le NPOC et ses idéaux. Je voudrais très
> humblement suggérer une traduction ou une version francophone et
> lusophone de tous les matériels qui seront élaborés, s'il vous plaît.
>
> Qu'en pensez-vous ?
>
> Et pour terminer ma contribution, je voudrais signaler que
> l'organisation que je dirige au Togo (INTIC4DEV) s'est assignée des
> tâches, non seulement de télécentre, mais aussi de Centre d'Excellence
> et d'incubation en TIC, qui constituent des manques à gagner dans
> l'écosystème TIC du Togo. A cet égard, nous sommes particulièrement
> intéressés par des partenariats avec le GKPF, IICD, CTIC et autres
> parties prenantes pour d'éventuelles activités à mener ensemble ou
> avec leur appui. J'ose espérer que notre adhésion au NPOC nous la
> permettra aussi.
>
> Enfin, je voudrais vous annoncer très officiellement que l'INTIC4DEV
> en partenariat avec quelques associations du secteur des TIC au Togo,
> organise du 15 au 31 décembre 2012 une manifestation de promotion des
> TIC dénommée STAND DU LIBRE dans le cadre de la quinzaine commerciale
> organisée chaque année par le Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du
> Togo. L'INTIC4DEV animera une conférence le jeudi 27 décembre 2012 à
> 15H l'Hôtel GMR situé derrière la gare routière d'Agbalépédogan à Lomé
> sur le thème : "Processus Multipartite dans la gouvernace de
> l'Internet" . C'est au cours de cette conférence, où seront conviés
> les représentants tous les secteurs (public, privé, et OSC) que nous
> comptons faire une plus grande campagne pour le NPOC et ses idéaux.
> L'INTIC4DEV voudrait saisir l'occasion pour présenter le NPOC et
> susciter des adhésins d'organisations à but non lucratifs du Togo et
> de la sous-région.
> Aussi, s'il vous plaît,  vos "marketing materials" sont donc vivement
> attendus !!!
>
> Tout en vous réitérant mon engagement à travailler pour une meilleure
> promotion du NPOC et de ses idéaux en Afrique, je vous prie de bien
> vouloir agréer l'expression de mes sincères dévouements.
>
> Cordiales saluations,
> Cheers !
> -Olévié-
>
>
>
> 2012/11/27, Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hi to every one !
> >
> > This is reallly very interesting.
> > But please, give me few moment, I will come back to you soon with my
> ideas.
> > Cheers !
> > -Olévié Kouami-
> >
> >
> > 2012/11/27, Klaus Stoll <klaus.stoll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> Dear Poncelet, Dear Alain, Dear Friends
> >>
> >> Greetings for this. For reasons I do not know, like Alain, I did not
> have
> >> seen the outreach plan for Africa before. Doesn’t matter, here are my
> >> comments.
> >> First of all, I more or less agree with all the aspects of the plan, so
> >> let
> >> me try to put some flesh on the bones:
> >>
> >> a) I would add as a general rule. Africa outreach for NPOC should be
> done
> >> by
> >> Africans, for Africans, the rest of NPOC will help as much as they can
> >> but
> >> the overall process needs to be driven from within Africa.
> >>
> >> b) We should use existing contacts and activities to reach the
> grassroots
> >> NGO’s in Africa.
> >> What comes to my mind is for example:
> >>   a.. The NPOC/GKPF outreach plan for next year includes the webinars.
> >> This
> >> will be done besides other partners with telecentres.org and through
> this
> >> channel alone we will reach a large number of African NGO’s. So the
> >> African
> >> members of NPOC should get involved if possible as speakers/presenters
> >> and
> >> promoters.
> >>   b.. We are also through GKPF involved in a central role in the
> upcoming
> >> ITU Africa Child Online Protection Summit to be held next year in
> Uganda.
> >> There is a chance to use this opportunity for outreach.
> >>   c.. The southern cone of Africa we can easily reach through our
> >> existing
> >> contacts with the South African e-Skills Institute.
> >>   d.. I expect CTIC from Spain to become a NPOC member soon and CTIC has
> >> several programs going on in Africa.
> >>   e.. Let’s identify 1-3 key conferences in Africa where NPOC should
> have
> >> at
> >> least a booth and if possible speakers and presenters. This can be done
> >> in
> >> conjunction with GKPF to share resources and effort
> >>   f.. GKPF is just starting an excellent e-readiness and capacity
> >> building
> >> program under the leadership of IICD, that includes internet governance
> >> and
> >> that is broader then existing programs as it includes not just the
> >> technical
> >> aspects but also the strategic use and political implications for users
> >> such
> >> as NGO’s. I invite NPOC you join forces.
> >>
> http://gkpfoundation.org/profiles/blogs/join-our-ereadiness-and-capacity-building-initiatives
> >> c) Reaching NGO’s in Africa is not enough! Their needs to be a reason
> for
> >> them to join NPOC and the only reason they will join NPOC and stay as
> >> members if we can give the capacity building and a real voice in the
> >> Internet Governance process and these two elements and how they are
> >> delivered must be very very clear to everybody involved.
> >> We have to be aware about several obstacles that still exist from NPOC
> >> recruiting members effectively. I order to join NPOC you have to first
> >> join
> >> the ICANN Non Commercial Stakeholder Group, (NCSG). You will find the
> >> membership form online at:
> >>
> >>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Membership+Application
> >>
> >>
> >> Before you fill it out beware of the pitfalls
> >>
> >> 1) you need to click first organizational membership, if you click
> >> individual membership you will become automatically a member of another
> >> constituency called NCUC.
> >>
> >> 2) you do not have to give any financial details about your organization
> >>
> >> 3) on the second page it is vital that you opt for NPOC not NCUC
> >>
> >> after you submitted the form please let us know and you will in due
> >> course
> >> receive a reply from NSCG and NPOC.
> >>
> >>
> >> Then the NCSG-EC will do everything to delay the decision if an
> >> organization
> >> can join or not. This is an reality we have to live with day by day, but
> >> it
> >> should not dishearten us. New members need to know what they are signing
> >> up
> >> for.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> d) We need to give Poncelet the tools to go out in places like Dubai to
> >> go
> >> out and to do the good work. One of the basic tools is a good
> information
> >> brochure and also I think it might be good to have copies of the
> existing
> >> outreach plan for 2013 ready to give out in order to show people that we
> >> are
> >> doing things. How can we get it done, Can we use the existing stuff we
> >> have,
> >> do we need to get new brochures done?.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> These are just initial thoughts, but I have to say that I am very happy
> >> to
> >> see that our efforts in Africa are moving forward and that we have such
> >> active NPOC Champions like Poncelet.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yours
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Klaus
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Alain Berranger
> >> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 6:40 PM
> >> To: Poncelet Ileleji
> >> Cc: npoc@xxxxxxxxx ; Olivier Kouami ; marie-laure Lemineur ; Klaus
> Stoll
> >> ;
> >> Eduardo Monge ; Andrei Barburas ; Caroline Figuères ; Cintra Sooknanan
> >> Subject: [npoc] Re: NPOC Some Sugestions for African Outreach Strategy
> >>
> >> Dear Poncelet,
> >>
> >> Yes, I did miss your original email... Apologies and thanks for
> >> resending.
> >>
> >> Your proposed African strategy is excellent and a great start to 2013-14
> >> activities. I will include it in the NPOC 2013-14 outreach plan. We need
> >> Olivier to specifically come in on the discussion and enhance the plan
> >> from
> >> his African perspective and network (Olivier, tu peux donner tes
> >> commentaires en français). There is great synergy in the two of you
> >> working
> >> together.
> >>
> >> Poncelet, you need to link up with  GKPF and Klaus, inter alia around
> >> e-readiness.
> >>
> >> We also need Marie-laure, Klaus, Eduardo, Andrei and Cintra to chime in
> >> with
> >> their comments when they have a moment.
> >>
> >> I am also introducing you to Caroline Figueres, the ED from IICD, The
> >> Hague,
> >> by copy of this email and to Andrei, also from IICD who helps a lot with
> >> technology and will be updating our website soon. There will be much
> >> synergy
> >> with IICD in Africa and Caroline is also Chair of GKPF. So, this is a
> >> winning combination.
> >>
> >> I will update the NPOC plan with your specific suggestions...while I'm
> >> awaiting other comments and also looking for basic artwork support
> before
> >> actually making the first fundraising calls. We need modest amounts to
> >> make
> >> the plan a reality but can still progress meanwhile with our current
> >> voluntary resources.
> >>
> >> I think we should all meet in Los Angeles at the end of January and I
> >> will
> >> be writing to all NPOCers soon about the details. Klaus is also trying
> to
> >> organize a GKPF meeting at the same venue and the same dates.
> >>
> >> You should think of YMCA-Gambia joining GKPF.
> >>
> >> Thanks again for your great contributions.
> >>
> >> Best regards, Alain
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji@xxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>   Hello Alain,
> >>
> >>   Re sending
> >>
> >>
> >>   ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>   From: Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji@xxxxxxx>
> >>   Date: 20 November 2012 00:16
> >>   Subject: NPOC Some Sugestions for African Outreach Strategy
> >>   To: npoc-voice@xxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>
> >>   Hello Colleagues
> >>
> >>   Sorry for the delay in sending this, based on the earlier email by
> >> Klaus
> >> on his Conceptual Thought for NPOC Outreach Plan 2012 to 2014. Focusing
> >> on
> >> the goals I will like to suggesdt the following key additions for Africa
> >> within the overall plan. I await your comments and Klaus opinion on my
> >> thoughts with NPOC global strategies.
> >>
> >>   1.       NPOC should focus  on recruiting to its membership base
> >> African
> >> Not for Profits or  Non-Governmental organizations that have played a
> key
> >> role in ICT’s within the continent in one form or the other and are
> >> prepared
> >> to understanding better how they fit into ICANN Global multi stake
> holder
> >> approach by  been members of NPOC.
> >>
> >>   2.       NPOC African outreach strategy must have a key component of
> >> grassroots advocacy  by these targeted Not for Profits in Africa, who
> >> have
> >> shown readiness to work within rural communities by involving local
> >> governmental  municipalities, ISP’s / Telco in a tri-faceted  model  to
> >> multi stake holder approach that is Not for Profits – Governmental local
> >> municipalities and the telco’s/ ISP especially with the desire to see
> the
> >> Universal Access take root properly in Africa, and this potential
> >> targeted
> >> Nlot for Profits in Africa with a track record can do.
> >>
> >>   3.       Potential African NPOC members must be ready to embed e
> >> readiness
> >> and capacity building as set objectives working within the NPOC
> >> constituency
> >> to work with partners like ISOC, Afrinic in developing  programs that
> can
> >> be
> >> cascaded with simplicity, with their domain of operation guided by NPOC
> >> objectives
> >>
> >>   4.       NPOC must use national IGF’s in African countries and
> regional
> >> IGF’s and Pan African IGF  to promote through its executive committee
> >> members from the African region to promote NPOC and liaise with local
> IGF
> >> organizers to get potential NPOC members to be full participants within
> >> these IGF’s and NPOC Executive members can be give presentation during
> >> such
> >> events to attract potential NPOC members during such IGF’s.
> >>
> >>   5.       NPOC membership from Africa must constituent all regions
> >> within
> >> the continent and official languages to show inclusivism that is Not
> only
> >> Anglophone or Francophone but Lusophone.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   Five Key potential Not for Profits involved in Africa to get on board
> >> membership of NPOC
> >>
> >>   http://www.fawe.org/
> >>
> >>   Forum For African Women Educationist in Africa headquarters in
> Nairobi,
> >> Kenya, with branches all over Africa
> >>
> >>   http://www.panos.org/
> >>
> >>   Based in several regions in the world including West Africa, South
> >> Africa,
> >> Caribbean, Paris, London, East Africa, a good NGO to Target focusing on
> >> Communicating for Development
> >>
> >>   http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/Pages/default.aspx
> >>
> >>   Really Global, but have been impressed by their work in Africa, the
> >> middle
> >> east
> >>
> >>   http://www.ihrda.org/
> >>   Operates its headquarters in the Gambia, focuses mainly on Human
> Rights
> >> cases in Africa, I know them well and have a good working relationship
> >> with
> >> them.
> >>
> >>   http://www.nosi.cv
> >>
> >>   Seems we can link with them to get into the Lusophone top NGO’s in
> >> Africa,
> >> Cape Verde off the coast of Senegal is a model African democracy and its
> >> ex
> >> president was the last to win the Mo Ibrahim African Leadership prize.
> >>
> >>   I await to hear your thoughts.
> >>
> >>
> >>   Peace
> >>
> >>   Poncelet
> >>
> >>
> >>   --
> >>   Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS
> >>   Coordinator
> >>   The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio
> >>   MDI Road Kanifing South
> >>   P. O. Box 421 Banjul
> >>   The Gambia, West Africa
> >>   Tel: (220) 4370240
> >>   Fax:(220) 4390793
> >>   Cell:(220) 9912508
> >>   Skype: pons_utd
> >>   www.ymca.gm
> >>   www.waigf.org
> >>   www.aficta.org
> >>   www.itag.gm
> >>   www.npoc.org
> >>   http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753
> >>   www.diplointernetgovernance.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   --
> >>   Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS
> >>   Coordinator
> >>   The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio
> >>   MDI Road Kanifing South
> >>   P. O. Box 421 Banjul
> >>   The Gambia, West Africa
> >>   Tel: (220) 4370240
> >>   Fax:(220) 4390793
> >>   Cell:(220) 9912508
> >>   Skype: pons_utd
> >>   www.ymca.gm
> >>   www.waigf.org
> >>   www.aficta.org
> >>   www.itag.gm
> >>   www.npoc.org
> >>   http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753
> >>   www.diplointernetgovernance.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
> >> Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca
> >>
> >> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business,
> >> www.schulich.yorku.ca
> >> Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation,
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> >> NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org
> >> Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
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> >> Skype: alain.berranger
> >>
> >>
> >>
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