[icann-see] Reminder: SEEDIG 2017 Report for review

[Michael Oghia]

Hi Panagiotis,

Thank you for your very detailed reply, and I'm glad to know you wanted to
attend. Hopefully next year's SEEDIG will see your participation as well as
of your colleagues and others from Greece.

Best,
-Michael

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Panagiotis Papaspiliopoulos <
p.papaspil at yme.gov.gr> wrote:

> Dear Sorina and SEEDIG colleagues,
>
> I trust my email finds you well.
>
> First of all, I would like to congratulate the executive committee, the
> host, the organisation team, the speakers, the moderators and the
> participants of the SEEDIG 2017 meeting, because, as is clearly shown from
> the "SEEDIG 2017 Report", this meeting was a very successful one.
>
> Responding to Michael's comment below, I would like to clarify that I was
> invited in the meeting (and I believe more people from the internet society
> of Greece), but it was difficult for me to to participate due to heavy
> workload at the time before and after the meeting, as I had to prepare most
> of the Minister's dossier for the Telecom Ministerial meeting of the
> Council of the EU. I would really like to participate in the SEEDIG
> meetings and I hope next time to be able to do so.
>
> Regarding the "SEEDIG 2017 Report", I have no comment to make, as this
> report is beyond my expectations (wrongfully, knowing Sorina and her
> colleagues in the executive committee). I believe this report is really
> great in all aspects, thorough, useful and easy to read.
>
> As for the case of Greece, please allow me to inform you that the
> Regulation covering the issues of the assignment and the management of
> domain names under the Greek IDN TLD .ελ is at its final stage and we all
> expect to see it live very soon. However, due to the economic crisis, the
> fact is that the Greek Government mainly focuses in the following areas:
>
>    - to develop infrastructure and provide a robust, quality and
>    high-speed digital environment all over Greece (which is a really difficult
>    task taking into consideration the unique topology of Greece),
>    - to improve and enhance e-government by providing as many digital
>    services to the citizens and the companies as possible,
>    - to support the establishment of a safe and secure digital
>    environment,
>    - to decrease the digital divide by improving the digital skills of
>    the citizens and the employees,
>    - to attract investments at the telecom sector and support start-ups
>    using ICTs as leverage.
>
> Finally, I would like to join those who believe that the South-East
> European region has the potential to play an active and key role in the
> Internet Governance and I would like to congratulate the people who manage
> and support the relevant initiatives and projects.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Panagiotis
> ---
>
> *Panagiotis Papaspiliopoulos*
>
> Accredited Representative of Greece to the GAC of ICANN
> Chair of the Greek Generation Panel for the IDN Project of ICANN
> Telecommunications Expert
>
> Hellenic Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications & Media
> General Secretariat of Telecommunications & Post
> General Directorate of Telecommunications & Post
> tel: +30 210 650 8538 <+30%2021%200650%208538>
> fax: +30 210 650 8533 <+30%2021%200650%208533>
> email: p.papaspil[at]yme.gov.gr
>
> On 23/08/2017 10:58, Sorina Teleanu wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> While thanking Michael for his comments, we would like to remind you all
> that we welcome your feedback on the SEEDIG 2017 report by Friday, 25th
> August.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sorina
> (on behalf of the executive committee)
>
>
> P.S. And please do not forget about the SEE summary& hub survey
> <https://seedig.typeform.com/to/zVpZ4b>either. :)
>
>
> On 19 August 2017 at 15:59, Michael Oghia wrote:
>
>> Dear Sorina and the EC,
>>
>> First of all, thank you so much for this. I really like the report (the
>> design and layout especially, such as how you all added the tweets to the
>> sessions and interlaced them with the photos and graphics). Good job!
>>
>> In terms of feedback, here are my general comments:
>>
>> 1. It was good to see participants from every country in the region.
>> Looking at the map on page 25, it would be nice to see participants from
>> Greece and Cyprus invited next year as well.
>>
>> 2. It was great to see so many people had positive feedback for it (as
>> demonstrated by the survey).
>>
>> 3. I loved the idea someone suggested about appointing an ambassador for
>> each SEE country. I definitely support this idea.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Sorina Teleanu <sorinat at diplomacy.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> On behalf of the executive committee of SEEDIG, I am glad to inform you
>>> that the SEEDIG 2017 report is now ready.
>>>
>>> Before we publish it and submit it to the IGF Secretariat, we would like
>>> to invite you to review it and let us know if you have any comments or
>>> suggestions. We welcome your input by* Friday, 25th August.*
>>>
>>> The report covers the SEEDIG 2017 cycle, and contains information about
>>> both the annual meeting and intersessional activities. It is quite long,
>>> but, following consultations with the IGF Secretariat, it was determined
>>> that it is useful to provide as many details as possible about the SEEDIG
>>> process, both for transparency reasons, and for other initiatives to be
>>> able to follow any of our practices, should they wish to.
>>>
>>> With this, we would also like to thank you all, once again, for having
>>> contributed to SEEDIG activities over the past year.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Sorina
>>> (on behalf of the executive committee)
>>>
>>
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