<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Dear all, </font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">We, the members of the High-Level Executive Committee of NetMundial+10, would like to share some relevant information about the upcoming event. </font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">High-Level Executive Committee</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As announced by CGI.br, the </span><a href="https://netmundial.br/HLEC" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">High-Level Executive Committee (HLEC)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> will oversee the organization of the event, shaping details such as the program, modes of participation, and expected outcomes. The Civil Society Group of the HLEC is composed of the following names: (a) Anita Gurumurthy (IT4Change), (b) Bia Barbosa (RSF); (c) Bruna Santos (Digital Action); (d) Grace Githaiga (KictaNet); (e) Jason Pielemeier (GNI). Valéria Betancourt (APC) is our stakeholder group representative in the Co-Chairs group of the HLEC. </span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">The HLEC group was also sub-divided into 3 working groups on (a) Consultation, (b) program and (c) Participation. So far, our approach to the discussions have all aimed at ensuring linkages with other processes; consideration of structural inequality and exclusion matters as well as barriers for MS engagement in the framing of the consultation and agenda; an open, inclusive and transparent NM+10 process.</font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Dates and Participation</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><a href="https://netmundial.br/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">As announced at the website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, the event is set to take place in São Paulo, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, on the 29th and 30th of April 2024. A form for the submission of statements of interest for participation (online and onsite) will be launched in the coming days. Through the assessment of pre-defined diversity criteria CGI.br will define the final list of participants. </span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Format of the event </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The event is being conceived in a similar format to the </span><a href="https://netmundial.br/2014/pt/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">initial edition</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">: 2 days of discussions, with an opening session on the morning of the 29th and a closing ceremony at the end of April 30th. Participation onsite will be limited to up to 100 people per stakeholder group, but the HLEC has also confirmed CGI.br initial intention to host the event as a hybrid one with equal footing of participation for online and onsite participants. </span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Subject and outcomes </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">As previously announced by CGI.br,  the event will follow the already announced framework of talking about current challenges for multistakeholderism and digital governance - and in the opinion of our SG group the values of equity, justice, and people's participation we hold dear as civil society. </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">NetMundial+10 Secretariat and the HLEC are already working on a draft consultation document about two points: (a) Principles (drawing on the </span><a href="https://document.netmundial.br/1-internet-governance-principles/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">landmark 2014 document</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">); and (b) a common structured agenda named "a new agenda for the future evolution of the digital world". </span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">What's next?</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Form for collection of statements of interest for participation - </font><font color="#ff0000">Early March </font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">Consultation document with a set of principles and request for topics that could integrate the "new agenda for the future evolution of the digital world" - </font><font color="#ff0000">Mid/late March</font></span></p></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Kind regards,</span></font></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline"><b>Bruna Martins dos Santos </b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline">(she / her)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline">Global Campaigns Manager</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline">, Digital Action</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Germany-based</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="https://digitalaction.co/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:327px;height:91px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/joNLtIEfGeqzj9crzpxadYR3ZiFnz3H3VQ8ucE8AVTeBujwZHuDq408hRXvax8AYV2XkE87zROp_dy5GSOkNsIAoSN4f0_P7rSWbJHjsoFIffFgs8QpkdrMd5jhqvtgbzq0R2_N8Xlpp" width="200" height="54" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></a></span><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ONtTjg4yRQzhyEBThdsfzwsZIOd1KtyYmIuBaEGuFzFhYT9kqZajmeKozqn0RcXCwW_Vw3CoD8IgeIfxYTiv465TfQ8kshqjiRk07onXXvzdsAn_C-39szbX4gjuFzj61CTlOIHXYcYn" width="200" height="88" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"><br></p></div></div></div>