Survey for IGF WS#250 - How to make remote participation sustainable?

WS250: How to make remote participation sustainable?

IGF Day 1: Tuesday 6-December-2016

Workshop Room 7 - 09:00 - 10:30
https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf2016/index.php/proposal/view_public/250

Objective: To ensure a sustainable engagement in IGF discussions during and in between conferences with remote participations

Description of the workshop:

To ensure a sustainable discussion for Internet Governance, it is important to include remote participants who are unable to attend physically to these discussions. IGF and regional IGFs only happen once a year, so most of the work is actually done remotely. While face to face meetings are best, it often comes with a high price tag of traveling and accommodation costs, which is often unaffordable by participants in developing countries. In particular, we would want to explore how to make it sustainable for youth since they are the new blood and least economically supported. By discussing how to make remote participation a sustainable way to attract new attendees, and how to make it easy for them to voice out, despite language and timezone barriers. This topic is crucial to enable inclusive and sustainable growth.

This survey aims to identify the most important problems to address for remote participation among the broader community. After collecting the feedback, we will choose the top 4 pressing issues for discussion of solutions that we can adopt in the next IGF. The report will be submitted to the Secretariat for reference

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* 1. Which age group do you belong to?

Under 18

18 - 30

30 - 50

Above 50

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* 2. Have you ever participated remotely for IG discussions?

Yes

If yes, what were the meetings and the tools used? e.g. webinar, conference, capacity building sessions, etc.

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* 3. Have you continued to participate? Why, or why not?

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* 4. What are the key reasons for not attending remotely?

The meeting timezone is not suitable for me

My Internet connection is unstable

The Internet connection of the host is unstable

Moderator has not enabled remote participants

I do not feel motivated to continue discussions

I found difficulties in participating as a newcomer

Internet governance discussions are not my top concern

I have another non-IG related day job that gives me less spare time to commit to the discussions

I feel the IG discussions has little direct policy impact

Others

Please elaborate your above choices or add other reasons.

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* 5. Have you ever attended a remote hub to join IG discussions?

Yes

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* 6. Is there any remote hubs within your geographical location?

Yes

Please state your economies of residence.

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* 7. Will you be interested to host a remote hub for your community?

Yes

Reasons:

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* 8. What are the current tools that you use for remote participation on Internet Governance discussions?

WebEx

AdobeConnect

Zoom

Phone bridge

Mailing Lists

Social Media

Other (please specify)

Survey for IGF WS#250 - How to make remote participation sustainable?

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* 1. Which age group do you belong to?

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* 2. Have you ever participated remotely for IG discussions?

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* 3. Have you continued to participate? Why, or why not?

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* 4. What are the key reasons for not attending remotely?

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* 5. Have you ever attended a remote hub to join IG discussions?

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* 6. Is there any remote hubs within your geographical location?

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* 7. Will you be interested to host a remote hub for your community?

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* 8. What are the current tools that you use for remote participation on Internet Governance discussions?

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* 9. Do you think the current tools used by UNIGF are optimal for remote participation? Why or why not?

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* 10. Any suggestions on how to ensure a more sustainable engagement in IGF with remote participation?