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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/05/13 11:21, Deborah Brown wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I've attached (with permission) the U.S. proposal
regarding opening CWG-Internet that has been mentioned on this
thread. If anyone knows of similar proposals from other govts it
would be really helpful to share them here and compare. My sense
is that the U.S. proposal is a start, but it still refers to
participation with other stakeholders as "consultations". This
may be a necessary structural challenge, but I don't think
participation in the IEG was phrased this way. I'm really
interested in hearing others' thoughts on this.
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</style>Actually what they've done is quite clever, in that the
CWG-Internet already has open consultations, but they are saying
"well, another way to implement that would be to allow all
stakeholders to participate in the actual meaning". It is basically
twisting what "open consultations" means. So I think that we will
get what we want out of this, even though it is phrased in an odd
way.<br>
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<div>I'm also happy to contribute to collaborative efforts, and
attempt a first draft later in the week if that would be
helpful. When would be the target date to release this? Ahead
of the June Council session?</div>
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I would like to pitch in but it will be towards the end because I
have a report to a funder to finish, then two publications, then
another webinar... :-(<br>
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