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<font face="Verdana">Thanks Ian<br>
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Responding to the two issues you raise. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 25 May 2015 12:27 PM, Ian
Peter wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Parminder,</div>
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<div>Two issues in response to your suggestion.</div>
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<div>Firstly, the suggestion that CSCG do this. CSCG consists
of five people who are pretty busy co-ordinating coalitions
of CS organisations (BB, JNC, IGC, APC, NCSG) and myself as
an independent chair. The role of CSCG is to ensure a
co-ordinated civil society response and conduit when it
comes to making civil society appointments to outside
organisations. It has no staff, no funding, not even a
formal charter. In order to address some of the issues it
faces I have suggested from time to time that the
membership be expanded to include say 3 more respected civil
society people who are not formal representatives of
coalitions of CS organisations. The last time I suggested
this it was met with some strongly worded negative responses
from JNC and I have not heard of any change of position on
this. So for these reasons I don’t think CSCG is the right
organisation to take on this task. Perhaps IGC?</div>
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I suggested CSCG bec it has reps from major CS networks and so there
was a common ownership over what should be a commonly owned and
directed initiative so that there is scope of bias, and appropriate
avenues of recourse exist. I still think CSCG the right body for it,
but IGC would do as well. As for resources, let me make this blind
offer, I will try and raise resources for one person devoting her
half/ quarter time, who can be housed in a reputed org with a
neutral image, for this purpose. More resources are needed initially
for setting it up, but once set up it wont require much. I still do
not know from where id seek resources but I am confident that with
so much funds coming into the IG space someone somewhere would give
a few thousand dollars for overall transparency and accountability
in the sector. That should address and settle the resources argument
in terms of my proposal. <br>
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<div>Secondly, I wonder how it would work in CS which has so
many people who are basically acting as individuals rather
than representatives of organisations. Many if not most of
us also have non CS affiliations (eg membership of ISOC,
business or governmental employees if we are cs volunteers,
academic postings etc) so the “pure” CS rep is probably a
bit hard to find. I am not sure what we would gain by having
a register of all our multiple affiliations which would need
regular updating to be of any use. I think we need to
ensure our major coalitions (BB, JNC, IGC, APC, NCSG) act
transparently, and by and large I think they do. But I am
not sure of the value of extending this to what is probably
tens of thousands of members or organisations affiliated
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Almost all CS transparency and accountability initiatives are
focussed on organisations and not individuals, bec of the obvious
reasons that the former have a greater role and impact. One may not
need such processes for individuals, other than perhaps when any
nominations or appointments are being on behalf of civil society ,
in which case anyone would agree that some basic declarations
should in any case be necessary, and such simple and basic
decelerations alone are what my proposed initiative asks for. <br>
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<div>Over to others to discuss. I am not opposed to the
suggestion that something be done in this area, but I think
we need to refine any such idea somewhat,</div>
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Please give suggestions.<br>
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<div> and if the aim is somehow to enhance CS credibility and
transparency in this space, perhaps we should also discuss
what other measures might also assist this.</div>
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And for this as well.<br>
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Thanks again. parminder <br>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 24, 2015 3:31 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [governance] Civil society
transparency</div>
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face="Verdana">Ian, and reps of civil society networks on
the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) ,<br>
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I propose that CSCG sets up a civil society transparency
project, somewhat on the lines of the EU Transparency
Register, pl see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/homePage.do">http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/homePage.do</a>
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It should in fact go beyond the EU initiative which is a
general one for all lobbying groups, whereas we here are
concerned with civil society which should set the highest
example of transparency and accountability. The 'register'
can have self filled information on objectives of an
organisation, principles followed by it, if any, its
funding, partners, and so on.... <br>
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This is at present just my proposal, but I hope one or
more civil society networks in the IG space can own it and
push it... CSCG would be well placed to run this project
as a neutral space so that there is no accusation of bias
that any such initiative is being employed for partisan
purposes. In any case, a simple initiative for openness,
transparency and accountability can hardly be partisan.<br>
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The register can have optional higher level features
whereby a group/ org can declare its means of public
accountability, whether and how its internal governance is
done, how matters can be taken by with their oversight
bodies, like board etc, and whether they have any means
whereby they respond to public question on their work,
etc.<br>
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For such genuine cases where such transparency can harm an
organisations work, or security, such organisations, and
only such organisations, can be exempted employing a clear
process and set of criteria.<br>
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Remember, both the UN report on improvements to the IGF
and the NetMundial Statement highlight the issue of
transparency. I also recently read in these lists how we
should make bridges with the OpenGov movement which is
almost wholly about this one thing. Time we begin
practising what we preach. <br>
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I look forward to hear responses to this proposal..<br>
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parminder <br>
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