<div dir="ltr">Hi Parminder, the assumption of the contradiction seem like a non sequitur. Why would interest to engage in a process like the OECD have to imply a normative endorsement of the status quo? Working with the system that we've currently got can go hand in hand with efforts to make the system as a whole better. Not to mention the value of damage control.<div><div><br></div><div>Warm wishes,</div><div>Lea</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:13 PM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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"Global IG civil society" as a monolithic bloc? Could you elaborate?</pre>
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Dear Carlos,<br>
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Nice to hear from you!<br>
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I should not have generalised. My apologies. But the civil society
section that engages with OECD's Internet policy processes is really
a pretty big part of the civil society groups dominant in the global
IG space. So, my question may be taken just as being addressed to
this quite big civil society section, vis a vis their apparently
contradictory stand when they are at the OECD (the club of the rich
countries) vis a vis when they are at the UN (a grouping of all
countries) .<br>
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best regards, parminder <br>
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<pre>Thanks Carolina for compiling this information.
As global IG civil society preparesin full enthusiasm to participate in
the OECD ministerial on digital economy policy, I would ask what has
become my pet question...
Why would you not support the same model of Internet policy making if
all governments instead of just the 34 richest ones are involved, if the
stakeholder participation processes remain exactly the same as with this
OECD process? (And that would include your native country, Brazil.)
I cant make it simpler.
Can all this enthusiasm notbe considered a pro rich countries approach?
Not something that behoves global civil society, which is supposed to be
on the side of the weaker and marginalised, groups and people.
parminder
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Today, we - at PK- have published a couple of short texts about what
is going on in preparation for the OECD Ministerial Meeting. The
Ministerial will take place in Cancun in June 2016.
We've also included information on how to participate. The most
important step is to become a member of CSISAC, the civil society
coalition that channels the participation and concerns of CS in the
OECD.
Best, Carol
· OECD Sets the Scene for Future Decades of ICT Policy Development
<a href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/oecd-sets-the-scene-for-future-decades-of-ict-policy-development" target="_blank">https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/oecd-sets-the-scene-for-future-decades-of-ict-policy-development</a>
· Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
<a href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/organization-for-economic-co-operation-and-development" target="_blank">https://www.publicknowledge.org/organization-for-economic-co-operation-and-development</a>
· OECD Ministerial Meetings
<a href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/oecd-ministerial-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.publicknowledge.org/oecd-ministerial-meetings</a>
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