[governance] Re: IGF workshops - more time is needed

[Jeanette Hofmann]

karen banks wrote:
> hi
> 
> would it be possible to submit proposals with as many stake-holder 
> partners as people can manage to bring together in the next 2 weeks, but 
> be given an extra week or so to confirm partners?

We got several proposals with "to be confirmed" partners last year. I 
don't see a problem with that.
> 
> that way, i imagine some initial assessment work could be done by the 
> MAG, with confirmed partners coming in a little later..

yes.
> 
> and one thing that still isn't clear to me - are we talking about a 
> criteria that there must be *multiple stakeholders* (ie, more than one) 
> or *all stakeholders* which would include specifically, CSOs, 
> government, business and international organsiations?

The way I interpret it (and probably took it for granted) is that we 
want cooperation between stakeholders, meaning boundary crossing 
interactions. For civil society this would mean to find a partner from 
the business sector, an international organization or a government. 
Several stakeholder is of course ok too.
jeanette
> 
> karen
> 
> At 16:34 16/06/2007, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
> 
> 
>> Parminder wrote:
>>> Adam (and other CS members of the MAG)
>>> I think that the time given for submitting proposals is too little,
>>> especially when one has to get partners from different stakeholder 
>>> groups,
>>> which would mean first seeking partners, then collaborating on 
>>> proposal text
>>> and so on. I think there is no need to have people rush it, by giving 
>>> around
>>> 3 weeks to bring full proposals to the table. Even if this serves to keep
>>> the number of workshops manageable - though I am not alleging that is the
>>> motive here.
>>
>> Hi, the rationale for the deadline end of July is to give enough time 
>> for asking speakers or panelists. The MAG thought that well-known 
>> experts are difficult to get and need to be asked as early as possible.
>> jeanette
>>
>>> This works against new groups, and new partnerships, organizing 
>>> workshops.
>>> Most CS groups are just about learning about the workshop call and 
>>> even in
>>> this age of digital communications - these calls take time in moving away
>>> from the centre towards relative peripheries. I just now saw the call for
>>> IGF workshops put out in the WSIS Disability Causus, inviting ideas.  
>>> What
>>> we will have, in such short time, is the usual suspects in usual
>>> combinations, and that's really against the main principles and ideals of
>>> IGF. The idea is to get different kinds of people in, and different kinds
>>> talking to each other (as Nitin keeps saying). This central objective is
>>> defeated by giving such a short notice for completing workshop proposals.
>>> This also works against less- resourced and less- connected people and
>>> groups. 
>>> I think we should move the deadline at least to July 15th. I see no great
>>> reason for sticking to this timeline. I request CS MAG members to
>>> communicate this request to the MAG and the secretariat. Others may also
>>> give their views on this, and if others agree, it can be communicated on
>>> behalf of 'some CS members'.
>>> This appeal comes directly from the problems being faced with some CS 
>>> groups
>>> in which I am involved, in terms of the required time, in reaching out to
>>> new partners for some activities that we want to organize. And when I
>>> thought of it I could see that most/many CS groups must be facing this
>>> problem.
>>> Now, if the number of workshops goes beyond what can be handled
>>> logistically, we will need to come out with some solutions for that. 
>>> But for
>>> the present lets open up the process more, in terms of the time 
>>> available to
>>> respond with full proposals for organizing these workshops. This will 
>>> both
>>> improve participation, and the diversity of partnerships of the 
>>> workshops.
>>> Parminder
>>> ________________________________________________
>>> Parminder Jeet Singh
>>> IT for Change, Bangalore
>>> Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities Tel: 
>>> (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890
>>> Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055
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