[governance] CONSENSUS CALL - IGF ROLE

[linda misek-falkoff]

YES

Linda M F.

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

> We also need to get a consensus on the following statement which, depending
> on the flow of the consultations, may be delivered with or separately to
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> statement on the IGF review.
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> Please indicate YES or NO in response. If responding no and can articulate
> why, we may be able to accommodate suggestions even at this late stage.
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> STATEMENT
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> The Internet Governance Caucus is of the view that the IGF should continue
> beyond its first mandated period of five years.
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> There are two clear, and relatively distinct, mandates of the IGF -  first,
> regarding public policy functions, as a forum for multistakeholder policy
> dialogue, and second, regarding capacity building. Both aspects of the
> IGF's
> role need to be strengthened.
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> Especially, one role (for instance, capacity building) should not be
> promoted to the exclusion of the other (policy related role). If the IGF is
> assessed not to be sufficiently contributing to its one or the other
> principal roles, adequate measures should be considered to improve its
> effectivenesses vis-a-vis that role.
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> It is important that IGF remains open to addressing all issues that are in
> the IG space, no matter how controversial. Very likely, the more
> controversial an issue, the more appropriate it may be to bring it to the
> IGF where inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders can be sought.
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> Deliberations at the IGF can be used as inputs for global Internet policy
> making, which will help make policy-making processes more participative and
> democratic.
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> We congratulate the IGF secretariat on doing exemplary work in the last few
> years, However for this success to be built on, the IGF should be assured
> stable and sufficient public funding to be able to carry its functions
> effectively, and impartially in global public interest. To this end we
> believe it is important that no other UN organization gets involved in the
> IGF's management.
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> Ian Peter
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