[governance] Our workshop proposal - "final call"

[Izumi AIZU]

Dear list,

I have revised our workshop proposal as follows and also on the etherpad:

http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/IGF_12_Workshop_Proposal_A

The deadline for submission is tomorrow, Apr 20, and, I tried
to accommodate most comments and suggestions already.

So this is sort of "final call".  If you still have comments and/or
suggestions, please send to the list or directly to me asap.
I will make final edit tomorrow evening and will submit.

Please also understand that I have contacted other host/panel
people, and they may ask last-minute changes, mostly of minor
nature, and I will not have time to consult every details to this
list. I do hope you all understand this.


izumi

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Proposal for IGF Workshop

Question 1: Title of proposed workshop.
Quo Vadis IGF – or Evolution of IGF

Question 2: Please provide a concise description of the proposed workshop.
IGF is now in the second phase and “improvements” are mandated by the
UN General Assembly. To fill this mandate, CSTD Working Group to the
Improvement of the IGF was established in 2010 and tasked to publish
its report by March 2011. The WG came up with the final report in
March 2012. This report will be presented to the CSTD Session in May
and further discussions are scheduled to take place at UN ECOSOC and
General Assembly.
This workshop will examine the substance of the CSTD WG Report and
share different views by different actors on the IGF improvements and
their implementations. It will discuss the following major issues:
Shaping the Outcome of IGF Meetings, Working Modalities, and Funding
among others.
Though the basic nature of IGF as a non-binding forum has not been
challenged, the WG Report proposes to enhance the impact of the IGF,
with outcome documentation that includes messages that map out
converging and diverging opinions on given questions clearly. On
Funding, the WG could not reach full consensus: with Civil Society
proposing more robust funding including the use of UN regular budget,
while some others supported to stay with the current voluntary
funding.
How the actual “improved” IGF remain relevant will be the central
focus of this workshop.

Question 3:
Taking stock and Way Forward
Question 3a:?
Taking Stock and the Way Forward in general, but not to the specific
main theme questions.

Question 4:
Yes
Question 4a:
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposalsReports2010View&wspid=55

Question 5:
Peter Major, Chair, CSTD Working Group on IGF Improvement, Special
Advisor, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations in Geneva
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor for International Communication
Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus
Mervi Kultamaa, Counsellor, Information Society & Trade Facilitation,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Department for External
Economic Relations
Markus Kummer, Vice President of Public Policy, Internet Society
N.Ravi Shanker- Additional Secretary, Universal Services Obligation
Fund, Department of Telecommunication, India
Parminder Jeet Singh, Executive Coordinator, IT for Change

Question 5a:
Avri Doria

Question 6:
Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS IGC)  [Civil Society]
Consumer International   [Civil Society]
Diplo Foundation  [MSH]
Government of Finland  [TBD]
Government of India  [TBD]
Internet Society  [Technical Community]
Institute for InfoSocinomics, Tama University  [Civil Society]
IT for Change [Civil Society]
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