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This is an attempted draft for the proposed internationalisation
workshop. <br>
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Democratic internationalization of Internet Governance - The way
forward from
where we stand today <br style="">
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</b>As the Internet becomes a key factor of reorganizing our
social structures, and doing so at a global level as never before,
democratic
global governance of the Internet is a pressing imperative. Its present
governance structures grew out of certain historical contexts, as well
as of
some new socio-political realities around the Internet. In the context
of rapid
changes that the Internet has wrought, the key and emerging issues
related to its governance, and the correspondingly legitimate
governance arrangements,
could not have been anticipated by anyone. One thing however is clear
by now;
the Internet is not just a technical artifact, requiring technical
governance
with regard to keeping it running smoothly, but a key socio-political
phenomenon requiring
participative political governance by all people of the world, who are
all
implicated.<span style=""> </span>However, the direction we
move in from here depends on where we stand. It is important to analyze
the
needs of evolution and internationalization of IG from these dual
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The workshop will seek to discuss some real institutional
possibilities of what to do next, possibly presenting and analyzing
alternative
models, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each.<span
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Relates to theme –<u1:p> </u1:p></b>IG, CIRs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="cftext"><b>Who would you approach as
co-organizers ? Or who do you think should organize it?</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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It is best that this workshop is organized by civil society
actors. IG Caucus will like to organize this
workshop, along with some<span style=""> </span>civil society
organizations
form the North and South that have shown interest. </p>
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