<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Congratulations to all. The text looks very good.<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">I would
like to make just two quick comments.<br>
<br>
Regarding question 5 (how to best link the IGF with regional meetings) I
believe that it is important that regional meetings play a more important role
in IGF agenda-setting and issue-framing. The discussions that take place during
the meetings, if summarized more objectively and timely, could represent real regional
contributions to the process. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">This does
not happen today, as the results of the regional meetings are mostly publicized
during the IGF in a reporting back session. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The outcomes of regional meetings should
also serve to better clarify and sharpen the discussions, reducing the
complexity of themes into concrete issues (problems to be addressed at/by the
IGF). This would be important if the IGF will be supposed to produce more
concrete outcomes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Regarding question
6, I totally agree with the suggestion and I believe it is of great importance.
I just think that it should be clear that the rapporteurs should also be
proactive to bring into the IGF issues that are being discussed originally in
other forums, if they relate to the Internet (and not only the feedbacks from
these other forums about the discussions taking place in the IGF). These
repporteurs should be the ones “operating the radar” and bringing issues into
the attention of the IG community.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Last but
not least, I particularly agree with the role that remote participation can
have in open consultations and MAG meetings and proceedings. And it should indeed be a continuous process, throughout the year.<br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Best
wishes,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Marília</span></p>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<b>1. Has the work of the MAG been consistent with the mandate set out in the Tunis Agenda and subsequent decisions?</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>The IGC broadly supports the continuation of a balanced multistakeholder advisory group. In its current role, the MAG has performed reasonably. However, the IGF now stands at a cross-roads where it may be called upon to produce more tangible outputs. The qualification of the MAG to steer the IGF through this challenging phase of its evolution is less clear.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">We would like the MAG to play an active role in any possible improvements towards a greater outcome orientation that may be suggested by the ongoing IGF improvement process. Since there is no other clear body or structure in and of the IGF, any possible suggestions for improvements like inter-sessional work, choosing of key issues for more focussed work, working groups on issues, background papers etc will require the MAG to play an important part.</div>
</b></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><br></div></b></div><div>To ensure that the MAG remains effective in this new era, the IGF may require more direct lines of accountability to its constituencies, more balanced sectoral representation, and proactive leadership. Reducing the size of the MAG might also improve its effectiveness.</div>
<div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Moreover, MAG members should be encouraged to put ideas out for multistakeholder comment and participation, in a variety of other institutions, processes and fora, both online and offline. Opening up meetings of the MAG to </span></b>observers, either face to face or remotely, could also assist in making it more accessible and responsive to the broader community.</div>
<div><br></div><div><u>Finally we ask that when the MAG prepares the IGF's agenda, it should prioritise issues which directly concern the interests of marginalized groups, as they and those working with them (rather than just technical experts) see these issues. This in turn requires that these marginalised groups should be better represented on the MAG.</u></div>
<div><b><br></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>2. How best to nominate non governmental members for the MAG?</b></span></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: normal;">As the MAG takes on more responsibility, it will also be necessary for it to become more accountable. Part of this process may involve moving on from the <b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">existing "black box" approach whereby the United Nations Secretary General selects MAG members from a range of nominees put forward by various parties, pursuant to selection criteria that are not published.</div>
</b></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">An alternative approach that many from civil society <b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
support</div></b></div></b><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"> is the selection of MAG representatives through a bottom-up process driven by the stakeholder groups<u>, </u></div></b><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><u>subject to appropriate criteria to ensure regional and gender balance and a diversity of viewpoints</u></div>
</b></div></b></div></b></div></b><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">.</div></b></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><br></div></b></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><u>Although civil society broadly agrees on this general principle, various different models for implementing are being debated. These include </u></div></b></div>
</b><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><u>the reestablishment of a civil society umbrella group such as the WSIS civil society plenary, the use of an independent nominating committee, or the assignment of a role to </u></div>
</b></div></b><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><u>the Internet Governance Caucus itself, whose existing open, accountable, transparent and democratic processes provide a good model for a broader nominating group.</u></div>
</b></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><br></div></b></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><s>[</s></div></b></div></b><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><s><span><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><s>DELETED/REWORKED: </s></div>
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<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><s>W</s></div></b></div></b><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
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<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><s>Ith its existing open, accountable, transparent and democratic processes,</s></div>
</b></div></b></div></b></div></b></div></b><s> the Internet Governanc Caucus could form the foundation of an appropriate body to select civil society MAG representatives, subject to appropriate criteria to ensure regional and gender balance and a diversity of viewpoints. This could be done through an independent nominating committee, though there is some division within civil society on that question.]</s></div>
</b></div></b></div></b></div></b></div></b></div></b></div></b></div></b></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
Another reform that might be considered is to rescind the special privileges that representatives of intergovernmental organisations, and special advisors to the chair, currently possess. If the MAG's processes are opened to broader oversight by the community, such special privileges would soon become redundant.</div>
</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;"><br></div></b></div></b></div><div><b>3. </b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>How best to nominate the MAG Chair?</b></span></b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div><div><b><div style="font-weight: normal;">At present, a single UN-based Chair is appointed by the UN Secretary-General. This may no longer be appropriate if the MAG develops into a body whose members are self-selected by the stakeholders. In that case, it could be that the MAG should select its own chair or chairs, and for that position to rotate between the stakeholder groups.</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div></b></div><div>In any case, this must not change the fundamental nature of the role of the Chair, which is not to push a personal or stakeholder agenda, but to facilitate the MAG's effective operation as a de facto multi-stakeholder bureau for the IGF that is responsible for facilitating the fulfilment of the mandate in the Tunis Agenda.</div>
<div><b><br></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>4. How best to organize open consultations?</b></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br></b></span></b></div><div>There is merit in regarding the open consultation meetings not as meetings held in Geneva, with provision for remote participation from around the world, but as meetings that are held online, with provision for some participants to attend in person at a hub in Geneva, or at other hubs. Indeed, the IGF meetings themselves could come to be considered in the same terms.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Online meetings are most effective when provision is made for participation both synchronously (ie. in real time) and asynchronously (ie. through comments and discussions that are contributed over an extended period through blogs, Twitter, mailing lists, Facebook and so on).</div>
<div><br></div><div>It is somewhat anachronistic that the IGF at large does not utilise an electronic mailing list for discussions, and that other means of asynchronous participation are not widely promoted for use by IGF participants as means of contributing to open consultations. In particular, MAG members do not tend to contribute in that capacity to online discussions outside of their closed mailing list, which limits the profile and accessibility of the MAG and the IGF as a whole.</div>
<div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br></b></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>5. How best to link with regional meetings?</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br>
</span></b></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br></b></span></b></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal;">
<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div><span style="font-weight: normal;">The regional IGF meetings have the potential to bring the multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance to a much broader community of Internet users and citizens, but at the same time we must be careful to ensure that these meetings meet the same basic process criteria as the IGF itself, including adequate participation by </span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="display: inline ! important;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="display: inline ! important;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">civil society at all levels</span></div></b></span></b></span></b></div>
</b></span></b></span></b></span></div></b></span></b></span></b></div></b></span></b></span></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline ! important;">
<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="display: inline ! important;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></div></b></span></b></span></b></div></b></span></b></span></b></div>
<div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;">In this context, civil society has less capacity to contribute to governance processes than governmental and private sector groups, due to funding constraints and its reliance on voluntary labour. This may require that additional efforts be made (and funded where appropriate) to ensure that a plurality of civil society voices are heard in Internet governance processes.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><s>[DELETED: We also suggest that consideration be given to the principle of subsidiarity as a guideline for the IGF's relationship with regional IGFs. That is to say that a regional IGF will subsume all national concerns in order to build a regional position, and global issues will be predominantly the concern of the global IGF.]</s></span></div>
<div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div></b></span></b></span></b></div></b></span></b></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>6. How best to link with international processes and institutions?</b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div>
<div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br></b></span></b></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Just as at the Vilnius IGF meeting online moderators helped to bridge between online and offline discussions, so too there could be rapporteurs whose job it would be to summarise relevant discussions at the IGF and to forward them to external institutions, and to act as a conduit for feedback from those institutions.</span><div style="font-weight: normal;">
<br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Ideally these summaries would include both main sessions and workshops, since much of the valuable discussion at the IGF takes place in the latter. Alternatively, they could be limited to the main sessions provided that a better mechanism for feeding the output of workshops back into main sessions is realised.</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><u>A emerging model for this process (though other possible models may also be explored) is found in the "messages" or "recommendations" produced by national IGFs such IGF-D (Deutschland), and regional IGFs such as the East African IGF and EURODIG. Ideally this would become a two-way process in which the institutions addressed could also turn to the IGF with issues they wished the IGF to address through multi-stakeholder dialogue.</u></div>
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