Hi Roland. Broader policy dialogue was the language used by the UN resolution, people did not come up with it today. I do not think there is any secret agenda there, the aim is to link the IGF to all relevant organizations, including the many in the UN that have a role in WSIS implementation.<div>
<br></div><div>The discussion today was carried out in a multistakeholder spirit, Much more than I have imagined. We set on the table together and could speak on equal foot. Several countries, such as India and Iran, clearly remarked the importance of the presence and inputs of other actors. I feel that in general there is respect for the presence and opinions of non-gov actors.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We did not have many observers, but I would be ok in istening to them. The only problem I could see in a completely open group would be that of the number os speakers. You know governments... If one speaks than others cannot lag behind and it takes long to close the round of subscriptions. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I think that on the two moments of more tension and paralisis of the debate, the stakeholders gather and tried to reach an agreement on drafts. In my view, negotiation was effective and none of the parts was intransigent. There was some disruptions and we ended up leaving the agenda to be adopted only tomorrow mostly because of inability of the chair and very few comments that were not constructive.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Marilia <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">In message <<a href="mailto:AANLkTiknHfhSadSA7ytMeKhqjYE7HtwE9A3O3mpGyawm@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">AANLkTiknHfhSadSA7ytMeKhqjYE7HtwE9A3O3mpGyawm@mail.gmail.com</a>>, at 02:05:44 on Sat, 26 Feb 2011, Izumi AIZU <<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org" target="_blank">iza@anr.org</a>> writes<div class="im">
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The point we could not agree with is - how to improve IGF - in terms<br>
of linking IGF to broader dialogue on Internet governance.<br>
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Is "broader dialogue" code for "discussions in the ITU", or something else?<br>
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Broader could mean "more participants involved", or "more topics involved". Either [or both] would be quite possible, given what the IGF has achieved so far (early days, only five years...)<br>
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Do you think the discussion today has benefited from being fully multi-stakeholder [the +15 attendees] and from having no observers? Does everyone in the room fell they have some ownership of the position at the end of the day, or is there a battle-line developing, and if so between whom?<br>
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Roland Perry</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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