<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>+1</span></div><div><span>Shaila</span></div><div> </div><style><!--filtered {font-family:"Comic Sans MS";panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";}filtered {margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}div.Section1 {}--></style><style><!--filtered {font-family:"Comic Sans MS";panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";}filtered {margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}div.Section1 {}--></style><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0,
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!<br></span></b></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "parminder@itforchange.net" <parminder@itforchange.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy@ciroap.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 10, 2011 10:01 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] Formal IGC response to IBSA proposal ahead of 18-19 Summit?<br></font><br>
<br>><br>> As it stands in draft, I have pulled out each of the substantive<br>> paragraphs of the IBSA summary and asked for the respondent to state how<br>> strongly they agree/disagree, and then I have asked "If there is no new<br>> body, then what else do you suggest" and given the following options<br>> (which draw on, but don't replicate, those from our EC submission), plus<br>> an "Other" option for respondents to enter their own suggestion:<br>> No institutional change, no global norm-setting in areas not covered by<br>> existing institutions, improved consultation in areas that are.<br>> Institutional improvements to the IGF, to enable it to produce policy<br>> options which policy makers (including at the national level) can use.<br>> Institutional change outside of the UN system, such as a voluntary network<br>> of policy makers that would consult with all stakeholders.<br>> More options are
welcome...<br><br>This subject, first of all, deserves a rich and involved open discussion.<br>I am very uncomfortable about directly going to poll with such unclear,<br>and perhaps leading, set of options. The topic is simply too important<br>and central to IGC's work for that. Perhaps civil society's biggest claim<br>to legitimacy is through the channels and processes of deliberative<br>democracy. Questions will have to be asked and answered about this<br>important issue in this forum before we proceed to taking a sense of the<br>IGC's collective opinion.<br><br> I am still in Africa and dont much regular access to the Internet, but<br>very much look forward to an engaged discussion on this subject.<br><br>parminder<br><br>><br>> --<br>> Dr Jeremy Malcolm<br>> Project Coordinator<br>> Consumers International<br>> Kuala Lumpur Office for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East<br>> Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI,
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