<span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">Lilian</span> <span class="hps">has made a</span> <span class="hps">proposal that</span> <span class="hps">may</span> <span class="hps">be helpful.</span> <span class="hps">From</span> <span class="hps">local activities</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">national</span> <span class="hps">IGFs</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">it is possible</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">mobilize</span> <span class="hps">the participation of</span> <span class="hps">civil society in the</span> <span class="hps">IGF</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">It is hoped</span> <span class="hps">that by going to</span> <span class="hps">this option</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">with some caution</span><span>, UNDP</span> <span class="hps">as well</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">other</span> <span class="hps">regional and regional</span> <span class="hps">organizations</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">involved in the process</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">raising funds</span> <span class="hps">locally.</span> <span class="hps">This to allow</span> <span class="hps">civil society</span> <span class="hps">to be present in</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">sub-regional </span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">regional and international meetings</span><span>.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/16 Lillian Nalwoga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lnalwoga@gmail.com">lnalwoga@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Dear all,<br><br>I do agree that funding is crucial for civil society participation in the IGF and MAG. <br>Further to Sivasubramanian's suggestion, I would like to also encourage MAG reps from the different regions, with support from the IGC community to individually take on the responsibility of convincing governments and other institutions in their constituencies to donate to this fund. So in addition to their stipulated responsibilities, this should be added. Instead of waiting for funds to come to them they should also do the fundraising themselves.<br>
<br>my 2 cents...<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Lillian</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Sivasubramanian M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com" target="_blank">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Mike,<br>
<br>
What IGC needs to work on, with support from civil society<br>
organization and Internet organizations, is a Civil Society Fund. The<br>
fund could be set up with a purpose of improving Civil Society<br>
participation in MAG, IGF and other important events, and could be<br>
large enough to cover requirements other than travel and<br>
participation. A group of IGC leaders, together with some well<br>
connected volunteers could begin work on this and set us such a fund.<br>
The contribution could come from individuals and civil society<br>
organizations. We could also reach out to , and from those Business<br>
Corporations and Governments which are willing to contribute to the<br>
fund unconditionally. If this can't be done, achieving a balance in<br>
the multi-stakeholder environment would be difficult.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Sivasubramanian M<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:04 AM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Re funding for CS participation in the MAG/IGF: there is the practice and<br>
> there is the principle... from a practical perspective the issue of funding<br>
> may certainly be catch as catch can but the effect of that is to give<br>
> precedence to those who are best in a position to obtain such funding and<br>
> what is being accepted as the principle here is that the worth of something<br>
> (such as civil society participation in governance) is measured by its<br>
> success in the marketplace (i.e. its capacity to attract funding). Is this<br>
> the principle that we want to accept?<br>
><br>
> We should also be a bit careful I think in looking at remote participation<br>
> as a panacea -- unless the overall structure of participation/decision<br>
> making/influence rendering is designed/redesigned so as to reflect the<br>
> legitimacy and equality of remote participation, then with the simple<br>
> layering on of remote participation we are accepting that some are allowed<br>
> "first class" participation (access to more effective influence on<br>
> outcomes/decision making) -- f2f -- while others will only have a "second<br>
> class" position -- since we know how much of outcome determination/decision<br>
> making in events such as this takes place during the private f2f<br>
> interactions coffee breaks, lunches corridor discussions etc. Is this the<br>
> practice we want to accept?<br>
><br>
> Mike<br>
><br>
><br>
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