Hi Norbert,<div><br></div><div>I think that the questions you propose are good. Could you just explain a little further why you believe we should not separate CIR and non-CIR? I think that a neat separation would bring more clarity to the debate.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It would be great if we could refine this proposal and define a concrete way forward.</div><div><br></div><div>Marília</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I think there are two key sides of the EC issue - (1) on tech gov side,<br>
> the current unilateral oversight of CIRs is the main issue, and some<br>
> concerns about capture of tech standards bodies an additional issue (2)<br>
> on the side of social, eco, cultural policies pertaining to the<br>
> Internet, with global significance, the kind of work OECD's Committee on<br>
> ICCP does is the main focus, along with other instances of uni- and<br>
> pluri-lateralism, and also increasing dominance of private regulation....<br>
<br>
</div>I agree that it is important to keep these two aspects in mind, and to<br>
be careful to avoid misunderstandings where some of the participants<br>
in a conversation are thinking about only one of these aspects and other<br>
participants are thinking only about the other of these aspects.<br>
<br>
But I don't think that it is a good idea to structure any discussion of<br>
Enhanced Cooperation into first addressing one of these aspects and<br>
then addressing the other aspect.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> If anyone want to suggest some other schema, sure, it is most welcome.<br>
<br>
</div>How about the following?<br>
<br>
1. Building a shared understanding of the set of problems for which<br>
Enhanced Cooperation should provide better solutions<br>
<br>
(a) What is unacceptable / intolerable in the status quo of<br>
existing Internet governance institutions and processes?<br>
<br>
(b) What are the problems for which the existing Internet<br>
governance institutions and processes have failed to<br>
deliver adequate solutions?<br>
<br>
(c) What are the areas in which copperation of countries on<br>
a smaller than global level (e.g. regional coopration or<br>
cooperation of countries facing similar economic challenges)<br>
might be productive?<br>
<br>
2. Building a shared understanding of what makes these problems<br>
difficult<br>
<br>
(a) What has prevented adequate solutions for these problems<br>
from emerging before now?<br>
<br>
(b) Documentation of the solution attempts that have been<br>
undertaken so far.<br>
<br>
3. Proposals of principles, institutional mechanisms and processes<br>
for Enhanced Cooperation<br>
<br>
(a) What are the proposals?<br>
<br>
(b) In what ways will these propasals, if implemented, improve<br>
the situation?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> But we must first develop a basic level of agreement on categories and<br>
> key issue areas for discussion before we try to seek substantive<br>
> convergences on the way forward, solutions, appropriate institutional<br>
> models etc.<br>
<br>
</div>There is a lot of truth in this, yes, but on the other hand there<br>
isn't going to be a lot of motivation for working towards agreement<br>
on categories and key issue areas for discussion before there is a<br>
vision, a living hope that it will indeed be possible to achieve<br>
something worthwhile under the theme of "Enhanced Cooperation".<br>
<br>
I have this hope now, while before I had this, I didn't have much<br>
interest in participating in a debate on the fundamentals for this.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
<br>
<br>
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