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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/01/13 03:04, "Kleinwächter,
Wolfgang" wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">One key issue should be "principles". There was a proposal in Baku to summarize all (national/regional/sectoral) "IG Declarations on Principles" (25+) of the last three years and to produce a "compendium" as a first step towards somethink like a multistakeholder framework of commitments on Internet Governance Principles. Bali has to take the next step and the MAG should pave the way for a more comprehensive and analytical approach.
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+1<br>
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Also I would like to see one main session with a completely
different outcome-oriented format that is more actively
facilitated. In the past the MAG discussed proposals for a more
deliberative format, such as speed dialogues (Rio), moderated
debates (Hyderabad) and round tables (Sharm). Since all of these
were shot down, we seem to have given up trying.<br>
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Amongst the most important foundations for this sort of format is
that the participants need to be empowered (ie. they will produce
something at the end), and that the power imbalances between them
are eliminated for the duration of the exercise (through the way in
which the process is facilitated).<br>
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So this means the session should be oriented towards producing a
specific outcome that addresses a specific problem, through a
process of informed deliberation. The speed dialogue idea embodied
this very well, and the successive proposals went downhill from
there.<br>
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The point is, that if we do not *try* something innovative like
this, then we are accepting the line that the IGF could never
possibly come up with any form of recommendations on policy issues,
because to do so would inevitably result in ITU-style
intergovernmental decision-making gridlock. This is, excuse my
French, bullshit.<br>
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It would in fact be *trivially simple* for us to adopt any number of
processes that would result in tangible messages from the IGF. Just
to give one easy example, a session, with background materials very
quickly summarised up front, could lead into brainstorming "What are
the two most important questions to be answered about XYZ issue",
then "What are a range of possible answers to those two questions".<br>
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This may result in, say, six propositions. Then we could have six
facilitators who could break the room into small groups to compare
and contrast the alternatives, and the groups would report back to
the plenary session, ending up with a straw poll. Alternatively,
you can just pin up paper charts with each question, for people to
record their agreement: see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dotmocracy.org/">http://www.dotmocracy.org/</a>.<br>
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This could be a trial run for the use of a similar process,
ultimately, to narrow down the areas of consensus and disagreement
around the compendium of Internet principles that Wolfgang refers
to.<br>
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I have posted more comments, on the other issues, at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/79">http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/79</a>.<br>
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