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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 22 April 2013 02:52 AM, Lee W
McKnight wrote:<br>
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#000000;font-size: 10pt;">Very interesting material.
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Link to final report: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/125/1712550.pdf"
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http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/125/1712550.pdf</a><br>
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Perhaps IGC's own Jeanette Hoffman who participated, might
summarize the 1200 pp full report, and suggest implications for
global internet governance? : )<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/special-commission-calls-for-internet-commissioner-in-germany-a-895412.html"
target="_blank">http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/special-commission-calls-for-internet-commissioner-in-germany-a-895412.html</a></p>
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While one awaits further information, one thing is clear from the
referred news item that the Commission strongly underscored the
importance of cross cutting Internet-related public policy issues in
asking the "German government to get more serious about
Internet-related issues" and in seeking the setting up <i><b>a new
committee of the parliament for Internet-related public policy
issues</b></i> . To me, it closely parallels the Indian demand
for the UN Committee on Internet-related Policies. The overall logic
and justifications are very similar, especially with what we all
recognise as an inherently global nature of the Internet.<br>
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Will be interesting to know if the prosed German Parliamentary
Committee will have similar levels of multistakeholder engagement as
the India' proposed UN CIRP. And I quote from the CIRP proposal so
that people/ we can make a comparison. <br>
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(quote from UN CIRP proposal begins)<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">It will ensure the participation of
all
relevant stakeholders by establishing four Advisory Groups, one
each for civil society, the private sector, intergovernmental
and international organizations, and the technical and academic
community. The Advisory Groups will provide their inputs and
recommendations to the CIRP
. The meetings of CIRP and the advisory
groups will be serviced by the UNCTAD Secretariat that also
services
the meetings of the Commission on Science and Technology for
Development. The Internet Governance Forum will provide inputs
to
CIRP in the spirit of complementarity between the two.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">With further elaboration in the
Annexure
to the CIRP proposal </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i><b>Multistakeholder
participation</b></i>:
Recognizing the need to involve all stakeholders in Global
Internet
Governance in their respective roles, the CIRP shall ensure the
participation of all stakeholders recognized in the Tunis
Agenda.
Four Advisory Groups one each for Civil Society, the Private
Sector, InterGovernmental and International Organisations, and
the Technical and Academic Community will be established, to
assist and advise the CIRP . These Groups would be self
organized,
as per agreed principles, to ensure transparency,
representativity
and inclusiveness. The Advisory Groups will meet annually in
Geneva
and in conjunction with any additional meetings of the CIRP ,
Their meetings will be held back to back with the meetings
of the CIRP , so that they are able to provide their inputs and
recommendations in a timely manner, to the CIRP
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><big><big><i><b><small><small><br>
</small></small></b></i></big></big></p>
<big><big><i><b><small><small>
</small></small></b></i></big></big>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><big><big><i><b><small><small>Links
with the IGF</small></small></b></i></big></big>:
Recognizing the
value of the Internet Governance Forum as an open, unique forum
for
multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on Internet issues, the
deliberations in the lGF along with any inputs, background
information and analysis it may provide, will be taken as inputs
for
consideration of the CIRP . An improved and strengthened lGF
that
can serve as a purposeful body for policy consultations and
provide
meaningful policy inputs to the CIRP
, will ensure a stronger and
more effective complementarity between the CIRP and the IGF. </p>
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Lee<br>
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color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>] on behalf of
michael gurstein [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 21, 2013 4:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [governance] The German Federal Internet
Commission Report (Der Spiegel)<br>
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