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<font face="Arial">Good points Mawaki. And good statement too. I
do think that in this paragraph you capture what many, if not most
of us, understand by inclusive policy making/multi-stakeholder
participation in policy making.<br>
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I agree with your definition hereL<br>
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<div>For me 'multistakeholderism" is just a fashionable way
to call a form of inclusive policymaking process. I see
stakeholders as part of the people. I don't think people
need or should need some validation from political parties
before they can directly participate in policymaking. This
may even happen with traditional policymaking issues (the
ones that can be easily confined to a national polity) if
the elected officials are enlightened enough to constantly
consult with the people and the affected groups in their
decision making processes. But sticking to political
parties or formal processes as the sole source of
legitimate voice for policymaking becomes even more
problematic on issues where we depend so much on each
other across the world. So for me, while the concept and
its implementation may not be mature, stable and robust
enough to stand all relevant tests, "multistakeholderism"
is just an attempt to get people (at least those who are
aware among those affected by the policies) to participate
in the policymaking in some orderly fashion (i.e. the
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<div>Now, I'm not naive. I know this is far from being
perfect and the process can be captured and become an
instrument for special interests with no much regard for
public interest. That's where our focus should be, trying
to make sure special interests do not use the mantle of
stakeholders to drown out the voice and interests of the
people. Granted, that's a tall order. But saying that
political parties, elections, or other formal processes
are the only way for legitimate representation, the only
way to have a voice in the policymaking process is where
we will have hard time finding an agreement. Maybe we
shouldn't have called that "multistakeholder", maybe the
boundaries of stakeholders are ill-conceived and they
should be something else, and clearly the checks and
balances for "multistakeholderism" leave much to be
desired as of now and we still have a lot of work to do,
but governments and political parties cannot be the only
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Agree. And the challenge to prevent special interests from
manipulating policy processes remains. It is huge in traditional
'government/legislature' lead policy processes and it is also huge
in newer and experimental multi-stakeholder processes.<br>
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The advantage of more the evolving more transparent
multi-stakeholder processes is that it is harder for special
interest groups to get what they want, because they have to be more
public about it.<br>
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Anriette<br>
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<div>See my comments/responses above, and the current
version of the statement.</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">I think that those
pushing the 'equal role for all stakeholders' meme, want
a business owner, or his rep, to be having a similar
role as someone coming from a formal political process -
called governments - in making actual decision making.
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<div>I hope not.</div>
<div>Now please let's focus on the statement and finalize it
(the broader discussion on MSism will certainly go on, but
I personally wish to rest my case with this message.)</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
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PS: I have no issues with ICANN doing its limited
technical and associated policy work in the manner that
it does at present.
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<div>Do you mean that policymaking is the
exclusive role of the government or
intergovernmental bodies? If so, do you
think this may have been so in some period
in the history of human societies but that
may evolve? And if so, would you accept the
idea that such evolution may not necessarily
be clean cut but from start but fuzzy and
laborious and experimental at the beginning,
and that it may be experimented in just one
or a few sectors before extending to other
domains of governance? </div>
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<div>I may agree that at this point in
history, governments ratify public policies,
they have the final say, the ultimate
authority to really enforce them to the
extent that those policies are really
public. But why public policies cannot be
developed by all stakeholders (if that's
your position)? And developing policies
isn't that part of policymaking?</div>
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<div>If you do mean to suggest that
policymaking is the exclusive role of the
government or intergovernmental bodies in
this area of Ig, I'm afraid to say that from
my understanding of past discussions on this
list, that is unlikely to represent a
consensus view. Then shall we go back there
again?</div>
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face="Verdana">This particular language
should therefore be struck out.<br>
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Also, our communication , immediately
after welcoming the decision and
complimenting US gov for it, </font><font
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face="Verdana"> upfront say that we are
eager to know more details - especially
about (1) whether it means that ICANN
would no longer be under any contractual
obligations with the US gov, and be in
independent control of the root zone
server, and (2) what happens to the
issue of jurisdiction of incorporation
of ICANN and it being subject to US laws
and such and (3) whether any conditions
would be imposed in 'freeing ICANN' and
if so, of what nature.... </font></div>
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<div>Well, it is my understanding that USG has
not by this decision opened negotiations
with IGC and other Internet stakeholders.
They were in a position and just announced
they are willing to relinquish. As could be
expected they want to have a say in or an
eye on what will follow (no transition to
intergovernmental arrangement plus the fours
principles as guidelines.) For the rest they
say ICANN has to develop a transition
proposal which should include the details of
what will follow. So I think apart from the
4 principles and the one litmus test they
spelled out in the announcement, all your
questions above can only be answered in the
transition proposal to be developed with our
participation and that of all other
stakeholders. </div>
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<div>Mawaki</div>
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face="Verdana"> And that we look forward
to complete and real globalisation of
ICANN, in a manner that takes care of
these issues..<br>
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Also, a minor point, about one but last
para, governance institutions do not
have customers, only constituencies and
the such... <br>
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Thanks, parminder <br>
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find a draft
of the above
subject for
your
consideration
and possible
revisions.
This is just a
first crack
attempted
considering
the speed of
the events.
I'm cc'ing BB
as a peer
organization
with same
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<p
class="MsoNormal">On
March 14, U.S.
Commerce
Department’s
National
Telecommunications
and
Information
Administration
(NTIA)
announced its
intent to
relinquish the
oversight role
it has played
so far with
the Internet
Corporation
for Assigned
Names and
Numbers
(ICANN)
regarding key
Internet
domain name
functions. As
the
announcement
points out,
this marks the
final phase of
the transition
intended from
the inception
of ICANN
toward the
privatization
of the domain
name system
(DNS) and its
stewardship. </p>
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class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p
class="MsoNormal">The
Internet
Governance
Caucus (IGC)
welcomes this
decision and
appreciates
the
opportunity to
further evolve
toward an
equitable
multistakeholder
policymaking
model for the
governance of
the Internet.
In that
regard, IGC
pays a
particular
attention to
the
reiteration by
NTIA of the
necessity to
involve all
stakeholders
in the process
as well as in
the desired
outcome for
fully
completing the
above
transition.
[If deemed
relevant by
members and
subject to
what the
following
actually
entails: “Meet
the needs and
expectation of
the global
customers and
partners of
the IANA
services”] We
also support
the four
principles put
forward by
NTIA to guide
ICANN and the
global
Internet
community in
the
formulation of
a proposal to
finalize this
transition.</p>
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</p>
<p
class="MsoNormal">While
acknowledging
the primary
role of
Internet
organizations
and technical
standard-setting
bodies, IGC
wishes to call
attention to
the utmost
importance of
giving due
consideration
to the
concerns and
views of
non-technical
and
non-commercial
stakeholders
in Internet
policies.
Indeed IGC
supports the
multistakeholder
policymaking
model to the
extent that it
does not
contradict the
ideals of
democracy,
including due
consideration
to the rights
of minorities
(in the
context of
Internet
policy). It
will be a
constant
challenge to
make sure the
term
‘multistakeholder’
is not reduced
to mean
‘anti-all-governments-of-the-world’
but is rather
open to
embrace a
‘pro-all-peoples-of-the-world’
meaning. </p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal">Furthermore,
a great deal
of care should
be given to
designing the
appropriate
accountability
mechanisms
that fits a
truly global
governance
institution –
with a
constituency
and a customer
base that
actually is
global.
Related to
that and more
broadly,
adequate
responses must
be found to
the concern
that while
achieving
effective
accountability
such
institution
(to emerge
from this
transition)
should not be
subject to any
one national
jurisdiction
at the
exclusion of
others. It
must be
equally
available and
accessible to
all Internet
stakeholders.
</p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p
class="MsoNormal">Since
ICANN is one
of the
co-conveners
of the
upcoming
NETMundial,
the Global
Meeting on the
Future of
Internet
Governance<span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.netmundial.br" target="_blank">www.netmundial.br</a>)
to be held in
Brazil this
April, we
advise that it
includes in
its
consultation
process for
the transition
proposal the
propositions
made in
submissions,
proceedings
and outcomes
of that
meeting as
regards the
phasing out of
the current
role played by
NTIA in the
coordination
of the
Internet’s
domain name
system. </p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p
class="MsoNormal">The
Internet
Governance
Caucus</p>
<p
class="MsoNormal">March
xx, 2014.</p>
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