<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Norbert, I can confirm your point on inclusion and participation with a foreign passport, from my own personal experience,.</div><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The Swiss political system provides quite a few useful approaches for IG. A well-developed subsidiarity system is one of them. The Geneva Internet Conference (<span class="" tabindex="0">18-19 November 2014</span>) will include sessions with Swiss experts on subsidiarity, and other approaches that may inspire discussion on the future IG architecture. Here is the current info about the Conference: <a href="http://gip.diplomacy.edu/events/geneva-internet-conference-internet-governance-crossroads" target="_blank">http://gip.diplomacy.edu/events/geneva-internet-conference-internet-governance-crossroads</a> .</div><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To the list members: Please drop me an e-mail if you want to be updated about the preparations for the Conference, and the briefing that we plan to organize during the IGF in Istanbul.</div><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Best regards, Jovan</div><div style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Note: </span></b><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If you have been waiting for a reply from me, <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/are-you-e-polite-0">this might explain my tardiness.</a> Thank you for your patience!</span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br></span></span></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br></div><div><div>On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:30 AM, Norbert Bollow <<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">At the national level, there is a real notion of citizenship that<br>needs to be taken into account especially in countries where people<br>have a 'real' vote, for some definition of representative democracy<br>and real voting. I still believe a multistakeholder model is<br>necessary, but i think it comes out differently and needs a<br>definition that take citizenship into account.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Does anyone have an "equal footing" example at country levels?<br></blockquote><br>I think Switzerland comes closer than many with.<br></blockquote><br>It may be worth noting that to the (not insignificant) extent that<br>multistakeholder processes are part of the Swiss political system,<br>people who are not Swiss citizens are not discriminated against in<br>regard to full participation in those multistakeholder processes. While<br>presenting a passport or equivalent identification is required when<br>entering some of the government buildings where some of the meetings<br>take place, a foreign passport will be perfectly accepted.<br><br>Greetings,<br>Norbert<br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>