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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Wednesday 14 December 2016 12:32 PM,
Arsène Tungali wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hi all,
An interesting article from Samantha Dickinson.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/12/12/despite-renewal-the-internet-governance-forum-is-still-on-life-support/">http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/12/12/despite-renewal-the-internet-governance-forum-is-still-on-life-support/</a>
Any thoughts on her reflexions? Do you feel she is pessimistic about the future of the Internet? What's your take on the future of the IGF?</pre>
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Since there is a lot in the article about problems with IGF funding,
let me remembered that in the CSTD WG on IGF improvements, it was
just I and a few developing countries (sorry if this figure is
under-reported and someone else too supported, but then it cant be
more than 1 or 2 more) in the room that rooted for UN funding for
the IGF -- all others were vehemently against it ... They should
perhaps tell us why they took such a stand. In absence of such
stable public funding for policy deliberation spaces - which is a
simple and key democratic principle, it will have to depend on
private funding, as now, which would obviously be "interested"
funding, and come and go depending on whether the IGF is furthering
those private interests or not. <br>
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I take it to be a most unfortunate stand of IG actors - including a
lot of civil society ones - to oppse stable Committed UN funding for
the IGF. <br>
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On an entirely unconnected note, I am in complete disagreement with
Samantha, the author of this article, when she wants IGF to be more
like an "electricity governance forum" or "road governance Forum"
where users of electricity or roads do not come and discuss various
uses of electricity and roads, but where, presumably, it is all
about engineers discussing how electricity or roads are made and
provided. In this spirit, she will like to have Internet related
human rights and trade issues to be discussed in HRC and WTO etc
rather than in the IGF. Pushing for that IMHO would be the surest
way to kill the IGF. IGF for me is most about how the Internet
affects all sectors of the society. These affects, their nature and
trajectories, are as much an Internet governance issues as a
governance issue of that particular sector. But yes, it should be
studies and dealt with in a manner that the two governance arenas
connect and work together. For instance, IGF and global Internet
norms/ policy making spaces must provide larger principles about
Internet, data, algorithmic decision making, and so on, and within
there larger social-political frameworks trade governance bodies
should deal with trade related issues about Internet, data,
software, etc...<br>
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parminder <br>
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What do you think is the main issue that needs to be focused on for the next IGF in Geneva next year?
How do you think the IGF should do to not lose some stakeholders such as the Gov and the private sector?
Please do share your thoughts.
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Arsène Tungali,
@arsenebaguma
+243 993810967
GPG: 523644A0
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
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