[bestbits] Re: [governance] High Level meeting in Bali on "Global Multi-Stakeholder Cyber Ethics Principles"

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear all

Response from the Indonesian representative to my question made during
the MAG meeting about this high-level ministerial event is as follows:

- 3 hours
- Participation by invitation only
- Will start off with statements from each of the ministers present
- This is followed by statements from leaders from business and CS
- Then some deliberation and discussion

In other words very much like the Nairobi meeting. Iif it is like
Nairobi all could participate in the discussion, but ministers were
given preference in the speaking order (as is the case in most UN bodies).

They are waiting for nominations from non-governmental stakeholders for
people to be invited.

I raised Adam's other concerns about the governmental pre-event being
given higher status than other pre-events. Someone else also added to
that saying that for any newcomer it could be quite confusing, as they
would assume that all events in the IGF schedule are open to all.

Secretariat will consider this in future schedules. That is the sense I
got but sound quality was not always that clear. There were other CS
observers who can add their reflections.

Best

Anriette

On 14/08/2013 13:10, Adam Peake wrote:
> Hi Anriette,
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> Comment of the program and schedule: do not give the ministerial (or is it high level meeting, whatever it's called) preferential place on the pre-meeting agenda.  In the Programme Paper make clear that this host country meeting is not part of the official agenda.  As the IGF is convened by the UN Secretary General only official meetings should be mentioned in the body of the paper and final schedule, put pre-meetings not organized by the MAG in an annex.
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> Do not list the ministerial (HLM) meeting on the Draft Schedule; particularly as the schedule for day zero also lists the national/regional IGF and capacity building sessions, which are part of the MAG organized event (MAG, for the UN SG). 
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> Adam 
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> On Aug 14, 2013, at 7:45 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
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>> Dear all
>>
>> I missed the MAG meeting last week, but will ask for more information
>> about the 'high-level meeting' at today's MAG meeting should Izumi for
>> some reason not be able to make it.
>>
>> Another question I will ask which is relevant is how one can apply for
>> 'flash sessions'. This was proposed as a way for workshop proposals that
>> did not make the final selection to still organise some kind of sharing
>> session during the IGF.
>>
>> What would be very useful at this point for those of us on the MAG would
>> be comments from civil society on the latest programme paper and schedule.
>>
>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/Draft%20Programme%20Paper%20Bali%202013.pdf
>>
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75646284/IGF2013Draft.Schedule.r1.pdf
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>> Anriette
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