[bestbits] RE: Best Bits workshop proposal for the 2013 IGF]

[Farooq Ahmed Jam]

     Dear Andrew,
                I think both of the titles and thematic descriptions are 
comprehensive and concise so I appreciate the efforts of all involved in 
drafting it. good job:-)

Regards

Farooq
    On 3/19/2013 8:51 PM, Andrew Puddephatt wrote:
>
> Following a couple of suggestions from Parminder and Jeremy I've 
> redrafted the proposals.  I'll submit them tomorrow so last chance for 
> suggested changes coming up!
>
> Best Bits Workshop proposals
>
> 1.Workshop working title  (60 characters ):
>
> *Who runs the internet -- how people can have a voice*
>
> 2.            Concise description of broader thematic area of interest 
> (500
>
> characters):
>
> Debates about internet governance are coming to head in the next two 
> years through the WSIS plus 10 process.  There are fierce 
> disagreements between states about whether, or how, the internet 
> should be governed. This multi-stakeholder discussion will present 
> outputs from a civil society network, Best Bits, that has brainstormed 
> ideas for effective multi-stakeholder working arrangements that allow 
> different stakeholders, governments, business and civil society, to 
> take an appropriate role in the future of Internet governance.
>
> 3.            Concise description of specific issues or policy 
> questions to be
>
> addressed (500 characters)
>
> Where are existing Internet governance arrangements failing, and whom 
> are they failing the most? Is effective multi-stakeholder policy 
> making possible where issues are fiercely contested?
>
> How can the IGF evolve and be strengthened?
>
> What improvements could be made to these arrangements without setting 
> the scene for an intergovernmental takeover of the Internet?*
>
> How can the suggestions of the Best Bits group be taken forward (e.g. 
> as appropriate within the CSTD Working Group, the MAG, the UN General 
> Assembly, etc.)?
>
> 2.Workshop working title  (60 characters ):
>
> **
>
> *The internet we want -- supporting democracy and human rights*
>
> 2.            Concise description of broader thematic area of interest 
> (500
>
> characters):
>
> Building upon broad principles for the internet, including the 
> Brazilian Internet Principles, theCouncil of EuropeInternet Governance 
> Declaration,  the OECDInternetPolicymakingPrinciples and the Internet 
> Rights and Principles Coalition  Charter, there is a need to provide 
> more 
> detailandclarityonhowhumanrightsprinciplesapplytotheinternetinpractice.  While 
> there is high level normative thinkingabout theinternet there is a 
> need for more detail about the technical infrastructure and commercial 
> environment needed to promote democracy and human rights.
>
> 3.            Concise description of specific issues or policy 
> questions to be
>
> addressed (500 characters)
>
> Drawing upon existing initiatives such as the current MAG review of 
> principles and the "Web we want", the workshop will seek to define the 
> specific technical features, the necessary commercial environment and 
> the legal and normative measures that shape policy and regulation 
> online, which, taken together, create the type of internet that can 
> support democracy and human rights.
>
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>
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