[bestbits] Proposed constructive contribution towards enhanced cooperation post-WTPF

Valeria Betancourt valeriab at apc.org
Fri May 17 14:43:11 EDT 2013


Great idea, Jeremy.

Anriette and I will be in Geneva next week for the IGF OC and could
introduce the note here.

I agree with Joana that agreeing a procedure to develop statements would be
very useful. It would not only ensure the legitimacy of the positions we
develop and adopt but would be useful to share the work collaboratively.

Valeria



2013/5/17 Joana Varonferraz <joana at varonferraz.com>

> Excellent, Jeremy!
> I'm in.
>
> Next week many of us, myself including, will be in Stockholm, while others
> will be in Geneva. For the ones in Stockholm:  it would be great if we get
> together to make the edits, so the interactions with the group in Geneva
> and elsewhere could be easier.
>
> Regarding the possibility of the debate go to CWG Internet. To play safe,
> isn't it also the case to request from the ITU SG that he fulfills the
> promise of making the request for opening it for multistakeholder
> participation?
>
> One last issue: as we dont want heart fillings or anything similar in best
> bits list. Isn't it good to think about a minimal process/modus operandi
> for proposing, drafting, commenting, signing statements in both situations:
> during events or preparing for them?
>
> All the best
>
> Joana
>
> --- ~ --- ~ --- ~
> Joana Varon Ferraz
> Researcher
> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS/FGV)
>
>
>
> On 17/05/2013, at 10:41, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
>
> As you know, yesterday the WTPF concluded without a resolution on this
> proposal by Brazil titled "Operationalizing the role of Government in the
> multi-stakeholder framework for Internet Governance":
>
> http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13-C-0005/en
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gTewmlgXNTRYuPvIWylV2K39owgXH8st642I7IaXjh0/edit
>
> Two of the options for what could happen to it instead were either that it
> could go to the ITU's CWG Internet which is a government-only group that
> meets in a closed format with open consultations, or that it could go to
> the IGF.  The objection raised to the latter option was that the IGF does
> not produce outputs.
>
> I think that it might be useful for us to quickly produce a note for next
> week's IGF to propose a method for discussing the resolution in a more
> output-oriented way, that could be an alternative to its discussion at the
> CWG Internet (but would explicitly not prevent it from also being discussed
> at the CSTD WG EC, given that it is also relatively multi-stakeholder).
>  This would not require the wholesale reform of the IGF, but would be more
> of a trial run, to demonstrate what is possible - and in an instance where
> there is a tangible need to do so.
>
> I'm floating my intention to produce a first draft of this, which would
> then be open for comments and amendments.  In our usual fashion, anyone
> could endorse it if they agreed.  If one of us will be in Geneva for the
> MAG meeting and is willing to do so, they could introduce it there.  (I'm
> starting this on the Best Bits list rather than the IGC list because the
> latter is a bit dysfunctional at the moment, but once a draft is ready
> we'll post it there too.)
>
> What do you think?
>
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Valeria Betancourt
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Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and
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