[bestbits] RES: IGF and the Brazilian proposal to WPF on Operationalising the Role of Governments in Internet Governance Processes

[Deborah Brown]

Thanks to all for the excellent brainstorming on content, structure,
challenges, etc.

Joana raises an important point regarding the feasibility of participation.
I've asked around and was told that for the time being, the next
CWG-Internet meeting is not scheduled yet, but that it probably will be set
during the next Council meeting (11-21 June, according to Bill). Has anyone
heard differently? I think it would be a good idea to explicitly ask for
enough notice to be given for other stakeholders to arrange for
participation, as well as guidelines for what we think would facilitate
meaningful remote participation. Is it realistic to aim for rough consensus
on how much notice is sufficient and modalities for remote participation?

I've attached (with permission) the U.S. proposal regarding opening
CWG-Internet that has been mentioned on this thread. If anyone knows of
similar proposals from other govts it would be really helpful to share them
here and compare. My sense is that the U.S. proposal is a start, but it
still refers to participation with other stakeholders as "consultations".
This may be a necessary structural challenge, but I don't think
participation in the IEG was phrased this way. I'm really interested in
hearing others' thoughts on this.

I'm also happy to contribute to collaborative efforts, and attempt a first
draft later in the week if that would be helpful. When would be the target
date to release this? Ahead of the June Council session?

Best,
Deborah


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Joana <joana at varonferraz.com> wrote:

> Agree and thanks Nnenna for the brainstorming on the structure of the
> document.
>
> I believe the recent discussion that we are having on the other thread
> about the refusal from ITU to upload IEG member statement as an information
> document shall be highlighted in the deficiencies session of our document,
> besides the other measures Anriette has suggested to address this problem.
>
> I have one practical concern (that by no means is questioning the need of
> such statement, but I believe is important to address): when is the next
> meeting of *CWG-Internet? I'm afraid we ask for open participation there,
> but with so many meetings going on, we just wont be able to participate.
> And it could be weird to ask for openness and dont show up. **Having said
> that. Maybe it is the case to ask for more creative mechanisms for remote
> participation in the recommendations (or , pushing for an ideal scenario,
> even ask for resources for civil society to attend? O.0 we will need more
> people to help us! :))*
>
> About volunteering, I'm caught on project reports, but can join the
> efforts by Friday.
>
> Best
>
> Joana
>
>
> On May 28, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, I am yet to volunteer.  I was brainstorming.  I am not good at
> first-level drafting.
> I am better at second level.  If someone can generate a first draft, I
> will be happy to contribute
>
> Best
>
> Nnenna
>
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>wrote:
>
>>  On 28/05/13 16:27, Nnenna Nwakanma wrote:
>>
>> So the draft:
>>
>>    1. Review the WTPF, accepting that the 6 opionions were adopted
>>    2. Indicate that there were deficiencies in participation
>>    3. Recall the Sweden, US proposals
>>    4. Remind of promises made by Touré at WCIT and WTPF - he did say he
>>    will submit a proposal yes, I tweeted it.
>>    5. Maybe a summary of how the IEG and the opening of the
>>    participation has done so far.
>>    6. Make some recommendations
>>
>>
>> Nnenna or Matthew, were you volunteering? :-)
>>
>>
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