[bestbits] Re: [governance] High-Level Panel Organizes to Address Future of Internet Governance

[Kivuva]

+1 Anriette

They should wake up and smell the coffee. In the findings of WGEC
questionnaire
http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/WGEC_Summary_of_Responses.pdf,
one thing that came out very clearly was to enable stakeholders from
developing countries to participate on equal footing.


Regards.

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Mwendwa Kivuva
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On 18 November 2013 05:22, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org> wrote:

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> Not one person from civil society who has been active in IGF since the
> WSIS process.
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> Frankly, I am not at all surprised, but it is still extremely
> disappointing and just hope this does not signal what we can expect from
> the Brazil meeting.
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> Moreover, developing country representation is extremely poor.
>
> Agree with Jeremy that we should act.
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> Anriette
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> On 18/11/2013 04:06, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> > On 18/11/13 08:43, John Curran wrote:
> >> A high-level panel has been organized to consider the issues
> surrounding global Internet cooperation -
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> >> "The Panel plans to release a high-level report in early 2014 for
> public comment. The report will include principles for global Internet
> cooperation, proposed frameworks for such cooperation and a roadmap for
> future Internet governance challenges."
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> <http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-organizes-to-address-future-of-internet-governance-232274461.html><http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-organizes-to-address-future-of-internet-governance-232274461.html>
> >
> > So it seems that ICANN has taken it upon itself to select the civil
> society representatives for the High Level Panel on the Future of Global
> Internet Cooperation, which is what became of its 5th panel on Internet
> evolution.  Previously Fadi had claimed that the fate of the 5th panel
> would be a decision for (what is now) the 1net dialogue, but evidently this
> was just more bluff.
> >
> > The civil society representatives that ICANN helpful chose on our behalf
> do not include the most expert names on Internet governance evolution.  And
> meanwhile ISOC is "representing" civil society in other processes such as
> in the UNGA draft resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age.
> The technical community, supported by its hundreds of millions of dollars
> in revenue, is eating broader civil society alive.
> >
> > We are being completely left behind while we are dithering over
> questions about whether to send the letter nominating our representatives
> to the Brazil meeting, and whether our mailing list should be open or
> closed.  It is absolutely imperative now that we put internal process
> issues on hold, and focus on urgent substantive issues.
> >
> > Will post something more practical about all this to the new (though now
> already mis-named) "summit" list.
> >
> >
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