[bestbits] IGF plus

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I think this is a good framing.  The only thing I would recommend adding to the specific aims, is preparation for the IGF itself - specific action/statement for the sessions and workshops to be held in the following days.

avri


On 3 Sep 2013, at 15:48, Anja Kovacs wrote:

> I wanted to chip in and share my thinking on two issues.
> 
> 1. I believe it is very important that the ITU and WSIS+10 are kept in the agenda as explicit, focused agenda items, and that we spend some time discussing and planning for the processes around them. To my mind, these are among the most important places where states at present are already trying to play out their views on enhanced cooperation in practice, with rather important consequences for civil society (I wrote about this earlier here:http://beta.internetdemocracy.in/2013/07/pawns-in-a-governments-game/). In general, they are also two processes that are likely to have a real outcome for Internet governance. It is important that civil society is aware and informed, and that at least some of us are also closely involved (the ITU also happens to be the process around which Best Bits came into its own, and I think it would be foolish of us to now retreat from whatever little inroads or impact we have made).
> 
> 2. The reason I proposed to Jeremy that we make the first day one long session (with perhaps a discussion of EC, ITU and WSIS in the morning and of multistakeholderism in the afternoon) is because I believe that the question of how we see multistakeholderism is sharpened by our engagements in these concrete policy fora and how we plan to move forward in them, while at the same time our engagement with these fora is of course also to some extent determined by the visions and views we have when we enter them. In that sense I think that by contextualising the discussion on MS within those debates, the chances that we move forward are far greater, if not in terms of coming to a joint position, then at least in terms of understanding we all take the positions that we take.
> 
> One of the specific aims of Best Bits is that it should aid civil society not only in having important discussions, but also in getting concrete work done. By framing the agenda for our two days in Bali in the above manner, we can maximise our outcomes on both counts.  
> 
> Best regards,
> Anja