[bestbits] IGF plus

[Valeria Betancourt]

Hi all,

I concur with Anja and Avri.

Valeria


On 03/09/2013, at 15:07, Avri Doria wrote:

> 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
>