[governance] RE: [bestbits] Nnenna to Keynote at Netmundial - Civil Society major issues

Tue Apr 15 14:34:22 EDT 2014

Congrats, Nnenna! This is very good news indeed.

Many good proposals have been made already. Following up on Anriette's
comments on multistakeholderism and trust, I would in particularly like to
support recommendations to not just mention the struggle of engaging with
multiple stakeholders etc, but also the urgent need for checks and
balances, including transparency and accountability, and appropriate action
where these standards are violated. It might be worthwhile to add that if
such efforts are not stepped up, support from multistakeholderism will
erode quickly as trust in the system will simply have disappeared.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide input and make proposals - much
appreciated.

Anja

On 15 April 2014 19:51, Jean-Christophe NOTHIAS I The Global Journal <
jc.nothias at theglobaljournal.net> wrote:

> Congrats Nnenna!
>
> May I add to Mike excellent comments, one point?
>
> Nnenna, I am not sure if you will be there *intuitu personae, persona
> grata *or representing some, part, or all of Civil society entities (?!),
> but just in case you represent some of our thoughts and opinions, I think
> it would be nice to mention that among civil society there are people who
> disagree with the *equal stakeholder - equal rights - equal footing* thinking and narrative. Stakeholder voices might all be equal, meaning
> equally audible, but that amusing "equal footing" expression doesn't mean
> that these respectable voices are legitimate or representative of anything,
> anyone, and properly checked and balanced. So equal voices with different
> rights, that might be interesting to explore. But equal footing meaning
> equal rights among stakeholders, that jungle is right the opposite of
> Democracy, where corporations are still not invited to make the law, and
> participate and seat in parliaments on an equal footing. The *market*seating in the Congress, I wish never to see that in my life. It sounds
> like some kind of very un-democratic thing. I do remember that some
> comments on these lists where made about civil servants (and their so
> called legendary inability to work without other people holding the pencil
> for them, which I tend to think as very untrue), and I know that
> governmental bashing is just the legitimate cousin of democratic bashing,
> but please voice equally and multistakeholderly that there are a diversity
> of views. We know that NetMundial will not be able to provide dialogue, but
> more some sort of convergence (+1...) out of magic wonder, still it would
> to see some principles are respected when it comes to express the diversity
> of views.
>
> Sorry for the ironic tone in that last sentence.
>
> JC
>
> Le 15 avr. 2014 à 15:02, michael gurstein a écrit :ung
>
> Congrats Nnenna,
>
> Since you are asking for suggestions for points to cover I would suggest
> the following:
> 1.       A formal commitment/re-commitment to the Internet for the Common
> Good/in the Public Interest... I only see minor and off-handed references to
> this in the NetMundial statement but there needs to be a full-on
> commitment/re-commitment to this.  This is especially the case given the
> risks of fragmentation/privatization of interests a "stakeholder" approach
> to Internet governance presents.
> 2.       Framing/reframing "multistakeholderism" as a useful element in
> policy consultation and development, with suitable measures being in place
> to ensure the probity and accountability of  these processes, within the
> context of democratic decision making. I like the phrase "multistakeholder
> dialogue in a democratic framework".
> 3.       Linking Internet Governance with social (and economic) justice.
> The Internet is becoming a dominant means for economic activity and wealth
> distribution/redistribution. Internet Governance, which in the NetMundial
> document is extended to include the "Right to Development" needs also to
> address social justice issues which are rapidly becoming the dominant
> issues of our time.
> 4.       Finding the means to allow the widest range of voices into the
> Internet Governance dialogue. What this means is going beyond simple
> "capacity building" which ultimately can only enable the few, into
> designing processes and mechanisms which allow for the many to have a
> useful understanding of the broader issues and mechanisms to give voice and
> have those voices heard.
> Good luck with it.
>
> Mike
>
> *From:* bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:
> bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] *On Behalf Of *Nnenna Nwakanma
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2014 11:36 PM
> *To:* Governance; bestbits at lists.bestbits.netso
> *Subject:* [bestbits] Nnenna to Keynote at Netmundial - Civil Society
> major issues
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I got a message this morning from NetMundial Chair, Virgilo, inviting me
> to speak at the Opening Ceremony of Netmundial (meaning I have to pack one
> of those African dresses) for some 8 minutes.
>
> I have replied to say "I will be speaking from the Civil Society
> perspective, which is my Stakeholder Group".
>
> There is a Web Foundation media team that will help me put my ideas into
> place, but I cannot not request input from here, so that no major issues
> will be overlooked.
>
> I travel Thursday evening thru Friday, so the earliest I can share a
> draft/keypoints will be Monday.
>
> Hope we can pull this off well.
> All for now
>
> Nnenna
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> To be removed from the list, visit:
>     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>
> For all other list information and functions, see:
>     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>     http://www.igcaucus.org/
>
> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>

-- 
Dr. Anja Kovacs
The Internet Democracy Project

+91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
www.internetdemocracy.in
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.igcaucus.org/pipermail/bestbits/attachments/20140416/52c25d7e/attachment.htm>