[bestbits] Re: [governance] netmundial 0.1

[Matthew Shears]

Hi all,

I would like to echo Ian's excellent comments.

It was a fascinating event and there is much good in the document. We 
did not get what we wanted on key issues of concern - and that was 
disappointing - but this is just the start.  I believe that the 
NETmundial document gives us a new "platform" on which to progress IG.  
Lets digest the document and identify how we use it to advance our 
causes and leverage it in other fora going forward.

Well done to all and especially our Brazilian colleagues and all the 
civil society folks on the committees, etc.

Its been a pleasure.

Matthew



On 4/25/2014 9:17 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
> The conference is now over, and many of us now go into travel and long 
> flights. But before I do, I want to say that during this conference, 
> and the meeting beforehand, civil society people really worked 
> incredibly well together – far more so than other constituencies. It 
> was great to work with a group of such talented and knowledgeable 
> people. There was a high volume of exchange and consultation between 
> people and speakers on our behalf, with a willingness to take on other 
> perspectives from the group, to stand down to allow a more relevant 
> speaker to address a subject etc. great team work.
> As regards the results – this was version 0.1 of this very interesting 
> – and i think promising – version of multistakeholder consultation. So 
> like all versions 0.1, it was full of bugs and there are a few changes 
> that should be made and improvements. I might say a thing or two about 
> that after I have cleared my head. So I think the process has some 
> lessons for us, and is worth repeating.
> As regards the outputs – as the civil society statement said, there 
> were areas of disappointment. I would say personally that I was very 
> angry at last minute changes made to some sections after the formal 
> processes of drafting and consolidating text had ended and passed 
> through those committees to the final approval stage. This was an 
> example of some governmental players being more equal than others. As 
> one colleague said, more like imperialism than multistakeholderism, 
> from a party who preaches the religion. Oh well. In time I might say 
> more about the detail of that.
> But for now – there was much good as well, and it was fantastic to be 
> involved in this with such a great group of people. All our Brazilian 
> reps, and also our selected reps on various committees, did a 
> fantastic job – ad it was privilege to see how well they did. They 
> worked long and hard on our behalf and deserve a lot of praise. If I 
> start names I will miss someone, but to everyone who represented us, I 
> must say job extremely well done.
> Now to wind down after three days of intense activities. Great work 
> everyone, really worthwhile event.
> Ian Peter

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Matthew Shears
Director - Global Internet Policy and Human Rights
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
mshears at cdt.org
+ 44 771 247 2987

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