[bestbits] IGF open consultation and MAG meeting December 2014

[Ephraim Percy Kenyanito]

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+1

Ephraim

On 25/09/14 12:32, William Drake wrote:
> Hi
> 
> +100 with one small addition
> 
> On Sep 25, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen
> <anriette at apc.org <mailto:anriette at apc.org>> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all
>> 
>> As there will be fairly dramatic rotation of civil society 
>> representatives on the MAG this year (most of us are up for
>> rotation) I think it is very important that we submit
>> well-prepared written submissions, and that as many of us as
>> possible attend the December meetings.
>> 
>> I would suggest that IRP makes a submission was we need to make
>> sure that human rights issues do not slip off the agenda. We need
>> some fixed platform for synthesising rights issues at every IGF.
>> The Round Table format in my view works very well, but then it is
>> imperative that it is not scheduled to conflict with rights
>> related workshops as was the case in Istanbul.
>> 
>> And if both Best Bits and Governance can send inputs that will
>> also be good, and of course others too such as Just Net and NCUC.
>> APC will as always do our 'assessment' and use that as a basis
>> for submission.
>> 
>> The other thing that would be helpful would be for civil society 
>> groups to have some idea about what theme or themes to support
>> for the next IGF
>> 
>> Also some specific things to focus on would be:
>> 
>> 1) The Best Practice Forum mechanism - recommendations, feedback
>> on what worked what did not, etc.
>> 
>> 2) Workshop proposal review process - a constant 'work in
>> progress' which still has flaws in my view
>> 
>> 3) Format of the event - I am going to propose that the IGF makes
>> use of the services of someone who specialises in participatory
>> event organisation (very good people that we have worked with in
>> the past are https://aspirationtech.org/events)
> 
> 4)  Strengthening the IGF, consistent with the NETmundial
> statement. Intersessional work to prepare a topic or two that is
> ‘mature’ enough to yield some measure of convergence and could be
> treated for one day in the NM manner could be a very useful way to
> demonstrate the increasing utility of the IGF to the UNGA and
> others.  There are various ideas about how this might be done, and
> it’d be great to see some of them in submissions.
> 
> Best
> 
> Bill
>> 
>> So just a few thoughts.  If CS groups are going to submit
>> collective inputs there is not that much time left to prepare
>> them.
>> 
>> Best
>> 
>> Anriette
>> 
>> *Call for Input*
>> 
>> All stakeholders are invited to submit by *27 October 2014*
>> written contributions taking stock of the Istanbul IGF meeting
>> and looking forward to the IGF 2015 meeting, including
>> suggestions on the format, schedule and themes. The written
>> contributions will be synthesized into a paper that will form an
>> input into the Open Consultations and MAG meetings of 1-3
>> December. Please send all contributions to
>> takingstock2014 at intgovforum.org 
>> <mailto:takingstock2014 at intgovforum.org>.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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