[bestbits] Call for making the IGF permanent

Carlos A. Afonso ca at cafonso.ca
Mon Sep 1 10:00:40 EDT 2014


If it has to become a formal body, I would not like to see it becoming a 
sort of UN agency. If it is not a UN agency, funding should come from 
other sources.

--c.a.

On 09/01/2014 09:27 AM, parminder wrote:
> I support the call.
>
> It should be accompanied with the UN providing permanent institutional
> funding for it.  Nothing can be permanent and stable without clear and
> stable source of funding.
>
> BTW, the IGF is right now a 'project' of UNDESA, and projects normally
> are not permanent. For being permanent it has to be an incorporated body
> with institutional funding.
>
> Anne, in the CSTD WG on IGF improvements,  IT for Change and some
> developing country asked for a part of domain names tax collected by
> ICANN to be dedicated to IGF funding. This has to be done in a
> statutory/ constitutional manner and not as ad hoc, upto ICANN, measure.
>
> parminder
>
> On Monday 01 September 2014 02:13 PM, Anne Jellema wrote:
>> Actually the point about stable and predictable funding - and I would
>> add to that, transparent and accountable financial management - seems
>> just as important as (and closely linked to) the permanent mandate.
>>
>> WF continues to advocate that a % of gTLD revenues be set aside for
>> this purpose, as well as for other public benefit purposes, but if it
>> is considered unwise to mix ICANN issues with IGF issues then perhaps
>> it's enough just to reference the need for expanded, predictable
>> funding that is transparently accounted for.
>>
>> cheers
>> Anne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Eduardo Bertoni
>> <ebertoni at alumni.gwu.edu <mailto:ebertoni at alumni.gwu.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>     I support Joana´s idea re taking into account what the NetMundial
>>     final declaration says. I would only add that the "next" IGF
>>     should do better in linking its agenda and wok with the regional
>>     IGFs.
>>
>>     e
>>
>>     Eduardo
>>
>>
>>     On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Joana Varon
>>     <joana at varonferraz.com <mailto:joana at varonferraz.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Agree.
>>
>>         At NETMundial final statement, this is what we have on IGF:
>>
>>         "There is a need for a strengthened Internet Governance Forum
>>         (IGF). Important recommendations to that end were made by the
>>         UN CSTD working group on IGF improvements. It is suggested
>>         that these recommendations will be
>>         implemented by the end of 2015. Improvements should include
>>         inter-alia:
>>         a.Improved outcomes: Improvements can be implemented including
>>         creative
>>         ways of providing outcomes/recommendations and the analysis of
>>         policy options;
>>         b.Extending the IGF mandate beyond five-year terms;
>>         c. Ensuring guaranteed stable and predictable funding for the
>>         IGF, including
>>         through a broadened donor base, is essential;
>>         d. The IGF should adopt mechanisms to promote worldwide
>>         discussions
>>         between meetings through intersessional dialogues.
>>         A strengthened IGF could better serve as a platform for
>>         discussing both long
>>         standing and emerging issues with a view to contributing to
>>         the identification of
>>         possible ways to address them."
>>
>>         We could departure from that and add "ask the UN to make the
>>         IGF a permanent body instead of renewing its mandate for
>>         another limited term of 5 or 10 years."
>>
>>         1Net could also be a platform to facilitate this.
>>
>>         best
>>
>>         joana
>>
>>
>>         On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:48 AM, João Carlos R. Caribé
>>         <joao.caribe at me.com <mailto:joao.caribe at me.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Unfortunately I missed that meeting, so I full support
>>             this idea count me on to support as I can.
>>
>>             _
>>             João Carlos Caribé
>>             (021) 8761 1967
>>             (021) 4042 7727
>>             Skype joaocaribe
>>             Enviado via iPad
>>
>>             > Em 01/09/2014, às 11:33, Jeanette Hofmann
>>             <jeanette at wzb.eu <mailto:jeanette at wzb.eu>> escreveu:
>>             >
>>             > Hi all,
>>             >
>>             > at the BB meeting yesterday we discussed the idea of a
>>             BB statement that would ask the UN to make the IGF a
>>             permanent body instead of renewing its mandate for another
>>             limited term of 5 or 10 years.
>>             > This idea found broad support among the attendees of the
>>             BB meeting.
>>             >
>>             > Later on I discussed the content of such a statement
>>             with other stakeholders at the IGF and I got the
>>             impression that we might be able to draft a
>>             cross-stakeholder statement together with the technical
>>             community and the private sector. (Individual governments
>>             support such a statement too but I am not sure it would be
>>             possible within the few days available to coordiante
>>             enough signatures by governments to make this an all
>>             inclusive statement.)
>>             >
>>             > Right now, a multi-stakeholder statement coming out of
>>             this IGF is only an idea that needs further exploration
>>             within the respective groups. So, with this email to the
>>             bb list and the IGC list I am asking for your opinions to
>>             find out if such a cross-stakeholder statement would find
>>             support in civil society.
>>             >
>>             > jeanette
>>             >
>>             > P.S. Lately, I have been unable to post to the IGC list.
>>             If this email does not appear on the IGC list, would
>>             someone be so kind to forward it?
>>             >
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