[bestbits] Criteria of Meaningful Stakeholder Inclusion in Internet Governance

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Dear all,

The final version of the paper "Criteria of Meaningful Stakeholder
Inclusion in Internet Governance" that I presented at the 2015 Best Bits
meeting and at the GigaNet meeting the following day has just been
published in Internet Policy Review here:

http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/criteria-meaningful-stakeholder-inclusion-internet-governance

Many thanks to those who gave feedback on the draft, including the
reviewers at IPR.  At the Best Bits meeting there was also interest
expressed in collaborating on some kind of outreach or other activities
around the criteria, which could help us in advocating for the kind of
multi-stakeholder processes we want, and against those phony kinds that
we don't want.  This was my intent in writing the piece to begin with,
so I was glad that others felt the same.

For those who wish to collaborate on this, please contact me (off-list
is fine), and I can start what we used to call a "fluid working group"
on this topic.  The practical next steps are entirely up for discussion,
but might include any of the following (just brainstorming here!):

  * A Best Bits sign-on statement based loosely on the article.
  * A simplified one-pager based loosely on the article (similarly to
    how a short set of "10 Punchy Principles" were distilled from the
    Internet Rights and Principles Charter).
  * An open letter (or a set of these) to governments or institutions
    that we feel are misusing the term "multi-stakeholder" to imply that
    they are more open to meaningful stakeholder participation than they
    really are.
  * A meeting with such governments or institutions to discuss possible
    reforms.
  * Development of a logo, seal, award or certification for processes or
    institutions that we think come up to a high standard.
  * A joint blog where we analyze particular processes or institutions,
    one at a time, to assess how well they measure up to the criteria.
  * Formation of an IGF Dynamic Coalition or an activity under the
    auspices of the NETmundial Initiative to execute para 72(i) of the
    Tunis Agenda ("assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS
    principles in Internet governance processes").
  * Any other good ideas that any of you might come up with.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you soon if you are
interested in collaborating.  Please also share the article widely if
you'd like to.

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jmalcolm at eff.org

Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161

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