[bestbits] Fwd: Re: [IRPCoalition] OECD - what is going on? and what do you need to know?

[Lea Kaspar]

Hi Parminder, the assumption of the contradiction seem like a non sequitur.
Why would interest to engage in a process like the OECD have to imply a
normative endorsement of the status quo? Working with the system that we've
currently got can go hand in hand with efforts to make the system as a
whole better. Not to mention the value of damage control.

Warm wishes,
Lea

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:13 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
wrote:

>
>
> On Thursday 28 January 2016 06:32 PM, Carlos Afonso wrote:
>
> Grande Parm,
>
> "Global IG civil society" as a monolithic bloc? Could you elaborate?
>
>
> Dear Carlos,
>
> Nice to hear from you!
>
> I should  not have generalised. My apologies. But the civil society
> section that engages with OECD's Internet policy processes is really a
> pretty big part of the civil society groups dominant in the global IG
> space. So, my question may be taken just as being addressed to this quite
> big civil society section, vis a vis their apparently contradictory stand
> when they are at the OECD (the club of the rich countries) vis a vis when
> they are at the UN (a grouping of all countries) .
>
> best regards, parminder
>
> fraternal regards
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 1/28/16 10:00, parminder wrote:
>
> Thanks Carolina for compiling this information.
>
> As global IG civil society preparesin full enthusiasm to participate in
> the OECD ministerial on digital economy policy, I would ask what has
> become my pet question...
>
> Why would you not support the same model of Internet policy making if
> all governments instead of just the 34 richest ones are involved, if the
> stakeholder participation processes remain exactly the same as with this
> OECD process? (And that would include your native country, Brazil.)
>
> I cant make it simpler.
>
> Can all this enthusiasm notbe considered a pro rich countries approach?
> Not something that behoves global civil society, which is supposed to be
> on the side of the weaker and marginalised, groups and people.
>
> parminder
>
> On Thursday 28 January 2016 07:18 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> Today, we - at PK- have published a couple of short texts about what
> is going on in preparation for the OECD Ministerial Meeting. The
> Ministerial will take place in Cancun in June 2016.
>
> We've also included information on how to participate. The most
> important step is to become a member of CSISAC, the civil society
> coalition that channels the participation and concerns of CS in the
> OECD.
>
> Best, Carol
>
>
> ·     OECD Sets the Scene for Future Decades of ICT Policy Developmenthttps://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/oecd-sets-the-scene-for-future-decades-of-ict-policy-development
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> ·      Organization for Economic Co-operation and Developmenthttps://www.publicknowledge.org/organization-for-economic-co-operation-and-development
>
> ·      OECD Ministerial Meetingshttps://www.publicknowledge.org/oecd-ministerial-meetings
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