[bestbits] [governance] Second WGEC meeting26-27 January 2017, Geneva
Nick Ashton-Hart
nashton at consensus.pro
Fri Jan 27 10:22:31 EST 2017
I think expectations should be low. To be honest, the intergovernmental “action” on most issues has migrated to those processes where there is a mandate for a given area of work - trade to the WTO, INTERPOL/UNODC for crime, etc.
> On 27 Jan 2017, at 15:38, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:
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> I am afraid that we won´t see big progress. Too many delegates fight the battles of yesterday. It needs much more political will (from all stakeholders) to look beyond the good language of Tunis and to draft a "enhanced Internet Governance Agenda 2025".
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: izumiaizu at gmail.com <mailto:izumiaizu at gmail.com> im Auftrag von Izumi AIZU
> Gesendet: Fr 27.01.2017 15:34
> An: Anriette Esterhuysen
> Cc: governance; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>; APC Members
> Betreff: Re: [governance] [bestbits] Second WGEC meeting26-27 January 2017, Geneva
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> I also thank you, Anriette and all those who are in cold Geneva, working
> hard for this rather difficult to tackle issue of Enhanced cooperation,
> still.
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> Please keep the good work,and share your views on where it is going
> further, if any.
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> izumi
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> 2017-01-27 18:34 GMT+09:00 Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>:
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>> Dear Arsene (apologies for cross posting)
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>> Thanks for this. The first day went relatively well, if very slowly.
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>> Follow @sgdickinson for updates.
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>> We talked mostly about the 'characteristics' of enhanced cooperation.
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>> Representing civil society in any unified way is not really possible as
>> not all the civil society participants share the same position. We do
>> share concerns and values and there is a good working spirit between
>> those of us who are here (Parminder Jeet Singh, Richard Hill, Carlos
>> Afonso, Lea Kaspar, Jovan Kurbalija and also observers such as Wolfgang
>> Kleinwaechter, Puneet Nagaraj and Marilia Maricel). We have not had a
>> civil society meeting of any kind yet.
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>> That we have different positions (e.g. on what mechanisms are needed for
>> enhanced cooperation, and whether it is about cooperation between
>> governments, or between governments and other stakeholders) is also not
>> a bad thing in my view. And there are some views we have in common. But
>> we cannot say there is a united civil society position at this point.
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>> Cooperation between governments is important.
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>> Cooperation among all stakeholders is also important.
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>> Civil society influence is essential.
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>> Preventing capture from any one government or group of governments or
>> stakeholder group, e.g. business, is also important.
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>> I am hoping that discussing how we see enhanced cooperation and how and
>> where governments should talk about internet-related public policy, even
>> if we have different emphases and proposals would be useful.
>>
>> Last word ... Geneva is cold!
>>
>> Anriette
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>> On 25/01/2017 13:11, Arsène Tungali wrote:
>>> Thanks Anriette,
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>>> Please do keep us posted of anything relevant to CS. And should you need
>> anything from us, do not hesitate
>>>
>>> Go and represent!
>>>
>>> Arsene
>>> -----------------
>>> Arsène Tungali,
>>> @arsenebaguma
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>>> Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
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>>> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>>>
>>>> On Jan 25, 2017, at 12:24 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> I am in Geneva for the second meeting of the CSTD (Commission on Science
>>>> and Technology for Development) Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation
>>>> (WGEC).
>>>>
>>>> APC's and other inputs from members of the Working Group and from
>>>> observers are available on the WGEC site:
>>>> http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1215
>>>>
>>>> CGI.br produced a synthesis document of the inputs which you can access
>>>> here:
>>>> http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/WGEC2016_
>> m2_synthesis_en.pdf
>>>>
>>>> The provisional agenda is here:
>>>> http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/cstd2017_
>> WGEC_2_Agenda_en.pdf
>>>>
>>>> Any comments or suggestions welcome. I will try to keep you posted.
>>>> Remote participation is only open to people who registered in advance.
>>>> You can try to register here as observers: https://reg.unog.ch/event/
>> 17618/
>>>>
>>>> Meeting starts tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Anriette
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>> Anriette Esterhuysen
>>>> Executive Director
>>>> Association for Progressive Communications
>>>> anriette at apc.org
>>>> www.apc.org
>>>> IM: ae_apc
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