[governance] Chair's paper available

[Jacqueline Morris]

Well, if we want to go with some "semi-agreed text" - the WGIG report
has the following in Para32 (kind of long, but we can include some of
the text?
:
Civil society. The roles and responsibilities of civil society include:
	•	Awareness-raising and capacity-building (knowledge, training,
skills sharing).
	•	Promoting various public interest objectives.
	•	Facilitating network-building.
	•	Mobilizing citizens in democratic processes.
	•	Bringing perspectives of marginalized groups, including, for
example, excluded communities and grass-roots activists.
	•	Engaging in policy processes.
	•	Contributing expertise, skills, experience and knowledge in a range
of ICT policy areas.
	•	Contributing to policy processes and policies that are more
bottom-up, people-centred and inclusive.
	•	Research and development of technologies and standards.
	•	Development and dissemination of best practices.
	•	Helping to ensure that political and market forces are accountable
to the needs of all members of society.
	•	Encouraging social responsibility and good governance practice.
	•	Advocating for the development of social projects and activities
that are critical but may not be "fashionable" or profitable.
	•	Contributing to shaping visions of human-centred information
societies based on human rights, sustainable development, social
justice and empowerment.


On 9/23/05, Danny Butt <db at dannybutt.net> wrote:
> On the CS definition, it'd be good to get an answer in terms of
> Jacqueline's procedural question, which might determine what gets used.
>
> But if there needs to be a new one, Avri's is an improvement on what
> exists. I would also like to see a sentence to the effect that
> reflects the role of CS in promotion of human rights and the
> interests of actors who are not necessarily represented by states or
> the private sector (e.g. women, indigenous groups). The language from
> the WGIG background report para. 270 might be useful:
>
> 270. While there is no unanimously agreed definition of civil society
> a working
> definition, which draws on several United Nations documents, includes:
> "Organizations – including movements, networks and other entities –
> which
> are autonomous from the State, are not intergovernmental or do not
> represent
> the private sector, and which in principle, are non-profit-making,
> act locally,
> nationally and internationally, in defense and promotion of social,
> economic
> and cultural interests, defense of human rights, promotion of
> development
> objectives and for mutual benefit."
>
> If that's too long, adding something like:
>
> "Civil society have also been important in the promotion of human
> rights and the social, economic and cultural interests of those not
> always represented by nation-states or the private sector."
>
> Regards,
>
> Danny
>
> --
> http://www.dannybutt.net
>
> On 23/09/2005, at 8:08 PM, Jacqueline Morris wrote:
>
> > Adam
> > Isn't this text the "agreed language " from Geneva? Since this phase
> > is not supposed to renew debate on "agreed language" If it is in the
> > document, it's open for debate, right? SO it should either be out
> > totally, or the WGIG section on stakeholders be included?
> > Jacqueline
> >
> > On 9/23/05, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> >
> >> Bertrand, thanks.
> >>
> >> A general comment is that the draft is only three and half pages.  It
> >> is missing sections describing follow-up issues (forum and
> >> oversight), but even with those sections the total may only be about
> >> 5 pages.  This is helpful as it tells us that comments on specific
> >> issues will be very short.  Looking at sentences not paragraphs.
> >>
> >> The paragraphs that stands out as contentious reads:
> >>
> >>     We strive to establish a transition to a new cooperation model
> >> that helps up [us] implement the "Geneva principles" regarding the
> >> role of the governments and all stakeholders. Institutional
> >> arrangements for Internet governance should be founded on a more
> >> solid democratic, transparent and multilateral basis, with stronger
> >> emphasis on the public policy interests of all governments, and with
> >> clarification of the relationships among different actors.
> >>
> >> Also, I don't like how CS is defined:
> >>
> >> Civil society has also played an important role on Internet matters,
> >> especially at community level, and should continue to play such a
> >> role.
> >>
> >> Avri has suggested  replacement:
> >>
> >> Civil society has played an important role on Internet matters.
> >> This role has ranged from capacity building at the community level to
> >> the contribution of much of the technological innovation and to the
> >> creation of much of the content that makes the Internet what it is
> >> today.  Civil Society should continue to play such a role.
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At 11:22 AM +0200 9/23/05, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:
> >>
> >>> The Chair's paper in Group A (Internet governance) is now available
> >>> on the official site at :
> >>> <http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1962|
> >>> 0>http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1962|0
> >>>
> >>> Bertrand
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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