[governance] Stocktaking session synthesis paper released

[Jeremy Malcolm]

The synthesis paper for the stocktaking session is now available on the 
IGF Web site, so go grab it.

A quote from my commentary on it at 
http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/synthesis-paper-for-stocktaking-session:

"In respect of the role of the IGF, the synthesis paper mischaracterises 
the position of those who argue (as I did) that the IGF ought to go 
further in developing a capacity to deliberate in a multi-stakeholder 
context and to make recommendations upon policy issues, rather than 
merely discussing them. The paper recounts without comment the erroneous 
view that this would be an expansion of the IGF's mission as agreed 
during the WSIS process.

In any case, clearly there is no consensus on this point which means 
that it is likely that the status quo will be preserved. This is a 
textbook example of how a notionally impartial institution such as the 
first-appointed Advisory Group can come to exercise ongoing political 
power through the substantive implications of its early procedural 
decisions."

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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