[governance] Workshops for Rio

[Mr. Robert Guerra]

Parminder:

Thanks for suggesting the topics in your earlier email.

A proposal - Let me suggest we develop a document that tries to   
match topics the IG Caucus  might want to propose to the IGF mandate  
(below) any decisions and/or recommendations already specified by the  
IGF advisory group.

Given recent developments the issue of - cybersecurity -  comes up  
quite often. It is an area where , in my opinion, capacity building  
and multi-stakeholder dialogue could be quite strategic.


regards,

Robert
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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.ca>
Managing Director, Privaterra
Tel +1 416 893 0377


--- IGF Mandate and comments for proposed topics for IGF/Rio (07) --


72. We ask the UN Secretary-General, in an open and inclusive  
process, to convene, by the second quarter of 2006, a meeting of the  
new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue—called the Internet  
Governance Forum (IGF).The mandate of the Forum is to:

1. Discuss public policy issues related to key elements of Internet  
governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness,  
security, stability and development of the Internet;


2. Facilitate discourse between bodies dealing with different cross- 
cutting international public policies regarding the Internet and  
discuss issues that do not fall within the scope of any existing body;



3. Interface with appropriate inter-governmental organizations and  
other institutions on matters under their purview;
4. Facilitate the exchange of information and best practices, and in  
this regard make full use of the expertise of the academic,  
scientific and technical communities;

5. Advise all stakeholders in proposing ways and means to accelerate  
the availability and affordability of the Internet in the developing  
world;

6. Strengthen and enhance the engagement of stakeholders in existing  
and/or future Internet governance mechanisms, particularly those from  
developing countries;

7. Identify emerging issues, bring them to the attention of the  
relevant bodies and the general public, and, where appropriate, make  
recommendations;


8. Contribute to capacity building for Internet governance in  
developing countries, drawing fully on local sources of knowledge and  
expertise;

9. Promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS  
principles in Internet governance processes;
10. Discuss, inter alia, issues relating to critical Internet resources;

11. Help to find solutions to the issues arising from the use and  
misuse of the Internet, of particular concern to everyday users;
12. Publish its proceedings


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