[governance] MAG and bureau

[Vittorio Bertola]

Milton Mueller ha scritto:
> For me, the main problem with the MAG is simply that it is
> insufficiently institutionalized. Instead of a defined, bottom up
> process for ongoing selection and rotation of its members, we have the
> initial selections stuck into place indefinitely. And the selections
> were hand-picked in a completely nontransparent and somewhat arbitrary
> way. Let me hasten to add that that was ok to get things going, but we
> cannot get stuck there. 
> 
> There are some other issues related to the activities of the MAG and
> the way they relate to the Secretariat that could be improved. This is
> not a crisis, not yet, just a need for progress.
> 
> What problem are we trying to solve? We are trying to solve the problem
> of preventing the IGF from stagnating and becoming irrelevant. We want
> to build resilient institutional mechanisms that allow the IGF structure
> to handle differences of perspectives among PS, CS and govts. 

I concur with Milton. I think that the [b|B]ureau is a false problem, 
that only arises because more and more participants are dissatisfied 
with a few issues:
- the lack of clarity on the procedures to compose the AG
- the lack of clarity on terms and mandate of the AG
- the lack of a mechanism that can actually release "outcomes" of the IGF.

The AG should realize this and promote its own evolution, through some 
public discussion, even online, or maybe by setting up a small working 
group to manage the process, or whatever; get to Rio with a proposal on 
the table, and have it discussed openly.

If, on the other hand, the AG will just float until Rio... calls for a 
[b|B]ureau will become more and more frequent, and the discussion will 
polarize.
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