[governance] European Parliament meeting the Civil Society - 13 November, 13:00-15:00

[Ian Peter]

Brief notes from this meeting

 

IN attendance

 

EP delegation of about 7, including 4 parliamentarians

 

ISOC delegation of about 4

 

Renate and Philippe from CONGO and myself

 

No-one else I recognize as a regular participant on this list

 

3-4 others, no Latinos, no Africans, no Asians

 

 

EP want to regularly consult with civil society

 

Noted cs not represented sufficiently with opening ceremony

 

Their main proposal is national and regional IGF structures

 

ISOC and ISOC France explained their background and reiterated concept of
forum that should discuss only and not make any recommendations

 

Renate mentioned importance of multistakeholder approach 

 

Parliamentarian asked us all to explain what we were doing with governments
in our own countries

 

I spoke about the need for another dimension here of global work on issues
citing examples such as cybercrime and googleisation. I said I thought it
would be a great pity if we had 5 years of discussion and no outcomes and no
action. I asked what we might actually achieve from IGF.

 

Parliamentarian mentioned that he thought main value was hearing different
points of view on issues.

 

Some discussion on need to discuss further between meetings perhaps using
working groups

 

One gentleman spoke strongly about access needs.

 

Overall a disappointing involvement of CS and I wonder why this is so. Is
European parliament irrelevant or are we just disorganized?

 

 

Ian Peter

 

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From: CONGO - IS [mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org] 
Sent: 12 November 2007 23:47
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; gov at wsis-gov.org
Subject: [governance] European Parliament meeting the Civil Society - 13
November, 13:00-15:00

 

Dear all, 

 

We have been requested by the Office of Ms. Trautman to forward you this
additional information on the civil society meeting with European
Parliamentarians, scheduled to take place tomorrow Tuesday 13 November
(13:00-15:00).

 

Best, 

 

Ph

 

 

 

“The European Parliament delegation, composed of Catherine Trautmann, Maria
Badia, Malcolm Harbour and Gunnar Hökmark, invites you to meet and exchange
views on Tuesday 13th, between 13.00 and 15.00, in the Queluz VII. There's
no preselected topic on the table so if you wish to send position papers
prior to the meeting please do so to HYPERLINK
"mailto:catherine.trautmann at europarl.europa.eu"
\ncatherine.trautmann at europarl.europa.eu. The MEPs look forward to hearing
your hopes and concerns on Internet governance and the Information society,
and having a direct and open discussion.”

 

Philippe Dam
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org" \nwsis at ngocongo.org
Website: HYPERLINK "blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org" \nwww.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at HYPERLINK "blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org/" \nwww.ngocongo.org


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