[governance] ICANN and the IGF

[McTim]

On Nov 18, 2007 9:46 PM, Meryem Marzouki <marzouki at ras.eu.org> wrote:
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> And where is this "enhanced cooperation" program?

It's a process, not a program:

71. The process towards enhanced cooperation, to be started by the UN
Secretary-General, involving all relevant organizations by the end of
the first quarter of 2006, will involve all stakeholders in their
respective roles, will proceed as quickly as possible consistent with
legal process, and will be responsive to innovation. Relevant
organizations should commence a process towards enhanced cooperation
involving all stakeholders, proceeding as quickly as possible and
responsive to innovation. The same relevant organizations shall be
requested to provide annual performance reports.

As Wolfie said on this list:

"In Meissen at the end of the Summer School on Internet Governance, we
developed recently a formula for enhanced cooperation (Sigma EC3)
which means that "enhanced cooperation" as "undefined" in the Tunis
Agenda can be seen as a bottom up management process where elements of
enhanced communication among players, enhanced coordination among
instiutions and enhanced informal and formal cooperation among
involved institutions are creatively interlinked. New forms like joint
committees, liaisons, dynamic coalitions are emerging on a
multistakeholder basis. The only thing which is still underdeveloped
is the intergovernmental component of EC3"

So it's not an entity with a secretariat, meetings, travel, etc.

I see the process in many places actually, it is happening, it's
increasing, and it's helpful.  Here are some examples from places
familiar to me:

http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2007/35.html

So the ITU is enhancing cooperation with ICANN

http://nro.net/archive/news/continuing-cooperation.html
http://nro.net/governance/index.html
http://nro.net/governance/itu-exhibition-info.html

The NRO is is continuing/enhancing cooperation with IGF, ITU and the
many thousands of other organisations that are interested in
numbering.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-15nov07.htm
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-14nov07.htm

ICANN is continuing/enhancing cooperation with IGF, ITU, the AU, the
NRO, etc, etc.

http://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/071114pr_fellowship.shtml
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/071112pr_ampassadors.shtml

ISOC does liaison work with all of the above (plus others via new
Regional Bureaus), plus reaches out to  bring folk to IETF/IGF
meetings that otherwise wouldn't (be able to) go.

Giganet is part of it, according to this:

http://www.igloo.org/giganet

"(4) facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters
between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments,
international organizations, the private sector, and civil society)."

and this:

http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=835).

"Since then, the discussion within the academic community has proposed
to initiate an independent academic network for Internet Governance
research.

Such a network, according to Kleinwächter and Ang, should not be a
single "coordinated project" but a platform for "enhanced
communication" both among researchers themselves and between the
academic community and non-academic stakeholder groups to encourage
multiple research projects. Ralf Bendrath from the University of
Bremen presented a paper where he outlined key elements for such a new
network, including proposals for procedures, structures and substance,
membership criteria and objectives. "

Not to mention all these other sites/orgs that are new or newly
speaking to each other.

http://www.wsis-gov.org/igf-sites.html


>Can we participate to it?

Of course, but if one is determined that it doesn't exist, then
participation will be more problematic I think.

>We all know the answer.

I submit that you only think you know the answer, not being rude, but
it's very obvious to me that's EC is in the milieu, not a
place/building/conference/separate program.   If you are looking for
some top down thing from the UN SG, well I doubt you will get it.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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