[governance] Workshop proposal: The Role and Mandate of the IGF

Sun Apr 27 07:43:02 EDT 2008

Thanks Jeremy. 

This and the 3 other proposals as presented to the IGC are open for
comments. (Emails with proposals are enclosed). We will need to close
comment in exactly 24 hours from now to put them for a 48 hours consensus
process. 

Issues about speakers, co-sponsors etc can still be sorted out after 30th
and information added to the proposal. Parminder 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Malcolm [mailto:Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au]
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 4:49 PM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: [governance] Workshop proposal: The Role and Mandate of the IGF
> 
> A small working group comprising Lee McKnight, Karen Banks, Baudouin
> Schombe and myself was recently convened by Parminder to work on a
> proposal for a workshop for Hyderabad on "The Role and Mandate of the
> IGF".
> 
> Whilst not everyone in the working group has had the time to consider
> this text (which myself, Baudouin and Parminder contributed to), it is
> presented now due to pressure of time, since the approval of the
> caucus is required before 30 April.
> 
> Please send comments on the draft proposal to the list as soon as
> possible.  Thank you!
> 
> --- begins ---
> 
> Title of the Workshop: 'The role and mandate of the IGF'
> 
> Civil Society Internet Caucus held a workshop on the same theme, 'The
> role and mandate of the IGF', at IGF, Rio. A report of this first
> workshop is found athttp://intgovforum.org/Rio_event_report.php?
> mem=30. It was driven by an identification of a need for regular self-
> appraisal of the IGF vis-à-vis its mandated role. Such a periodic
> review is also required by the Tunis Agenda (paragraph 73 b).
> Consequently, the caucus proposes to hold a workshop with the same
> title during IGF, Hyderabad.
> 
> The role and mandate of the Internet Governance Forum were set out in
> general terms at the World Summit on the Information Society,
> particularly in paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda.  However since the
> conclusion of the World Summit, various interpretations of this
> general statement of the IGF's role and mandate have been put forward
> and continue to be debated amongst its stakeholders.  Some believe
> that there are elements of the IGF's mandate that have been overlooked
> or minimised in its operation to date.  Others maintain, to the
> contrary, that the IGF must contain the overreaching ambitions of
> those who would transform it from a non-binding forum for discussion
> into something more.
> 
> Since IGF, Hyderabad, represents the midpoint in the initial 5 year
> term of the IGF after which the whole IGF process is sought to be
> reviewed. It will be pertinent at this midpoint to
> 
> (1)        review how the IGF has fared till now vis-à-vis its TA
> mandate, and whether any structure and/or substance corrections are
> needed for the remaining part of its initial 5 year mandate
> 
> (2)        what are the emerging views on post-2010 arrangements for
> the IGF, if one is at all needed.
> 
> There has been unmistakable improvements in the IGF format and
> substance since its first meeting whether it has been to include
> topics earlier considered too controversial (CIRs for Rio) or more
> focused discussions on specific issues (as per tentative program for
> Hyderabad). The directions of these changes vis-à-vis fulfillment of
> the mandate of the IGF may also be an important issue of discussion.
> Since paragraph 73 also speaks about a decentralized structure it
> will also be worth exploring how can the IGF be decentralized beyond
> the present structure of a single annual event, perhaps by exploring
> IGF like structures at the regional and national levels (which will
> inter aliafulfill part of the requirements of paragraph 80) and
> working group working on important issues contributing to the
> proceedings of the annual event.
> 
> --
> Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
> Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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> 
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