[governance] Proposed contribution for the Hyderabad programme

[Tapani Tarvainen]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 06:33:32PM +0900, Adam Peake (ajp at glocom.ac.jp) wrote:

> Proposed contribution for the Hyderabad programme paper.
>
> Just say yes or no.

YES.

> Anything controversial will just mean the letter's not going to get sent 
> and again the caucus will have missed the opportunity to influence the 
> process.  Bound to be spelling mistakes, typos and messed-up grammar 
> (friendly amendments welcome.)
>
> All the ideas in response to Parminder's email so I hope they have our 
> coordinator's support.  He can decide on rough consensus or not.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> Contribution on the Hyderabad Programme Paper
>
> (1)  The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus fully supports the  
> letter sent by the Internet Bill of Rights Coalition "Rights as core  
> theme of the IGF".  The issue of rights and the Internet must remain a 
> central theme of the IGF process.
>
> (2) About the taking stock and way forward session: we suggest that this 
> session be organized in the same "bottom-up" manner as the other main 
> session workshops and debates.  In light of para 76 of the Tunis Agenda,
>
>    "76. We ask the UN Secretary-General to examine the desirability of 
> the continuation of the Forum, in formal consultation with Forum  
> participants, within five years of its creation, and to make  
> recommendations to the UN Membership in this regard."
>
> it is important that a review and evaluation of the IGF begins promptly.
>
> The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus is organizing a workshop  
> "The role and mandate of the IGF"  
> <http://www.intgovforum.org/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=71> and we 
> would be pleased if this workshop could help support discussion during 
> the taking stock session.  We would be pleased to work with the MAG and 
> all other stakeholders in discussions to begin the process of review and 
> evaluation of the IGF and how to best to include this important topic in 
> the taking stock and way forward session at the Hyderabad meeting.
>
> (3)  The process of merging individually proposed workshops and  
> setting-up the working groups that are now developing the main session 
> workshops has been very unclear.  How were some workshops accepted in 
> these working groups and some not?  What efforts have been made to ensure 
> that a balanced representation of views is present in each of the working 
> groups organizing the main session workshops?
>
> The caucus believes this process has not worked well, we would like  
> clarification of the process and to be assured that all stakeholders  
> will have the equal opportunity to participate in the working groups  
> developing the main session workshops (and therefore greatly influencing 
> the main session debates.)
>
> (4) We would like to hear about logistical arrangements for the  
> meetings, particularly the daily schedule (start, finish, breaks etc), 
> information about hotels, particularly affordable hotels, food and 
> refreshments, Internet cafes, and the IGF Village.
>
> (5) Will there be funds to support participants from developing  
> countries and civil society?  Could we please have details of this. We 
> note that the September consultations may be too late to manage a smooth 
> process for allocating funds. Improving participating from developing 
> countries has been identified as a critical issue by the IGFs to date, we 
> are concerned that it is not being adequately addressed.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus.
>
>
>
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