[governance] Comments on Rio - Suggestions for Delhi - main

[Parminder]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Too much mail so briefly, I hope we can suggest
> 
> > We propose that 'An assessment of the current global policy
> institutional
> > framework and mechanism for the Internet, in terms of existing and
> emerging
> 
> As an overarching focus of the meeting (and the forum), rather than just
> one
> session. 

In my view an over-arching theme means exactly nothing. Don't you think so,
with the experience of Athens and Rio. For instance, I heard no panelist in
a content regulation/ FoE workshop pause and say, well lets consider what it
means in a developing country context. 

 Do away with the four generic main session topics from Athens
> and
> replace with new ones, one of which could be development, another could be
> assessing implementation of the WSIS principles (how are transparency and
> inclusion done across native administrative and intergovernmental
> institutions, best practices etc---a linked workshop could go deeper into
> this).  

Yes, one should be development agenda in IG (Swiss and APC suggest WGs on
this), and one can be on assessing WSIS principles... but my suggestion of
assessing the global public policy landscape is different. It will assess
who makes or doesn't make what policy, what gaps remain (which are
acknowledged in TA, and I think we all agree there are major gaps, the ICANN
issue is also mainly bec of these gaps, if it were only doing tech functions
and not public policy functions we will have little problem with it), what
can be done abt these gaps, what was meant by enhanced cooperation, how is
it going or not going, what can be done about it etc...

Parminder 




If someone could explain IG and the environment (as opposed to
> Internet/ICT and the environment) and we can agree there's something
> there,
> maybe that'd interest people and please Fujitsu etc.
> 
> BD
> 
> On 2/13/08 12:57 PM, "Parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> 
> > Some views have been expressed on this list that repeating the same main
> > themes - that are just too general - will not contribute to any
> meaningful
> > impact of IGF, and will not enable it to move towards fulfilling its
> > mandate. (APCs statement also is against recycling the same main themes
> in
> > the plenary.) This was also accepted by the IGC when we proposed 4 new
> > themes during the May 2007 consultations.
> >
> > I am suggesting one such main themes. Responses to this suggestion, and
> > other possible themes are welcome.
> >
> >
> > 'Main issues for discussion at IGF New Delhi'
> >
> > We are of the opinion that we should move towards taking up of more
> specific
> > issues of global Internet related public policy for discussion in the
> > plenaries and the associated workshops, from different speakers just
> making
> > what are often disconnected statements on diffuse and general issues
> that
> > are the subjects of the plenaries at present. A set of issues should be
> > chosen for the New Delhi with this spirit.
> >
> > We propose that 'An assessment of the current global policy
> institutional
> > framework and mechanism for the Internet, in terms of existing and
> emerging
> > policy related challenges'  (crisper title welcome) be one of the main
> > session themes.
> >
> > IGF was borne is an context which recognized significant gaps in the
> global
> > Internet public policy  framework, and one its public policy tasks has
> to be
> > a continued multi-stakeholder examination of this framework, and come
> out
> > with suggestions for evolutionary/ corrective possibilities, if any. No
> body
> > is making such an assessment at present at a time when new challenges in
> the
> > area of global Internet public policy keep emerging. IGF is an important
> > responsibility of doing this as per its mandate.
> >
> > We will like specific workshops (of type A) devoted to examining the
> issue
> > of ensuring transparency, accountability and multi-stakeholder-ism in
> all
> > for a involved in Internet governance and another one devoted to
> developing
> > a code for public participation in all such fora (Swiss and APC
> > contributions mention these)
> >
> > Both these workshops can feed into the main session on 'assessment of
> the
> > current global policy institutional framework' proposed above
> >
> > (ends)
> >
> > Parminder
> 
> 
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