[governance] IGF delhi format

[Adam Peake]

>Milton L Mueller wrote:
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
>>>About the multi-stakeholder organization of
>>>workshops -- always intended to be a principle
>>>not a rule.  And as the caucus / civil society
>>
>>What those workshops need is not necessarily representation of multiple
>>stakeholders, if by "stakeholder" we mean business, govt and civil
>>society. What the workshops need, and badly, is a diversity of views.
>
>I very much agree with that.


Also agree.

I don't see any problem in sticking with the multistakeholder 
principles, just emphasizing the importance of diversity of views. 
Ideally they go hand in hand.


>It is not easy to enforce though. How would you prove that workshop 
>organizers invited only token stakeholders of the other camps?


If the selection process starts early (and we can this year, could 
not on 2006 and 7) then having people submit proposals, merge/develop 
them, and then having those proposals available for some public 
review might help.

Adam


>What is more, if people are not sympathetic to your issue or 
>approach, they may boycott it by refusing to co-organize or 
>participate. While diversity of views supports the spirit of the 
>IGF, in practice it is not always easy to implement.
>jeanette
>  A
>>panel on free expression, e.g., can always find a token businessperson
>>or CS rep who favors (or opposes) freedom of expression in a specific
>>policy context. The workshops are useless unless the leading and most
>>articulate advocates of, say, more restrictive content regulation are on
>>the _same_ panel as the leading and most articulate advocates of less
>>content regulation. Then these workshops might lead to something.
>>
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