[governance] Discussion on 'enhanced cooperation' at the IGF hyderabad

[Parminder]

Hi All

 

This is to draw your attention to IGC's contribution to Feb 2008
consultations of the MAG on substantive agenda for IGF, 2008. (enclosed, and
also can be found in the list of contributions on the IGF website at
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/prepprocess/prepmeetings .

 

We had sought a discussion on Enhanced cooperation at IGF, 2008. To quote
our submission 

 

 "Enhanced Cooperation - What Was Meant By the Tunis Agenda, and What Is the
Status of It "

"Tunis Agenda speaks of the need for 'enhanced cooperation' for global
Internet policy making. There are different views about what exactly is
meant by this term, and what processes will/ can constitute 'enhanced
cooperation'. IGF is the right forum to deliberate on the meaning and
possibilities of this term, through wide participation of all stakeholders
in the multi-stakeholder spirit of the WSIS. It is quite possible that such
an open discussion pushes the process of 'enhanced cooperation' forward,
which at present seems to be caught in a kind of a limbo, or at least some
degree of confusion."

 

The good news is that such a discussion will be taken up in a plenary
session on the December 5th from 1100 to 1230 and later in the plenary open
discussion in the afternoon. 

 

See
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/main_managing_criticalIR.html
for details for this session. To (part) quote from the description

 

"The panel will engage in a lively session exploring the meaning and
possibilities of the term enhanced cooperation, including a discussion of
the progress and results of the United Nations recent request for reports on
enhanced cooperation from selected global organizations. "

"There will be a focus on four questions: 
(1) what do different actors mean and understand by the term enhanced
cooperation?  
(2) what are your experiences with the state of enhanced cooperation in
Internet governance in your field?  
(3) What do you believe should be the direction of enhanced cooperation
going forward and your vision for the future?  
(4) what further steps are needed to create enhanced cooperation, if any?"

 

Apparently, we got in almost all of what we wanted to be discussed. 

 

Parminder 

 

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