[governance] Proposed timeline for the review of IGF

[Ken Lohento]

 A document posted on the IGF website regarding point 4 of the agenda of 
the consultation meeting - see 
http://www.intgovforum.org/hyderabad_prog/IGF.Timetable.03.09.2008.doc 
and directly enclosed here. I guess it's too late to comment it on the 
statement on the review of the IGF...


KL



*_IGF Timetable_*

* *

One of the major outcomes of the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the 
Information Society (WSIS) was the creation of the Internet Governance 
Forum (IGF), as a new forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue. The IGF was 
given a provisional mandate of five years, subject to review.

 

Para 76 of the Tunis Agenda (TA) sets out the broad structure and 
timetable for this review:

 

TA-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. 

 

_Proposed timetable for the review process_

_ _

The ultimate decision on whether or not to renew the mandate of the IGF 
needs to be taken by the UN General Assembly, by the end of 2010, which 
is the fifth anniversary of the Tunis Phase of WSIS. If the mandate is 
not renewed, then the fifth IGF meeting, to be held in late 2010, would 
be the final one. If the mandate is renewed, then there would still be 
time to organize a sixth annual meeting of the IGF in late 2011.

 

Working backwards from this deadline of year-end 2010, a possible 
timetable for the review process is set out below:

 

    * *16 September 2008*: IGF consultations on proposed architecture
      and timetable for the review.
    * *3-6 December 2008*: Third annual IGF meeting, Hyderabad, India.
    * *January 2009 - September 2009:* Start of broad-based
      consultations, with call for contributions on IGF Web site for
      review and comment. Three IGF open consultations in February, May
      and September.
    * *November or December 2009:* Fourth annual IGF meeting (Egypt): 
      'Formal consultations with Forum participants' on the future of
      the IGF. Outcome of consultations is transmitted to the UN
      Secretary-General.
    * *March 2010: Th*e UN Secretary-General submits his report on WSIS
      follow-up, including the IGF, and makes his recommendations to the
      UN membership on the future of the IGF.
    * *May 2010:* CSTD meeting reviews report of the UN
      Secretary-General and makes its recommendations on the future of
      the IGF to ECOSOC.
    * *July 2010:* ECOSOC reviews CSTD resolution and makes
      recommendations to the General Assembly..
    * *November or December 2010:* Fifth^ annual IGF meeting.
    * *December 2010:* UN General Assembly considers ECOSOC
      recommendations and renews or revokes mandate of the IGF, as
      appropriate.

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-- 
Ken Lohento
Uses and Policies of Digital Technology (ICT) Programme
Panos Institute West Africa
6 rue Calmette Dakar Sénégal
+221 33 849 16 66
www.panos-ao.org
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www.euroafrica-ict.org
http://mediatic.panos-ao.org

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