[governance] Workshop proposal - Global Internet Governance

[Janna Anderson]

Excellent workshop and all-star committee - I hope all will participate.

This is a great start to getting it organized, so thank you for your efforts, Ian. 

A couple of points to correct: You left the word "not" out of the second paragraph of the concise description. There's also a typo in the last sentence in that section - should be "effectively."

It is important to continue to tread carefully when proposing governance "structures" - the Imagining the Internet survey at IGF-Rio clearly indicated that most people actively involved in the IGF process believe that whenever possible when it comes to governance less is more.

Janna Anderson


On 4/12/09 6:51 PM, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

Folks, workshop proposals need to be submited in a week. This particular subject attracted a lot of support, so I am attempting below a first draft of a workshop proposal.
 
Given our time constraints, can I suggest that rather than debate the subject below, you suggest alternative wording and changes to the proposal. We seem to have broad agreement that we should mount a workshop in this area, but some difficulty in wording a proposal appropiately.
 
I am suggesting an organising committee for this workshop of Bill Drake, Wolfgang Kleinwachter, and Bertrand de la Chapelle (without asking them)
 
We need a final draft this week.
 
Title
 
Global Internet Governance ˆ multistakeholder involvement of government, civil society and the private sector
 
Concise description
 
The working definition of Internet Governance in Article 34 of TAIS is the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.
 
The WSIS documents have explicitly supported the multistakeholder model in Internet Governance. However, how this would function in agenda-setting, regime drafting, formal adoption/validation, implementation and enforcement is  clear.
 
If the IGF and ICANN are laboratories for the new multi-stakeholder governance as we believe they are, this discussion is a central contribution to a better understanding of how it can work. How can multistakeholder involvement evolve to provide appropriate governance structures that work effectivelt for all stakeholder groups?

Relates to theme ˆ 
Critical Internet Resources
 
If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?
  
To be effective, this workshop will need to involve representatives of all stakeholder groups . We propose an organizing committee including Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Bertrand de la Chapelle, and William Drake to work with all stakeholder groups 

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