[governance] Workshop proposal - Global Internet Governance - multistakeholder involvement of government, civil society and the private sector

[Ian Peter]

Hi Bill,
 
I put this up on a quick reading of a previous discussion, during which I
recall yourself, Wolfgand and Bertrand being enthusisatic about a workshop
along these lines. 
 
What we will need if we are to submit a proposal (by 21st) will be some
agreed wording, a few enthusiastic supporters, and no strong opposition. So
apart from Janna and yourself no-one has commented, and we do not have
wording. And as you say this is a busy time.
 
If you can suggest something that works for you, we could maybe still get
this up by the deadline. If not, it will still be possible to submit a
workshop along these lines at a later stage. 
 

Ian Peter

PO Box 429

Bangalow NSW 2479

Australia

Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773

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From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch] 
Sent: 15 April 2009 19:03
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Ian Peter
Cc: "Kleinwächter at gator163.hostgator.com, Wolfgang"; de la Chapelle,
Bertrand
Subject: Re: [governance] Workshop proposal - Global Internet Governance -
multistakeholder involvement of government, civil society and the private
sector


Hi Ian, 

Sorry to be slow to notice this, busy...

On Apr 13, 2009, at 12:51 AM, Ian Peter 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)


Inasmuch as all three of us are leaving for Lisbon and the WTPF in a couple
days and Wolfgang and Bertrand are probably as swamped as I am, we might
want to broaden the pool of people involved in drafting, consulting with the
list, and doing the submission mechanics.




We need a final draft this week.


Then we need more discussion and clarification pronto.



Title

Global Internet Governance – 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.


Per previous I wouldn't want to start from this 'respective roles' junk
language.  




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?


Sorry to be dim, but I'm sort of unclear which conversation people really
want to see happen.  If I recall correctly this started out as a proposal
about the role of governments in unnamed domains of IG, then morphed into
the roles of all stakeholders in said domains, then morphed into how to
organize multistakeholder processes generally, which sort of has a rather
familiar, been there done that flavor to it at first taste....What exactly
needs to be talked about that hasn't been?



Relates to theme – 
Critical Internet Resources


Surely it's broader than this.  If it's not, and what people really have in
mind is something about ICANN, maybe we should stop speaking in code.

Thanks,

Bill

 


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