[governance] Requesting Comments for an Internet Governance Development Agenda from Civil Society

[Norbert Klein]

On Friday, 7 August 2009 00:43:07 Eric Dierker wrote:

> Not a good starting point here.  I am from a developed nation.  All my work
> has been for developing nations.  My wife is from a developing nation. 
> What makes you think that ones geographic location determines their
> perspective on the net. 

Of course it does. 

> The US is developed -- Yet I worked with some in Northeastern Arizona on
> the Navajo Indian reservation that have exactly the same issues as those of
> the lower Mekong or Puebla Mexico.  Your distinctions need to be retooled.

I do not know where you live and work to speak about the lower Mekong or 
Puebla. And it is also not just that the Northeasten Arizona is different 
from most other places in the USA - where more policy power resides.

I am much in agreement with Fouad.


Greetings from the lower Mekong,

Norbert Klein
Phnom Penh


> --- On Thu, 8/6/09, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com>
> Subject: [governance] Requesting Comments for an Internet Governance
> Development Agenda from Civil Society To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 3:51 PM
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> As you know that I have been participating physically in IGF
> mainstream activities only recently and I wanted to understand and
> build up consensus on a Development Agenda with regards to Internet
> Governance through various interventions. My understanding of the
> topic may vary due to the fact that I belong to the developing world
> and we see the subject of a developing agenda a bit differently from
> the developed world perspective.
>
> I have occasionally referred to the possibility of such a development
> agenda as "Internet Governance for Development" or "IG4D". I took this
> perception to the Open Consultations in Geneva earlier this year in
> May. I would like to request all of you to share your comments and
> perspectives on your perception of a development agenda with regards
> to Internet Governance. In the past, I have learnt a great deal from
> IT For Change and APC's work and would like to learn more from the
> grass roots and members of the IGC.
>
> I await your comments. I will produce something productive for sharing
> at the IGF consultations and meetings respectively.



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