[governance] CONSENSUS CALL - IGF ROLE

[Guru गुरु]

Yes to both statements

Thanks Ian

regards
Guru

>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com 
> <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>> wrote:
>
>     We also need to get a consensus on the following statement which,
>     depending
>     on the flow of the consultations, may be delivered with or
>     separately to the
>     statement on the IGF review.
>
>
>
>     Please indicate YES or NO in response. If responding no and can
>     articulate
>     why, we may be able to accommodate suggestions even at this late
>     stage.
>
>
>
>     STATEMENT
>
>
>
>
>
>     The Internet Governance Caucus is of the view that the IGF should
>     continue
>     beyond its first mandated period of five years.
>
>
>
>     There are two clear, and relatively distinct, mandates of the IGF
>     -  first,
>     regarding public policy functions, as a forum for multistakeholder
>     policy
>     dialogue, and second, regarding capacity building. Both aspects of
>     the IGF's
>     role need to be strengthened.
>
>
>
>     Especially, one role (for instance, capacity building) should not be
>     promoted to the exclusion of the other (policy related role). If
>     the IGF is
>     assessed not to be sufficiently contributing to its one or the other
>     principal roles, adequate measures should be considered to improve its
>     effectivenesses vis-a-vis that role.
>
>
>
>     It is important that IGF remains open to addressing all issues
>     that are in
>     the IG space, no matter how controversial. Very likely, the more
>     controversial an issue, the more appropriate it may be to bring it
>     to the
>     IGF where inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders can be sought.
>
>
>
>     Deliberations at the IGF can be used as inputs for global Internet
>     policy
>     making, which will help make policy-making processes more
>     participative and
>     democratic.
>
>
>
>     We congratulate the IGF secretariat on doing exemplary work in the
>     last few
>     years, However for this success to be built on, the IGF should be
>     assured
>     stable and sufficient public funding to be able to carry its functions
>     effectively, and impartially in global public interest. To this end we
>     believe it is important that no other UN organization gets
>     involved in the
>     IGF's management.
>
>
>
>
>
>     Ian Peter
>
>     PO Box 429
>
>     Bangalow NSW 2479
>
>     Australia
>
>     Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
>
>     www.ianpeter.com <http://www.ianpeter.com/>
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