[governance] IGC on its list

[William Drake]

Hi,

Skimming and deleting over morning coffee, a random thought occurs: is  
this still the listserv of the IGC?  It hasn't been obvious of late.   
It's been quite awhile since there much traffic from people who are in  
the IGC discussing the sort of concerns for which we established the  
list seven years ago, and it's not like there are no live issues out  
there.  For example, do we not intend to submit a group statement on  
the IGF review by the July 15 deadline?  We had some preliminary  
discussion on this in May and people indicated a preference for some  
focused dialogue leading to a statement of more than a couple  
paragraphs outlining why the caucus favors renewal.  Given the rather  
variable inputs the UN and the IGF secretariat (for the Sharm  
synthesis paper) will be receiving from member governments, one would  
think this is an important thing to do.

Comments on the review process so far are at
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=FormalConsult032009ListView
(Great URL, I love the website ;-)

The questions we are asked to address are:

1. To what extent has the IGF addressed the mandate set out for it in  
the Tunis Agenda?
2. To what extent has the IGF embodied the WSIS principles?
3. What has the impact of the IGF been in direct or indirect terms?  
Has it impacted you or your stakeholder group/institution/government?  
Has it acted as a catalyst for change?
4. How effective are IGF processes in addressing the tasks set out for  
it, including the functioning of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group  
(MAG), Secretariat and open consultations?
5. Is it desirable to continue the IGF past its initial five-year  
mandate, and why/why not?
6. If the continuation of the Forum is recommended, what improvements  
would you suggest in terms of its working methods, functioning and  
processes?
7. Do you have any other comments?

Surely we can manage answers to these in the next ten days, no?

Best,

Bill

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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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