[governance] IGC questionnaire Q1 for review

[Ginger Paque]

1. To what extent has the IGF addressed the mandate set out for it in 
the Tunis Agenda?

 

Paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda, (a), asks the IGF to: Discuss public 
policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance in order to 
foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and 
development of the Internet.

 

There can be no doubt that this discussion has taken place. So much so 
that the forum has been described as “all talk”—precisely what it was 
designed to be. The participation, the increasing quantity and quality 
of workshops, even the controversies that arise, are proof that this 
discussion is taking place. The continued interest in workshops is 
indication that this process is still dynamically growing and needs to 
continue.

 

The Tunis agenda also calls for "development of multi-stakeholder 
processes at the national, regional… level" similar to the IGF. It is 
heartening to note that some such national and regional processes are 
already taking shape. IGF should further encourage such processes and 
seek to establish formal relationships with these initiatives. Since the 
fear of governmental domination is considerably higher at national 
levels, IGF should use global civil society groups and processes to 
guide appropriate multistakeholderisation of emerging national IGF 
spaces. IGC again offers its assistance to the IGF in this regard.
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