[governance] IGC questionnaire Q1 for review

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 12/07/2009, at 9:06 PM, Ginger Paque wrote:

> 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.

I strongly disagree and couldn't support the statement with this in  
it.  I know we don't want to be too negative, but this is simply not  
so.  Can you read paragraphs (c), (g), (i) and (k) of the mandate in  
particular and seriously argue that they have been fulfilled by our  
"all talk" IGF?

> 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.

We should add something like "There is more work to be done on  
addressing certain of the other paragraphs of the IGF's mandate that  
call for it to go beyond discussion into action - for example, in  
effectively interfacing with other international Internet governance  
institutions (para 72(b) and (c)), in assessing their compliance with  
the WSIS process criteria (para 72(i)), and in formulating  
recommendations to them in appropriate cases (para 72(g))."

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