[governance] RE: IGF Review Consensus Statement for Consensus (latest version (McTim's changes)

[gurstein]

Okay, here it is...

MBG


The UN WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) has been actively
engaged with the UN Internet Governance Forum, the outcome of the UN WSIS
global negotiation, from its beginning and congratulates the UN Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) on acceptance of the principle of
multi-stakeholderism from 2006 until the present. We feel however, that at
least from the perspective of civil society. this principle has not been
fully implemented since many of those with an active, even a crucial
interest in the health and deployment of the Internet have for a variety of
reasons not been engaged in this process.  

And here we include for example, Indigenous peoples worldwide, people with
disabilities, rural people and particularly those who are the poorest of the
poor and often landless or migrants, those concerned with promoting peer to
peer and open access governance structures built on an electronic platform,
those looking to alternative modes of Internet governance as ways of
responding to specific localized opportunities and limitations, and those
working as practitioners and activists in implementing the Internet as a
primary resource in support of broad based economic and social development.

The IGC believes that the IGF has raised awareness of both narrow and broad
Internet Governance issues among those stakeholders involved in the IGF
process by providing workshops and dialogues based on the multi-stakeholder
principle. However, the IGC is concerned about the lack of participation by
the broader base of possible stakeholders, inclusion of the issues that they
might be concerned to see addressed, and with the counter-proposal to
creating an exclusively intergovernmental forum driven by decisions instead
of discussion.

Since the value and effectiveness of the IGF are obvious, with
near-unanimous response that it should continue, we believe that the review
should focus on addressing the issue of more inclusive participation.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ginger Paque [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 4:52 AM
To: 'governance at lists.cpsr.org'; McTim; Michael Gurstein; YJ Park
Subject: IGF Review Consensus Statement for Consensus (latest version
(McTim's changes)


Now that the JPA statement is nearing conclusion, I ask for
agreement/disagreement on this IGC consensus statement about the IGF Review
Process. Below is the latest version proposed by McTim. Michael Gurstein
made some very good comments which have not been discussed or included in
the statement. If you do not speak up, may we take your silence for assent?

The UN WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) has been actively
engaged with the UN Internet Governance Forum, the outcome of the UN WSIS
global negotiation, from its beginning and congratulates the UN Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) on its successful implementation of the principle of
mutlistakeholderism from 2006 until the present.

The IGC believes that the IGF has raised awareness of both narrow and broad
Internet Governance issues among stakeholders involved in the IGF process by
providing workshops and dialogues based on the mutltistakeholder principle.
However, the IGC is concerned about the lack of participation by the
developing world in the IGF and the counter-proposal to creating an
exclusively intergovernmental forum driven by decisions instead of
discussion.

Since the value and effectiveness of the IGF are obvious, with
near-unanimous response that it should continue, we believe that the review
should focus on addressing the issue of more inclusive participation.

More importantly, the energy not needed in a review of the current process
could be spent in the search for ways to foster more active inclusion of
rarely heard and developing country voices through, but not limited to,
remote participation.

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