[governance] Workshop proposals for Vilnius

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 05/04/2010, at 10:32 PM, McTim wrote:

>> Title: Revolutionary Internet Governance Ideas that can help change the Developing World
> 
> These seem to be about Internet ideas, not IG ideas. This one should
> be scrapped IMO.

That was my concern also, so I added "The Internet governance dimensions of each idea will also be explored", and we must make sure that this is the case.  It is apparent from previous meetings that talking about governance only can be a little abstract for many at the IGF.  Personally I think that beginning with a very practical application of the Internet for development is a good way to draw people in to the discussion of its governance implications.

>> WORKSHOP 2
>> ==========
>> Title: Successes and failures of Internet governance, 1995 - 2010, and looking forward to WSIS 2015
> 
> While this one is about IG, it looks like a dog's breakfast to me.

Well, it was originally two separate workshops so I can take that criticism on board. Perhaps we could drop the WSIS 2015 from the title, and just address this part in one speaker's presentation.

> Can we focus on the real, current and pressing IG issues we see
> everyday instead of some la-di-da "what if" nonsense??

What would you include, within the scope of the workshop title?

> Seriously, what IG decisions were made in 2005?  The IGF can't really
> be desvribed as an IG decision, can it?  If you want this thing to be
> meaningful and relevant, which many seem to want, then you have to
> make it meaningful and relevant.

Sure the formation of the IGF was an IG decision.  Doing nothing at all would have been an IG decision, too.  Not the right one, but still a decision.

Since it seems to be a popular idea, I think we should try to refine this workshop proposal to overcome your concerns.  Perhaps you, Hakikur, Roxana and others who have commented, could propose specific text to improve what we already have below:

This workshop will compare the changing institutional and procedural approaches that have been applied to the problems of Internet governance over the last 15 years, and facilitate the sharing of various perspectives about the effectiveness and legitimacy of each approach.  In each case reference will be made to the WSIS process criteria which recommend the full involvement of governments, the private sector, civil society, and international organizations in Internet governance arrangements.

In parallel, the workshop will also look back to the period of 2003-2005 when the first meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held, and forward to a future meeting in 2015.  Questions to be asked include, would the same decisions about Internet governance that were made in 2005 have been made today, are the WSIS process criteria due for revision, and how will the role of private actors differ between the two summits?

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Project Coordinator
Consumers International
Kuala Lumpur Office for Asia Pacific and the Middle East
Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +60 3 7726 1599

CI is 50
Consumers International marks 50 years of the global consumer movement in 2010.
Celebrate with us as we continue to support, promote and protect consumer rights around the world. 
http://www.consumersinternational.org/50

Read our email confidentiality notice. Don't print this email unless necessary.

____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed from the list, send any message to:
     governance-unsubscribe at lists.cpsr.org

For all list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t