[governance] Breakdown of IGF 2009 participants by region and

Sun Apr 18 16:28:22 EDT 2010

Mere Samisoni did some research on this debate, let me get her to respond.

Kind Regards

ST
On 4/18/10, Eric Dierker <cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I think this is noble but old school logic. Our values and more's are no
> longer dictated by the region or sector we belong to. Cliche's and moribund
> stereotypes no longer fuel our logic. Those with the inclination to
> participate here are not restricted by location or social order or origin.
> Environmentalists are techies, soldiers are scientists, men care for babies,
> women orbit in space, Bangladeshis are agro business folks, Japanese are
> Christian and Muslims drink spirits. Some from England like American
> football, and in Siberia there are Africans, Eskimos enjoy fruits and green
> salads and Malaysians eat Caribou.
>
> But counting sectors and regions help politicians and census takers, guide
> marketers and sales. Even recognizing the georegional differences is a stage
> for bigotry, for classification and discrimination. How can we have rules
> that protect gender and age and disability but embrace segregation based on
> job and the dirt we stand on?
>
> --- On Thu, 4/15/10, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>
>
> From: Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca>
> Subject: Re: [governance] Breakdown of IGF 2009 participants by region and
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 3:03 PM
>
>
> Low but of high quality! :)
>
> Seriously, if Adam's concern is civil society participation, to go
> deeper into the reasons one needs more information on who exactly have
> been the participants per sector and region. Maybe this is available
> (the full roster, with the designation of each by interest group and
> region).  Is the percentage of a region heavily biased by government and
> business, for example? LA&C could have a large percentage of government
> delegates, Asia of business and so on... is this data available?
>
> Southern civil society is constrained by resources and by the lack of
> interest in the IGF. Only now some civil society sectors are perceiving
> the importance of following IG issues, and maybe this is the case in all
> regions. The latest South SSIG had a significant participation of ngo
> students who had never before considered IG as relevant -- and their
> reaction after the course was very positive.
>
> Interesting to note that the World Social Forum, as an example of
> massive worldwide mobilization of ngos and social movements, mostly
> ignores the issue or treats it as fringe.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> Adam Peake wrote:
>> Again, participants from Latin America and the Caribbean is low. Has
>> been for all IGFs (expect Rio... when LAC participants represented 35%
>> of the total, but of those 29% were from Brazil.)
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>> Interesting indeed, Ginger. I assume the classification is on the basis
>>> of self-defined categories as written in the registration forms. I am
>>> particularly curious about the relatively large participation of the
>>> "technical and academic" community.
>>>
>>> []s fraternos
>>>
>>> --c.a.
>>>
>>> Ginger Paque wrote:
>>>>  FYI:
>>>>
>>>>  Breakdown of IGF participants:
>>>  >
>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/87-programme/484-igf-sharm-el-sheikh-attendance-statistics
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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