[governance] Separate statement on themes for Vilnius

[William Drake]

Hi

With just a few days to go before the OC, I'm not clear if we are proceeding with a theme statement or have given up on the idea.  In the event that it's the former, I just reread what we agreed for Hyderabad, and we really can't use it anymore, it's dated.

On Feb 3, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Parminder wrote:

> A Development Agenda for Internet Governance
> Development is a key focus of the Tunis Agenda and its mandate for the IGF. Development also was listed as a cross-cutting theme of the Athens and Rio conferences, but neither featured a main session that devoted significant, focused attention to the linkages between Internet governance mechanisms and development. However, at Rio a workshop was organized by civil society actors in collaboration with the Swiss government, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee and other partners from all stakeholder groupings on, “Toward a Development Agenda for Internet Governance.” The workshop considered the options for establishing a holistic program of analysis and action that would help mainstream development considerations into Internet governance decision making processes.
> Attendees at this workshop expressed strong interest in further work on the topic being pursued in the IGF. Hence, we believe the Development Agenda concept should be taken up in a main session at Hyderabad, and that this would be of keen interest to a great many participants there. We also support the Swiss government’s proposal to consider establishing a multi-stakeholder Working Group that could develop recommendations to the IGF on a development agenda.
> 

How about something like this, which doesn't change the substantive thrust of what was previously agreed:

A Development Agenda for Internet Governance

Development is a key focus of the Tunis Agenda and its mandate for the IGF.  But while development has been posed as a cross-cutting theme of IGF meetings, they have not featured a broadly inclusive and probing dialogue on what Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) might mean in conceptual and operational terms.  To address this gap, the IGC previously has advocated a main session on A Development Agenda for Internet Governance, and some its members have organized workshops or produced position papers elaborating different visions of what such an agenda could entail.   In light of the related discussions during the Sharm el Sheikh cycle, we renew our call for a main session on this theme.  The dialogue at Vilnius could, inter alia, identify the linkages between Internet governance mechanisms and development, and consider options for mainstreaming development considerations into IGF discussions and Internet governance processes, as appropriate.  We also continue to support the Swiss government’'s proposal to consider establishing a multi-stakeholder Working Group that could develop recommendations to the IGF on a development agenda.

Bill
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