[governance] Separate statement on themes for Vilnius

[William Drake]

On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Parminder wrote:

> In the statement we should also mention that special 3 hour workshops on the two themes of dev agenda and NN were organized last year, which represents a certain degree of maturity of these themes within the IGF context. 

How about
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>> 
>> A Development Agenda for Internet Governance
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>> 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
(including a special three hour event at Sharm el Sheikh)
>> 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.
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>> Bill


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