[governance] Consensus call on IGC statement: please respond YES

[Divina MEIGS]

I vote Yes and thank you all for manifesting our presence.
divina


Le 30/01/10 13:04, « Baudouin SCHOMBE » <b.schombe at gmail.com> a écrit :

>  I say YES and knowing human work being never perfect.
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> 2010/1/29 Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
>> Please reply YES if you agree that the statement below should be put forward
>> by the IGC for the next IGF open consultation meeting.  Please reply NO if
>> you do not agree.  Please do not suggest further changes, unless they are
>> typographical or grammatical.  Responses will be received for 48 hours from
>> the time of this message, following which Ginger and I will assess whether a
>> rough consensus exists.  That decision will be subject to appeal.  Thank you!
>> 
>> Submission of the IGC in taking stock of the Sharm el Sheikh meeting of the
>> IGF
>> 
>> The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) strongly supports the continuation of
>> the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as a multi-stakeholder forum for the
>> discussion of Internet-related public policy issues.  When, as we expect, the
>> forum's mandate is extended for a further term, there are a number of
>> adjustments that we believe should be taken into account, continuing the
>> IGF's pattern of incremental improvement since its inauguration in 2006.
>> 
>> None of these suggestions would fundamentally alter the IGF as an
>> institution; for example, we are content that it remain formally convened by
>> the UN Secretary General, with an independent budget and a Secretariat under
>> contract with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
>> (UNDESA).  We do not see any benefit to the IGF in moving underneath a
>> different UN body such as the ITU.
>> 
>> One question on which the IGC is in clear agreement is that the composition
>> of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) itself should be more evenly
>> divided between the stakeholder groups.  Many also believe that the
>> stakeholders should have a more direct role in the selection of MAG members,
>> and that MAG discussions should continue to be made more transparent.
>> 
>> One particular aspect of the IGF's operations in which the participation of
>> stakeholders could be improved is in setting the substantive agenda of IGF
>> meetings.  We understand that the MAG might not be rotated this year (though
>> in our view the uncertainty about the IGF's future need not preclude that).
>>  If a rotation does not take place, care must be taken that this does not
>> result in the programme for the Vilnius meeting being prematurely set in
>> stone.  The IGC is ready to make innovative contributions to enhance the
>> present "Secretariat-MAG-Open Consultation" mechanism for the preparation of
>> IGF meetings.
>> 
>> The IGF should also consider how to improve its orientation towards the
>> development of tangible outputs, even if these would amount to "messages"
>> rather than to recommendations, declarations or statements (though many of
>> our members would also support outputs of these stronger kinds).  Whatever
>> form its outputs take, efforts should be taken to ensure that they are
>> transmitted to relevant external institutions through appropriate mechanisms.
>> 
>> Similarly, attention must be given to the effectiveness of the IGF's
>> intersessional work program, which is currently limited to open
>> consultations, MAG meetings, dynamic coalition meetings, and loosely
>> connected national and regional meetings.  In particular, there should be a
>> better mechanism than at present for these other groups and meetings to
>> present their outputs to the IGF as a whole.  This would require the IGF to
>> set more stringent standards for such groups and meetings, including open
>> membership, democratic processes, and perhaps multi-stakeholder composition.
>> 
>> We thank you for the opportunity to present you with these thoughts, which
>> reflect a "rough consensus" of our several hundred members from civil
>> society.  We look forward to continuing to constructively engage with and
>> participate in the IGF over the course of its renewed term.
>> 
>> About the IGC
>> 
>> The IGC is an association of individuals in civil society, with a wide spread
>> of geographic and gender representation, who are actively engaged in internet
>> governance and the IGF. Formed during the lead up to the World Summit on the
>> Information Society (WSIS), our mission is to promote global public interest
>> objectives in Internet governance policy making. It now comprises more than
>> 400 individual subscribers to its mailing list, who have subscribed to its
>> Charter.  More about our coalition can be found at http://www.igcaucus.org
>> <http://www.igcaucus.org/> .
>> -- 
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