[governance] CSTD

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 24/05/2010, at 3:48 PM, William Drake wrote:

> And if the IGF is to them principally a bargaining chit to use on other chessboards and not someplace they want to really engage in multistakeholder decision making, one has to wonder whether trying to turn it into a decision making body isn't a bit chimeric and a poor use of scarce CS energies.  I'd rather see us pushing to open up to participation and accountability those bodies that they do take seriously and want to use for decision making.

What are they?  The OECD will never be inclusive enough, even geographically.  The ITU has already considered, and rejected, reforms to increase civil society participation.  ICANN's mandate is too narrow.  ECOSOC (CSTD)... possibly.  But why, when the IGF already exists and the Secretary General has only just posted a statement calling for it to improve its format, functions and operations with a view to producing more tangible outcomes?  Surely this is a golden opportunity...?

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