[governance] Very neutral statement on enhanced cooperation

[McTim]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> We haven't, by any means, had enough discussion on the table yet to be close
> to settling a statement on enhanced cooperation for the upcoming UNDEP
> consultation on that topic, due this month.  But since we made such noise
> about non-governmental stakeholders being excluded from that consultation,
> it would be a shame if in the end we had nothing to contribute.
> So, to stimulate a bit more discussion, I've drafted a very neutral,
> uncontentious and short statement on enhanced cooperation that, based on
> your feedback, can hopefully be beefed up into something worth submitting on
> behalf of the IGC.  Here it is:
>
> "The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS-IGC) is pleased to present
> its views on the process towards enhanced cooperation on international
> public policy issues relating to the Internet.  We do not have any detailed
> prescription of the form which this process should take, but rather we take
> this opportunity to make three simple points.
> First is that enhanced cooperation must

I would rather say "should", not "must".

encompass all Internet-related
> public policy issues, second that the existing arrangements of relevant
> organisations (including the Internet Governance Forum) do not adequately
> implement this ideal of enhanced cooperation

They implement my ideal of EC.  What is your ideal?


, and finally that whatever new
> arrangements may be put in place, civil society will play an integral part
> in them.
> These points will be explained in turn:
> 1. Although much of the discussion of enhanced cooperation at WSIS turned
> around the narrow issue of internationalising the oversight of Internet
> naming and numbering functions, the Tunis Agenda expresses this principle
> far more broadly to encompass all existing Internet governance arrangements
> (see particularly paras 58-60 and 69).

I would rather say "far more broadly". and leave it at that.  My
reading of paras 58-60 and 69 is not as sweeping as yours.


> 2. The IGF in its present form is a very important part of that process, in
> that its multi-stakeholder process can help to shape the decisions that are
> taken on Internet related public policy issues in other fora.

Is this actually true?

However the
> full realisation of enhanced cooperation will require a multi-stakeholder
> process to extend to those other fora also.

Hmm, are not most of the other fora also MS?

> There are various options for enhancing multi-stakeholder cooperation within
> and amongst all relevant organisations, ranging from a new umbrella
> governance institution, to a more lightweight multi-stakeholder observatory
> process perhaps hosted under the auspices of the IGF (pursuant to its
> mandate in paragraph 72(i)).

Why give options?  Can't we just say:  "There are various options for
enhancing multi-stakeholder cooperation within and amongst all
relevant organisations."

If we are going to give options, I would suggest we include the
lightest weight one, which would be to let the existing orgs continue
their current cooperation.

> 3. Paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda makes very clear that civil society
> is an integral participant in the development of any process towards
> enhanced cooperation.  Therefore the IGC, in our capacity as members of
> civil society, looks forward to contributing constructively in transparent,
> accountable and democratic multi-stakeholder consultations towards this
> end."

that para is fine with me ;-)

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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