[governance] THIRD DRAFT statement on enhanced cooperation

[parminder]

Jeremy

We said in our statements at Vilnius that the IGF and enhanced 
cooperation are two distinct though complementary processes. This is 
also stated in the recent CSTD/ ECOSOC resolution, which part 
incidentally comes from IT for Change's statement to the CSTD. I dont 
see how we can now go back on this, and say some kind of enhanced 
cooperation is taking place in the IGF. Enhanced cooperation as per TA 
was a specific process, even if its method unclear, to be initiated by 
the Secretary General to fill in the global public policy vacuum. I 
would not like to have the IGF at all mixed with or into the EC process, 
except to state its complementarity as we did at Vilnius.

I am unable to give a more detailed response at present. More tomorrow. 
Parminder

On Sunday 07 November 2010 06:12 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> It will be impossible to simultaneously satisfy people like Parminder 
> and people like McTim, so here is my attempt at dissatisfying them 
> equally.  The biggest changes are the substitution of a new preamble 
> for the old one, and deletion of the "do nothing" bullet point under 
> numbered-paragraph 2.  Let's continue to have your comments as we try 
> and reach some common ground.
>
> --- begins ---
>
> The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS-IGC) regards the 
> process towards enhanced cooperation as a vital step towards 
> addressing the "many cross-cutting international public policy issues 
> that require attention and are not adequately addressed by the current 
> mechanisms" (Tunis Agenda para 68).
>
> Despite an intergovernmental mandate from WSIS to address this 
> governance deficit, much remains to be done.  It is imperative that 
> this deficit continue to be addressed, where appropriate through new 
> institutional developments that comply with the WSIS process 
> criteria of being multilateral, transparent, democratic and inclusive.
>
> We make three further points.  First, enhanced cooperation should 
> encompass all Internet-related public policy issues; second, the 
> existing arrangements of relevant organisations (including the 
> Internet Governance Forum) do not fully implement enhanced 
> cooperation, and thirdly 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.  It also reminds us that the ultimate 
> objective of our cooperation is to advance a 
> people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory 
> Information Society.
>
> 2. The IGF in its present form is a very important part of the 
> enhanced cooperation process, in that ideally its multi-stakeholder 
> process can help to shape decisions taken on Internet related public 
> policy issues in other fora.  However the full realisation of enhanced 
> cooperation will require a multi-stakeholder process to extend to 
> other Internet governance organisations that do not already follow 
> this model.
>
> There are various options for enhancing multi-stakeholder cooperation 
> within and amongst all relevant organisations.  These include:
>
> * establishing a lightweight multi-stakeholder observatory process 
> perhaps hosted under the auspices of the IGF (pursuant to its mandate 
> in paragraph 72(i));
>
> * utilising a virtual and voluntary global social community or "social 
> grid", linking together all Internet governance organisations, in 
> which all stakeholders would participate; or
>
> * establishing a new umbrella governance institution for Internet 
> policy development, with space for the participation of each 
> stakeholder group in its respective role.
>
> 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.
>
> --- ends ---
>
> PS. It's entirely possible I have missed some emails.  I'm in Laos 
> with a terrible Internet connection.  I'll catch up and incorporate 
> anything I missed into the fourth draft.
>
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>
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