[governance] 2nd DRAFT for CSTD IGF Questionnaire

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Le 17/11/2010 09:55, McTim a écrit :
> Izumi,
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org> wrote:
>> Dear list,
>> 9. Do you have any other comments? (You may find it useful to refer to the
>> Note by the Secretary-General on the continuation of the Internet Governance
>> Forum (document A/65/78 – E/2010/68) or to the contributions made in the
>> formal consultations held online and during the IGF meeting in Sharm El
>> Sheikh, Egypt in 2009
>> (http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2009-igf-sharm-el-sheikh/review-process)).
>>
>> IGF must focus exclusively on public policy and governance issues. It should
>> avoid providing
>> standard educational workshops where some experts explain how to implement
>> certain technologies
>> or how these technologies work.
> I haven't seen this at any of the IGFs I have attended (remotely), but....
> do we really want to exclude this possibility in a capacity building
> environment?
>
>

I'm with McTim on this. This is also a passage which made me cringe.
What stops a quota of educational workshops to take place?
The Internet is for everyone, and this means keeping the door open.
Avoidance of educational workshops closes it.

Kind regards,

Olivier

-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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