[governance] IGF consultation starting

[Fatimata Seye Sylla]

Thank youi Izumi for keeping us informed!

Best,
Fatimata


On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org> wrote:

> Below is the text I read in the afternoon session, on IGF stocktaking
> and way forward.
>
> Agenda 2.   Taking stock of the Vilnius meeting (what worked well,
> what worked less well)
> What worked well – remote hub, transcripts in all rooms, roundtable
> Not well -
> Agenda 3.   Suggestions for the 2011 IGF meeting (provided the IGF
> mandate be extended)
>
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>
> My name is Izumi Aizu, the newly elected co-coordinator of the
> Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus –
>
> We would like to extend our appreciation to the local host of IGF
> Vilnius, not only the government of Vilnius, but the private sector
> and civil society people there.
>
> On the future of IGF, we like to see improved, stronger link between
> workshops and main sessions – including the possibility of doing all
> or most workshops up front say in the first two days, and then
> feedback the outcomes to the main sessions later two days.
>
> We also like suggest to obligate more strictly that all workshop
> organisers to provide summaries that will be fed to main sessions and
> to the whole IGF outcome.
>
> We also like to point out that the MAG and the Secretariat are
> strongly encouraged to directly foster discussion and debate on
> difficult issues in the main session, instead of avoiding them.
>
> In this context, IGC also like to see that we try to come-up with
> “messages” or recommendations in certain areas where all stakeholders
> could reach [rough] consensus. They will not be binding, but could
> still function as a model or common framework. The working process
> towards achieving the consensus will create better and deeper
> understandings amongst different stakeholders.
>
> Let us give more weight to regional and national IGF meetings. Making
> more direct “links” to the main IGF meeting will help outreach to
> those who have not yet involved in IGF process. The same level of
> working framework of IGF, such as multi-stakeholder composition and
> inclusion of civil society groups (where such practice is relatively
> new or scarce) should be maintained.
>
> The remote hubs and moderators at the Vilnius IGF made good progress.
> We are proud to have our civil society members, Ginger and Marilia in
> particular, took strong leadership for the remote moderation, thus
> setting a good precedence to follow.
>
> Further more, we like to propose to try to organize some sessions
> completely online. This will create “level playing field” among all
> participants everyone becomes remote and there is no “center”, and may
> also demonstrate the effectiveness of these tools/technologies, and
> may also improve the quality of services in turn.
>
> Finally, we have another bold suggestion: That is to increase
> linguistic diversity. Currently, English is the only default working
> language, but we think it does not have to be so. How about using UN
> major languages other than English at certain meetings and occasions
> as main working language including, perhaps, the scripts (translated
> into other UN languages). This will increase the outreach to
> non-English speaking population globally and will give more sense of
> ownership.
> Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus would like to continue to
> work with other stakeholders to the improvement of IGF processes
> together with the enhanced cooperation processes.
>
> Thank you.
>
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