[governance] IGF consultation starting

[Izumi AIZU]

well, thanks for the support, but the actual MAG discussion right now
is getting into somewhat difficult areas for the selection of MAG members.

Markus is trying to persuade that "triage" approach of each stakeholder
making the final selection, instead of asking Secretary General to make
final decision, may end up breaking the regional balance, thus may
not be the recommended way forward.

Many CS members are trying to push CS will select its own members.

Let's see how they resolve this.

izumi

2010/11/24 Fatimata Seye Sylla <fsylla at gmail.com>:
> 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)
>>
>> -------
>>
>> 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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           Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
                                  Japan
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