[governance] SECOND DRAFT response to MAG questionnaire

[Adam Peake]

>On Wednesday 06 October 2010 01:40 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
>>On 06/10/2010, at 3:31 PM, parminder wrote:
>>
>>>On the question 6. How best to link with 
>>>international processes and institutions?
>>>
>>>I think we need to propose ways beyond 
>>>ensuring circulation of information. We should 
>>>ask for real policy related engagements, 
>>>whereby the IGF is able to give recs to these 
>>>institutions in their area of policy making 
>>>competence, and these other institutions are 
>>>encouraged to bring policy issues on which 
>>>they will like to have a larger debate/ 
>>>dialogue to the IGF, and the IGF then reverts 
>>>back on outcomes of the discussion/ dialogue. 
>>>I also read some such intention in the Tunis 
>>>Agenda para on IGF mandate.
>>>
>>
>>You'll note that at the top of my email I 
>>claimed that I had added new text to the answer 
>>to question 6 about this, but in fact I had 
>>accidentally omitted it and the text was 
>>identical to the first draft.  Here is what I 
>>had intended to add, based on suggested text 
>>from July, but you may have something better to 
>>contribute.
>>
>>"In either case, such summaries transmitted 
>>from the IGF need not take the form of 
>>recommendations (though in the rare event that 
>>a rough consensus had been reached on a 
>>particular issue, there is no reason why they 
>>couldn't take that form).
>>
>
>Tunis Agenda expressly includes making 
>recommendations among IGF's tasks. I see no 
>reason why we should say ' need not take the 
>form of recommendations' and make it look like a 
>very unlikely possibility, rather seeking 
>clearer action to realise that part of IGF's 
>mandate.



It's worth remembering what the Tunis agenda 
actually says about recommendations:

"Identify emerging issues, bring them to the 
attention of the relevant bodies and the general 
public, and, where appropriate, make 
recommendations."

Quite narrow.

It would be better to follow language used by Mr. 
Sha in his briefing on the continuation of the 
forum, in summarizing what speakers suggested by 
way of improvements to the IGF:

More visibility for outcomes, and possibly the ability to make recommendations.

<http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/usg/statements/internet-governance-forum2.shtml>

Which I think would be close to Jeremy's 
language.  Copying in Mr. Sha's words might be 
helpful.

Adam



>Comments like the ones we propose to give, 
>especially at hot moments of actual policy/ 
>resolution writing get first of all seen in 
>their general intent. What we are saying  would 
>basically be taken to mean that the IGC is 
>generally cynical vis a vis possibilities of 
>recommendations by the IGF. That is quite 
>retrograde, in my view, especially in an 
>environment when today there seems to be 
>somewhat more openness to speak about possible 
>recs, and how they can happen. I dont think we 
>should include the above text at all. Parminder
>
>
>>
>>A emerging model for this process is found in 
>>the "messages" or "recommendations" produced by 
>>national IGFs such IGF-D (Deutschland), and 
>>regional IGFs such as the East African IGF and 
>>EURODIG.  Ideally this would become a two-way 
>>process in which the institutions addressed 
>>could also turn to the IGF with issues they 
>>wished the IGF to address through 
>>multi-stakeholder dialogue."
>>
>>
>>Also, point noted on the subsidiarity issue. 
>> I'll remove that from the next version, unless 
>>others wish to speak up with a compelling 
>>counter-argument (Baudouin, perhaps? - that 
>>text was loosely based on your comments).
>>
>>--
>>
>>Jeremy Malcolm
>>Project Coordinator
>>Consumers International
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