[governance] TENTATIVE FINAL draft response to MAG questionnaire

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 11/10/2010, at 3:22 PM, parminder wrote:

> Before, or at least at the same time as, we recommend a more formal role for outcomes of regional IGFs in the global IGF, we need to mention the minimum basic conditions for what can be considered a regional IGF meeting for this purpose. For instance, the nature of its organizing committee,  complete transparency of funding mechanisms, availability of support for CS groups to attend, the process of managing and allocating this funding support, clarity on mechanism by which the agenda issues and/ or 'messages' from these meetings are brought to the IGF etc............  These things need to be written in our response before we recommend that these meetings me given higher legitimacy in IGF agenda framing. 

"In our submission taking stock of the Sharm IGF meeting, the IGC expressed the view that dynamic coalitions or working groups seeking to have their outputs discussed at the IGF should meet 'stringent standards ... including open membership, democratic processes, and ... multi-stakeholder composition.'  The criteria that apply to regional or local IGFs should be no less stringent.  Additionally they should uphold a high level of transparency in their funding mechanisms, agenda-setting, and the process by which their contributions are received at the global IGF."

Since this language is based on a previous consensus submission, but applies equally well to regional IGFs, I hope we should be able to quickly agree on it.

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Jeremy Malcolm
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