[governance] CSTD WG on IGF

[parminder]

On Monday 06 September 2010 12:31 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
> Thanks for posting this Parminder... also worth noting that the idea of
> this working group came from civil society. Another instance where a
> civil society proposal (made at the CSTD this year) helped governments
> find a practical way forward.
>    
Thanks, Anriette, for pointing to this important fact.

In fact, the May 2009 session of CSTD witnessed some very important 
advocacy successes of civil society, which I think may not have been 
noticed and discussed enough. All the three most important elements of 
the CSTD resolution, now adopted by the ECOSOC, either came first from 
civil society (CS), or at the very least CS was one of the early active 
sponsors of these ideas. Not only that, CS was involved in some hectic 
back room lobbying to ensure that these important steps forward for 
global IG found their way into the draft, and then that they got support 
from key gov reps on the CSTD.

These important issues or steps forward are:

1) An open consultation on enhanced cooperation or EC (to be held later 
this year)

2) A CSTD working group on IGF

3) A clear statement to the effect that EC and IGF are two *distinct* if 
complementary processes (which should put to rest efforts to present 
activities at the IGF as covering the meaning and intent of EC, 
something which has been attempted rather strongly in the last few years)

Parminder

> But this makes it very important for us to be there and make our voices
> heard, and to insist that civil society is well-represented on this
> working group.
>
> Anriette
>
> On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 11:28 +0530, parminder wrote:
>    
>> Hi All
>>
>> Some of you may remember that CSTD had adopted a resolution for a CSTD
>> WG on IGF improvements, which has now been adopted by the ECOSOC.
>>
>> Interestingly, there will be some activity regarding this at the
>> Vilnius IGF.  The following is an excerpt from a message circulated on
>> the MAG list.
>>
>>          CSTD Vice-Chair and MAG Member Frederic Riehl will hold
>>          lunchtime consultations on the CSTD Working Group on the IGF
>>          on 16 September.  I presume he will send out additional
>>          information. The consultations will take place in the main
>>          meeting hall, starting at 1330.
>>
>> Good opportunity to make ourselves heard.
>>
>> Parminder
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