[governance] CSTD WG on IGF

[Eric Dierker]

Thank you folks for putting this out there, it gives me happy goosebumps.

1st, the absence: No person being given the credit, no voting or process or 
democracy.

And the absolute good of hardworking people advocating positions to at least get 
them heard and on the table, through logic, passion and intelligence.

To heck with Politicians, Warriors, Sports stars and rescue workers --- These CS 
guys and gals are my heroes. Someday I dream that posters of these folks will 
fill the walls of childrens rooms.

Eric


 



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From: parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
To: anriette at apc.org
Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Sent: Mon, September 6, 2010 12:28:32 AM
Subject: Re: [governance] CSTD WG on IGF


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  plain text document attachment 
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