[governance] CS IGC presentation yesterday, opening session IGF

Sat Sep 18 03:12:22 EDT 2010

... was a very good speech ...!

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On 15/09/10 03:30, Ginger Paque wrote:
>
> Our presentation is online at: http://bit.ly/bHQLMP Ginger's 
> presentation at Opening Ceremony
>
> Here is the text:
> Opening Session September 14, 2010
>
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque, Co-coordinator, Civil Society Internet 
> Governance Caucus
>
> Good afternoon, excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and 
> gentlemen. I would like to think that I am speaking for the Civil 
> society Internet Governance Caucus or IGC, for Civil society, and in 
> fact, for everyone here today. How can that be?
>
> Many of us wear several hats indicating our profession or 
> affiliation... Today, I am speaking as co-coordinator of the Civil 
> society IG caucus, but I am also Internet Governance Capacity Building 
> Programme online course coordinator for DiploFoundation... two civil 
> society hats...
>
> Some of us represent government, business, academia and civil society 
> in different or overlapping areas of our lives, or at different times 
> of the day... but in the end, we take off our hats and we are members 
> of society, individuals, Internet users. We are parents, worried about 
> our children's safety online. We are Internet users concerned about 
> the security of our financial data. We are citizens seeking to protect 
> our basic rights to access, freedom of expression, and information.
>
> Multistakeholderism -- recognised in the Tunis Agenda 2005 - was the biggest conceptual achievement in WSIS. It was accepted as a guiding principle for Internet Governance and the IGF in contrast to the intergovernmental stakeholder approach previously applied.
>
> This success demands that the IGF continue with its core structure basically unchanged, while emphasizing the further application of enhanced cooperation.
>
> The Civil Society in each of us worries about our human rights, about 
> child porn, and about being scammed. We worry about finding 
> information in our native languages. We worry that the richness and 
> diversity of our traditions will be replaced by a new SMS text 
> language. The Civil society Internet Governance Caucus asks that we 
> continue to work on these issues together, by appropriately applying 
> the principles of the basic Human Rights instruments, such as the 
> Universal Declaration of Human Rights and supporting the principle of 
> indivisibility of rights highlighted in the WSIS declaration of 
> principles.
>
> This Enhanced Cooperation is not just a process that will address the 
> issue of Critical Internet Resources. It also allows the IGF to set a 
> precedent to address all global IG issues. It includes the imperative 
> of developing policies in addition to the IGF process; a process which 
> is oriented towards taking wide inputs, deliberating on options, and 
> feeding into the policy developing processes. These two actions are 
> complementary though clearly distinct and both must be achieved.
>
> In this regard we salute the ECOSOC report E/2009/92 adopted last 
> month that makes these two points. We also note happily that the 
> once-stalled process of Enhanced Cooperation is now being prioritized, 
> as was mandated by the WSIS, through the planned open consultations 
> later this year.
>
> We acknowledge the achievements of the Commission on Science and 
> Technology for Development* * working group on IGF reform and express 
> our desire and commitment to work closely with it, as well as the 
> Association for Progressive Communications and other Civil Society 
> initiatives.
>
> We continue to support the regional IGF meetings, with closer focus 
> that will address problems at every level, spreading the impact of the 
> IGF around the world in physical meetings and including the themes 
> discussed regionally.
>
> We support the unique model of dynamically engaged hubs and remote 
> participation as innovative developments of the IGF. Local meetings 
> and remote participation have increased inclusion to the point where 
> this IGF has individual remote participants engaged online around the 
> world and with an unprecedented 33 local hubs registered.
>
> We reiterate the importance of capacity development to improve 
> inclusion, to allow us each to build the resources and knowledge to 
> reach our goals.
>
> Finally, we invite all of you to join Civil Society in addressing 
> specific IG issues such as Net Neutrality vis a vis wireless Internet. 
> We invite progressive Civil Society and other players to make 
> themselves clearly heard working towards a user-centric... a 
> people-centric Internet. We must continue the IGF model of providing a 
> new set of means and processes for openness and participation that 
> will become the default global standard.
>
>
> -- 
>
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
> IGCBP Online Coordinator
> DiploFoundation
> www.diplomacy.edu/ig
>
> *The latest from Diplo...*
> http://DISCUSS.diplomacy.edu is a space for discussing ideas and 
> concepts from Diplo's teaching and research activities. Our activities 
> focus on three main areas: Internet governance, diplomacy, and global 
> governance. In September, we DISCUSS: a) network neutrality: hype and 
> reality, b) the IGF experience: what can policy makers learn from the 
> IGF, and c) the history of the Internet. Let us know if you have 
> suggestions about ideas and concepts that should be discussed.
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