[governance] CS IGC presentation yesterday, opening session IGF

[parminder]

Thanks Ginger, very good stuff, and captures very well the nuances of 
the kind of IG processes that the IGC supports and want taken ahead. 
parminder

On Wednesday 15 September 2010 12:00 PM, 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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