[governance] Proposed workshop text on CSTD and/or Indian proposal

[McTim]

hi,

Might it be possible to do a workshop on an actual Internet Governance
issue instead of navel-gazing?

We couldn't even get our act together to make a statement to the NTIA,
are we really only about talking about meta-IG, and not real IG?

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> I've started a new thread so that it doesn't get missed, but this
> follows on from our thread on the CSTD meeting and the Indian proposal.
>
> I have two alternative texts to suggest for the workshop proposal, the
> first of which is narrower, focussing on consideration of the Indian
> proposal, and the other is a broader, more general evaluation of the
> CSTD working group on both procedural and substantive bases.
>
> There is, I suppose, no reason why we couldn't put both proposals
> forward, but otherwise please discuss which proposal you prefer.  We'll
> have to get moving to get co-sponsors on board, so please respond soon.
>
> --- begins ---
>
> OPTION 1: Reflection on the Indian proposal towards an IGF 2.0
>
> As a participant in the CSTD's Working Group on Improvements to the IGF,
> the Government of India recently provided a set of "Proposed
> Improvements to IGF Outcomes, in Keeping with the UN General Assembly
> Mandate".  The ten suggested improvements reflect proposals that other
> countries and other stakeholder groups have also previously aired.
>
> It was suggested that the MAG identify key questions for the IGF to
> deliberate upon, that a Working Group for each issue develop background
> material on it, to be considered by the IGF through workshops, a
> roundtable discussion, and possible inter-sessional meetings, and that
> discussion at the plenary level would result in an IGF report on each
> issue that would be transmitted to the CSTD and other relevant bodies
> for their action and feedback.
>
> Since it was not possible for the CSTD Working Group to fully discuss
> these suggestions, this workshop is intended to provide a space to do so
> more fully, and to consider whether and how to take the proposals
> forward.
>
>
> OPTION 2: Evaluation of the CSTD WG on Improvements to the IGF
>
> In response to a resolution of ECOSOC, the Commission on Science and
> Technology for Development (CSTD) formed a Working Group on Improvements
> to the Internet Governance Forum, which met between the Vilnius and the
> Nairobi meetings of the IGF.
>
> The Working Group disbanded without producing a consensus report, due to
> a number of procedural obstacles and substantive disagreements.  The
> procedural issues included, at the outset, whether non-governmental
> stakeholders should be allowed as members of the Working Group at all,
> and subsequently whether the consensus report should be produced by a
> multi-stakeholder drafting group or by the Chair.
>
> The substantive disagreements within the Working Group included the
> issues of outcomes from the IGF, the manner of selection of MAG members,
> and ongoing funding of the IGF.
>
> The purpose of this workshop is to objectively evaluate why the Working
> Group was not more successful, to consider what alternative
> multi-stakeholder structures and processes could be used for similar
> high-level Internet governance exercises in future, and to propose
> solutions in the substantive areas on which the Working Group was unable
> to agree.
>
> --- ends ---
>
> PS. Whilst Parminder sent a copy of the Indian proposal to the list
> recently, there is also a copy online at
> http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-indian-proposal-for-improvements-to-igf-outcomes.
>
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