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

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:50:16 -0300, Marilia Maciel  wrote:  

I also
support are more focused workshop, based on the discussion of a specific
proposal of improvement.

I just believe that we should carefully frame it,
so that stakeholder representatives that do not necessarely agree with the
proposal feel invited and encouraged to participate and put forth their
arguments. During the CSTD WG meeting, the technical community and US
opposed the proposal, but they did not say why.  

I feel that we are
gravitating towards a consensus on the more focused India/CSTD workshop
proposal (in addition to the Mapping one), but here is some more nuanced
language for the former, with changes underlined (anyone else, feel free to
make your own suggestions):

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". Although only one stakeholder's proposal, the ten suggested
improvements reflect proposals that some other countries and other
stakeholder groups have also previously aired. It is also one of the only
relatively comprehensive written proposals on IGF outcomes to emerge from
the Working Group, and therefore provides a convenient starting point for
further discussion.

It was suggested in the proposal 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. The workshop
will provide an opportunity for all stakeholders to consider the merits of
the proposals as well as their shortcomings, and consider whether and how
to take such proposals forward.  

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