[governance] Meeting report ECOSOC presentations

Mon Aug 1 12:22:45 EDT 2011

Dear All,

I think a mechanism to allow post WSIS NGOs to participate in the CSTD as it
has been envisaged for Academia and Private Sector may be attainable and
desirable, but NGOs will need Governments to support and to pass such
ammendment.

In all this discussion, you need to take into account that CSTD is one of 6
(I believe) ECOSOC functional commissions. The most open rules for
participation are the ones of the CSTD.

NGOs have the opportunity to follow the ECOSOC accreditation, which I agree,
it might be long and cumbersome. However, there is no procedure for private
sector or academia. The existent procedure only applies to NGOs, which have
been called "civil society" in UN language.

The 2015 deadline comes from deadlines established for the MDG and in the
WSIS outcome documents.

Best,

Miguel

Disclaimer
My ideas are those of my own and does not represent any position of my
employer or any other institution

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Roland Perry <
roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

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> at 10:48:46 on Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
> writes
>
>> See some comments below:
>>
>
>  Academic and tech organisations are part of:
>>>
>>>       "all non-governmental organizations and civil society entities"
>>>
>>> so civil society hasn't been singled out.
>>>
>>
>> And separately, private sector
>>
>>> business has to be WSIS-accredited:
>>>
>>>       "business sector entities including the private sector
>>>        accredited to the World Summit on the Information Society"
>>> or:
>>>       "Requested the secretariat of the commission to propose to the
>>>       council lists of business sector entities including the private
>>>       sector not accredited to the World Summit on the Information
>>>       Society that express the wish to participate in the work of the
>>>       Commission"
>>>
>>>  Here you are talking about the text of the resolution proposed in May
>> 2010
>> by Brazil that aims to bring equal treatment to the 3 non-governmental
>> stakeholders.
>>
>
> No, that's the text from 2007....
>
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>
>  I am talking about the arrangement currently under effect, which has been
>> extended until 2015 (see the report of the 14th CSTD meeting, p.12).
>>
>> For instance, resolution 2008/218 about the participation of the technical
>> community says, textually:
>>
>> "Requested the secretariat of the Commission on Science
>> and Technology for Development to submit to the Economic and
>> Social Council for its consideration and approval in a timely manner
>> *the names of academic entities, including academies of science and
>> engineering, that had not been accredited to the World Summit on the
>> Information Society and that had expressed or were expressing the
>> wish to participate in the work of the Commission"*
>>
>
> ... updated in 2008 it seems.
>
>
>  >Personally, I do not think ECOSOC accreditation should be required from
>>> >all who wish to participate in IG discussions in CSTD because of the
>>> >unique nature of this regime. Getting ECOSOC accreditation is a very
>>> >cumbersome and difficult procedure, especially for some organizations.
>>>
>>> So is the United Nations! What we are asking for is to be able to creep
>>> inside their tent through a back door. We may feel entitled to ask that,
>>> but should recognise what it is we are asking for.
>>>
>>
>> I am not sure I understand your point, so before I reply I would ask for
>> clarification.
>>
>
> The UN is a Membership Organisation. There are various classes of members.
> What's being asked for here is exceptions to membership (or perhaps
> temporary membership while people organise their permanent membership).
>
> It's not unusual to have meetings (even Internet Governance ones) that have
> membership criteria. I remember struggling to justify staying in an ICANN
> NCUC meeting because I appeared to be an interloper. I have to say, it's the
> only ICANN silo where my attendance has ever been questioned!
>
>
>  >I think that we (CS) should know more about what CSTD does.
>>>
>>> That probably means it would be a good idea to attend (and contribute)
>>> in the main sessions all week, rather than just the days when IG is on
>>> the agenda. Something to consider when planning future attendance.
>>>
>>
>> All CS organizations that were in CSTD in May attended the meeting all
>> week,
>> not only IGF-related side meetings and drafting group.
>>
>
> Well done for your efforts. The year before there was one specific "IG Day"
> and quite a few of the audience were there only for the day.
>
>
>  Ideally, I think we should not have to align with no one to be addmited.
>> If
>> Business and Technical community can ask to participate without WSIS
>> accreditation, CS should be able to do the same.
>>
>
> Do you know what the timeline is for seeking approval? For example, would
> you have to make yourself known to the secretariat ahead of one meeting, for
> it then to be agreed that you could attend the next meeting (bearing in mind
> I'm assuming that the intersessional meeting means that there are two per
> year).
>
> --
> Roland Perry
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