[governance] Agenda for IGF Nairobi - IGC proposals

[Ian Peter]

Sorry to take so long to reply to this -

In addition toi the excellent proposals put forward by Parminder, I wonder
if we should tackle the general A2K area ­ access to knowledge. I personally
would like to see a plenary session (I think IGF plenary topics have become
boring and repetitive) - but at the least a good workshop would be useful.

Others involved in this general area might have suggestions ­ but it is
certainly a subject area where we can get some excellent input from all
stakeholder groups and some stimulating debate.


Ian Peter



From: parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:50:55 +0530
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
Subject: [governance] Agenda for IGF Nairobi - IGC proposals

Hi Jeremy

I think we should two separate threads for the next IGF's agenda, which
hopefully will be taken up in the Feb MAG meeting, and for our inputs into
the WG on IGF improvements. Both are very distinct issues and separately
quite important . So excuse me to have this thread on 'agenda for IGF
Nairobi'.

I am particularly eager to get this discussion going, because I feel that
IGC should be doing much more on substantive issues, and its almost singular
focus on process issues is what has kept it insulated from much of the civil
society outside the IG realm, which compromises its legitimacy.

In middle of the hot discussions on composition of the WG on IGF
improvements, Sala posted an email on the (globally) historic FCC decision
on network neutrality. While there are some good points there, there has
been a sellout on excluding mobile Internet from regulations disallowing
pay-for-priority. (To read this in the context of my earielr emails pointing
to how mobile Internet in India is already breaching NN boundaries.)

This FC decision has the potential of splitting up the Internet into the
open fixed line variety and corporate content dominated mobile Internet. Why
should there be two kinds of Internet? Why do freedoms and rights count on
one kind and are not so important on the mobile Internet? What does this
mean for developing countries where mobile is slated to become the by far
the dominant platform for Internet?

I also consider it very significant that it is perhaps the first time ever
in any substantial policy matter of such huge consequence that the policy
framework was largely written up as a result of negotiations between two
largest corporate players in the area - google and verizon - and then the
government rubber stamped it. If this the new global governance model we are
moving towards? I keep getting this picture in my mind of our health policy
frameworks soon being written by drug companies and health insurance
companies, and maybe the large private hospital chains, if they are big
enough, before plaint governments rubber stamp it. That is exactly what
happened in the present instance vis a vis the new communication
infrastructure of the Internet that came with such egalitarian promises.

Anyway back to the topic,

The next IGF just must take up 'Network Neutrality' or in fact ' Mobile
Network Neutrality' as its key plenary theme. Otherwise IGF and the real
world IG would be two very different worlds.

It should also continue with the plenary topic - 'development agenda for IG'

And I propose a third topic

'Cross border Issues and implications of IG'

CoE is discussing it, no reason why IGF should not.

Parminder 










Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>  
> I would like us to move towards preparing a submission about the
> programme of the 2011 IGF meeting.  Simultaneously, we can discuss IGF
> improvements, which if minor could go into that submission, but
> otherwise can be input for our new CSTD working group on the IGF.
> 
> This is an exercise that we have, of course, gone through before.  So it
> is useful for us to look at some previous submissions on the programme
> of the IGF and on improvements, and see what we can simply rewrite and
> reuse.  Here are relevant links:
> 
> PROGRAMME:
> 
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/8 (Hyderabad)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/5 (Sharm)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/26 (Sharm)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/32 (Sharm)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/34 (Vilnius)
> 
> IMPROVEMENTS:
> 
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/6 (funding, deeper discussion, WGs)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/7 (format improvements, IGF as town-hall)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/9 (MAG improvements)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/30 (MAG, funding, intersessional work)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/33 (MAG, outputs, intersessional work)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/41 (MAG improvements, links from IGF)
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/45 (outputs, difficult issues, virtual IGF)
> 
> I would suggest that people go through these and pick out the highlights
> that they would like to reiterate... as well, of course, as contributing
> any new points in light of the changed landscape since last November.
> 
>   

-- 
PK


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