[governance] CSTD Q8- Inclusiveness and participation

[Michael Gurstein]

I think having ideas, information, opinion, analyses, definitions of issues
flowing from the centre out to the regional, country, local levels will be
relatively easy. The challenge and where the attention should be put IMHO is
on how to ensure that there is a useful, content rich, informed flow the
other way. And that this flow has a meaningful impact, that is from the
local, regional, country levels to the central "IG"/"IGF" focal points.
 
The regional event I had an opportunity to attend (n Hong Kong) was
extremely rich in content and so on (although perhaps being a bit limited in
geographical coverage). There was a lot of very useful activity in including
in identifying and defining issues of relevance from an IG perspective but I
gather that the results from this were not as completely effective as they
might have been in flowing from that event into the IGF itself.
 
M

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[mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Charity Gamboa
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:19 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Marilia Maciel
Subject: Re: [governance] CSTD Q8- Inclusiveness and participation


Hi all,
 
Regarding this particular point on -  Capacity Building. Focus on
institutional capacity (governments, civil society organizations, rather
than on individual capacity):
 
Generally-speaking, this would be a good strategy since IMHO institutional
capacity building aims toward a long term level. If governments can plan
effectively, they can provide mechanisms for long-term partnerships or
networking within their regions. For instance, I am aware that in the
Philippines, CICT (Commission on Information and Communications Technology)
have "collaborated" with ASTI (Advances Science and Technology Institute  of
the Phil.Department of Science and Technology), ISOC PH,  and PREGINET
(National Research Education Network of the Philippines) Pilipinas (is the
Filipino word for "Philippines"). During last year's IGF 2010, there was a
regional IGF talk simultaneously during the IGF that PREGINET streamed.
There were supporting elements during the IGF so even in the next events all
related to IG issues, there is already a mechanism of a long term
networking. 
 
Regards,
Charity
 
 
 
 
 
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
wrote:




 Inclusiveness of the IGF process and of participation at the IGF meetings
(in particular with regard to stakeholders from developing countries)




-          Capacity Building. Focus on institutional capacity (governments,
civil society organizations, rather than on individual capacity)

-          Outreach strategy. Include in the IGF processes groups that have
not yet been included, from  civil society, small and medium sized
companies, decision-makers and parliamentarians

-          Roadmap to identify key-players in each region that need to be
inclued

-          Develop ways to understand the real barriers for participation

 

-          Funding to developing countries (specially to developing country
policy makers?), taking into account clear criteria (for instance, age,
gender and whether a particular group works with the marginalize people we
want to bring to the IGF process).

-          Open opportunity to apply for funding. Transparency and timely
decisions regarding the funding

 

-          Remote attendance

o   In all IGF meetings, MAG meetings and open consultations webcast,
recording and captioning should be available, as well as options for remote
participation

o   Remote participation should be formally recognized as an integral part
of the IGF. Resources to put in place remote participation should be
provided

o   Tools and techniques should be used to enhance remote participation,
giving participants the opportunity to effectively influence agenda-setting
and IGF debates. Remote participation in IGF process as a whole

o   The participation of remote speakers should be encouraged



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Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
FGV Direito Rio

Center for Technology and Society
Getulio Vargas Foundation
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

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