[governance] CSTD Q4-Working methods and preparation

[Marilia Maciel]

I believe we should, as much as possible, replace physical planning meetings
by online meetings.


Planning meetings are very important, as they decisively shape the agenda on
the next IGF. Several documents that evaluate the IGF (like the note by the
Secretary-general) mention that the agenda of the meeting needs to be more
social and development oriented. It is easy to understand why developmental
issues are not so mainstreamed, if you take a look at the participants of
open consultations. There is a great majority of people from developed
countries, who put forward their own legitimate concerns that may not
concide with the issues faced in developing countries. The fact that all the
meetings take place in Geneva and that developing country representatives
have to deal with scarce resources are also obstacles.


One example: last IGF, only 5% of the people who physically attended were
from South America. But 25% of the remote participants were from the same
region, showing that lack of resources is more significant than lack of
interest when it comes to participation.


Of course remote participation should continue to be improved, both in IGF
and in prep meetings. We should improve the dynamics to allow remote
participants to have more impact on discussions and equal chance to
intervene and make their voices heard. While this is not the case, I believe
that meetings that take place online are not only more eco-friendly, they
are also more efficient and they foster equality among participants. The
distance between the nodes is meaningless online.


Other suggestions can be put forward to foster online coordination
throughout the year. For instance, the website could encompass a section, in
which the several stakeholders could talk among themselves. There is no real
space of dialogue among stakeholders. If such a space existed, we could,
let´s say, be discussing possible framings of NN for the IGF with the
private sector. Now we have to wait and play our cards in the Open
Consultation, with few people serving as "gatekeepers" of the dialogue.


Marília


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:

> Once any group has gotten acquainted/comfortable with each other, online
> meetings work fine as a substitute.
>
> Having one planning meeting entirely online seems  quite feasible imho and
> is of course more eco-friendly.
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> 00:31:33 on Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
> writes
> >-          At least one of the open consultations should take place as
> >an online meeting
>
> I think you can add to the series of Open Consultations [planning
> sessions] with an additional online meeting, or enhance the remote
> participation at the current series of meetings. I don't think you could
> replace one of the physical meetings - for all the planning to get done
> on time, you need the current number.
> --
> Roland Perry
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