[governance] Help from MAG colleagues

Carlos A. Afonso ca at cafonso.ca
Thu Mar 24 14:17:08 EDT 2011


Perfect summary of how things work in that realm, Izumi!

--c.a.

On 03/24/2011 01:44 PM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
> Thanks Jeanette for prompt reply.
> I was trying to "count" number by sector, but as you wrote, several
> non-governmental members were dual or plural hats and it may
> not be appropriate to label this or that. BUT, there are criteria
> used behind the "black box" to roughly balance different stakeholders
> interests to give similar, if not equal, amount of frustration to all.
> To me out of 54 or so MAG members, 22 seem to be from Gov,
> 15 from Business, 13 from Tech/academic, and 7 from Civil Society,
> but these are not the exact number as it totals to 57, not 54 :-)
> 
> As for legitimacy, I guess it is the UN Secretary General who
> appoints these members, period. No one dare to ask how UN SG
> selects.
> 
> izumi
> 
> 
> 
> 2011/3/25 Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>:
>> " some members don't belong to a specific group of stakeholders"
>>
>> What is the source of their legitimacy? Who they represent?
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 24.03.2011 17:26, schrieb Marilia Maciel:
>>>>
>>>> Could someone tell us how many members are there in the MAG per
>>>> stakeholder group
>>>
>>>
>>> It doesn't work like that. Roughly 50% of the members wear a government
>>> hat. Some of the remaining members wear several hats. And some members don't
>>> belong to a specific group of stakeholders.
>>>
>>> The member list is here:
>>>
>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/magabout/406-mag-2010
>>>
>>> jeanette
>>>
>>>
>>>  and the division between developing and developed
>>>>
>>>> countries?
>>>>
>>>> That would be much appreciated
>>>>
>>>> Marilia
>>>> --
>>>> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
>>>> FGV Direito Rio
>>>>
>>>> Center for Technology and Society
>>>> Getulio Vargas Foundation
>>>> Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
>> FGV Direito Rio
>>
>> Center for Technology and Society
>> Getulio Vargas Foundation
>> Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
>>
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