AW: [governance] Internet G8 meeting

[Ian Peter]

My only problem with the text is that it tells them what we think they
should do without telling them why it would be advantageous to do it another
way. So its not likely to draw a great deal of attention.

To this end I would add another paragraph ­ perhaps after the ³it is also
pertinent² paragraph, along the lines of


The issues we face with internet governance and internet developments are
global in nature, and adequate solutions to the problems we face will need
to involve all countries, as well as a wide range of business, civil society
and technical interests. All of these inputs are essential to any sensible
and effective developments in this area, and we urge a more holistic
involvement of this wide range of key players.  Only in this way will we be
able to develop adequate solutions.

Ian Peter

From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
Organization: Consumers International
Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 12:29:14 +0800
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Avri <avri at acm.org>
Subject: Re: AW: [governance] Internet G8 meeting

   Thanks Parminder and Avri.  Here's a consolidated draft with Avri's
edits.
 
     Basic courtesy stuff.....
 
     We understand that the French Presidency of the G8 proposes to hold a
G8
     Internet meeting, immediately prior to the G8 Summit in ........,with a
view
     to prepare or influence the agenda for the G8 Summit regarding key
global
     Internet issues. We also understand that many heads of states of G 8
     countries are expected to attend this meeting. The meeting is
especially
     important since in the past G 8 has set up the global agenda on many
key
     issues, especially in the information society arena.
 
     We are very concerned about the manner in which the G 8 Internet
meeting is
     being organised which is ignoring current best practice in public
policy making.
     It also jettisons the principle of multistakeholder participation that
has evolved
     globally, especially in the area of Internet governance. It appears
that the G8
     meeting is organized by large Industry with access given only to
industry and
     government actors.  We have also understood that there is a linkage
between
     donations and invitations.
 
     Big businesses already have a disproportionately large influence on
     government bureaucracies. For governments to sanction a dedicated
meeting
     with top G8 leaders and officials to plan the global agenda for
Internet related
     policies is inappropriate. What is required is a discussion that
includes civil
     society actors, who will bring to the table the concerns of global
public interest
     derived from a diversity of people's, of many sections of society,
interests and
     concerns.
 
     It is also pertinent to state here that since the Internet is
essentially a
     global phenomenon, policies framed together by the most powerful
nations,
     quite likely, will become the default global norm. This is most true
for
     architectural and economic issues, while the global impact on other
areas
     will also be substantial. It is therefore appropriate that G 8
countries
     engage with the same, and other issues, of Internet policies at the
more
     democratic global forums where all countries are present at an equal
     footing. In this connection, there is the World Summit on the
Information
     Society mandated set of processes for dealing with pressing global
Internet
     related issues. Multistakeholder participation is an important part of
these global
     IG related processes. We see the proposed G 8 Interent meeting a
significant
     step backwards both for global democracy and for multistakeholder
     participation.
 
     We therefore request you, and other G 8 leaders, to make the proposed G
8
     Internet meeting genuinely multistakeholder, following the model of the
UN
     IGF. We are impressed with the solid support provided by the G 8
countries
     for upholding a multistakeholder model for the IGF. The strong support
that
     many of G8 countries, including your own, have shown for full
multistakeholder
     participation makes this current decision to limit discussion to vested
interests
     of governments' industry partners is baffling and is unacceptable to
many of
     the users of the Internet.
 
     closing and salutations.....
-- 
 
 

Dr Jeremy Malcolm
 Project Coordinator
 Consumers International
 Kuala Lumpur Office for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East
 Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
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