And G20? Re: [governance] Internet G8 meeting
parminder
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Wed May 11 23:53:17 EDT 2011
On Wednesday 11 May 2011 10:37 PM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
> Sorry, I was offline most of the day. Marilia said it all in her reply:
>
> Despite being more inclusive in terms of geopolitical representation,
> I believe G20 does not fulfill the need to the kind of discussions we
> are advocating in our statement: open to all countries on equal
> footing and genuinely multistakeholder.
I agree it doesnt.
UN based systems especially with the innovations that WSIS has made
possible (but which have not been allowed to be used appropriately by
strong vested interests) is the most appropriate way to go forward. But
for that we in the civil society should help develop the whole set of
mandated processes in a manner that they can fulfil the role of
democratic and multistakeholder global Internet policy devleopment. It
is civil society's special responsibility to step up and provide viable
models that satisfy the urgent requirements for global Internet policy
regime sin many areas. Unfortunately, we have been as active in this
respect as we owe to be. Maybe we can now... Incidentally, Marcilia's
organisation and mine are proposing a workshop in Nairobi on
institutional gaps in the global Internet policy structure. parminder
>
> While G20 would be marginally more representative it is not
> categorically different from the G8. I wouldn't want them either to
> develop Internet policies on our behalf without consulting/integrating
> us.
>
> jeanette
>
> On 11.05.2011 11:59, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>> And why not the G20? Just curious about the arguments.
>> Meryem
>>
>> Le 11 mai 2011 à 11:56, Jeanette Hofmann a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think it is too late to change the statement since the voting has
>>> started.
>>>
>>> I have voted already but would want to withdraw my support for the
>>> statement if we would change it and now suggest that the G20 is our
>>> preferred group to address Internet policies.
>>>
>>> jeanette
>>>
>>> On 11.05.2011 11:38, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I'm jumping in even later than Bill!
>>>>
>>>> I think the statement is OK w.r.t. Bill's comment, precisely
>>>> because, as
>>>> Jeremy pointed, it asks for the eG8, and not the G8 itself, to be open
>>>> to other stakeholders. That doesn't contradict the fact that the G8
>>>> will
>>>> probably adopt at least some kind of declaration, on the basis of the
>>>> eG8 conclusions.
>>>>
>>>> But I would like to suggest an addition, which I think wouldn't
>>>> radically change the statement and is in line with IGC positions so
>>>> far.
>>>> This year and under the French presidency, there's not only the G8
>>>> Summit (26-27 May in Dauville) but also the G20 Summit (3-4
>>>> November in
>>>> Cannes). It's particularly noticeable that the e-thing is held
>>>> under the
>>>> G8 and not the G20.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe we can add a sentence (related to our statement that " policies
>>>> framed together by the most powerful nations, quite likely, will
>>>> become
>>>> the default global norm", 5th para) stating that Internet issues
>>>> should
>>>> have been addressed by the G20 rather than the G8. I think that, in
>>>> addition, this would certainly be backed by some of the governments
>>>> from
>>>> the 12 excluded countries (not to mention those that are not even part
>>>> of G20). If there are no objection, I'm confident that Jeremy and
>>>> Izumi
>>>> could draft a good sentence to express this point.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, the website of the French presidency of G8-G20 is at:
>>>> http://www.g20-g8.com, and there's an English version available.
>>>>
>>>> Finally one question: will the statement be submitted to NGO
>>>> signatures
>>>> (I mean especially outsite the IGC)?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Meryem
>>>>
>>>> Le 11 mai 2011 à 10:39, William Drake a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 11, 2011, at 9:50 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The proposed eG8 will not be a negotiating forum, any more than the
>>>>>> IGF. In that respect, it is nothing like the G8 meetings proper.
>>>>>> So I
>>>>>> don't see that there is an inconsistency here.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had a different impression based on the side events of past 68
>>>>> summits, For example the Okinawa summit released the World Ec Forum's
>>>>> report and recs on the global digital divide (which I wrote) and the
>>>>> main meeting endorsed their thrust and promised cash (which generally
>>>>> failed to materialize). Other summits have made similarly
>>>>> declarations
>>>>> on cybersecurity and whatnot that came in part from non-IGO adjuncts.
>>>>> And the news reportage on this one
>>>>> http://www.telecompaper.com/news/internet-g8-to-be-held-in-paris-on-24-25-may
>>>>>
>>>>> says The "Internet G8", a conference to be held in Paris on 24-25 May
>>>>> before the official G8 summit in Deauville, has been conceived t*o
>>>>> generate debate and ultimately a set of proposals from private sector
>>>>> stakeholders for the consideration of the eight heads of government,*
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>> Maybe our French colleagues can clarify the precise agenda, but from
>>>>> what I'd hear this may be another one of those international
>>>>> events in
>>>>> which Sarko tries to launch some big new initiatives that's not been
>>>>> fully vetted with counterpart countries. In this context, it'd be
>>>>> surprising if there are no recs or declarations of any sort being
>>>>> provided by the private sector heavies he's assembled. And if so,
>>>>> then
>>>>> the IGF is sort of an odd model to say they should follow, no?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or maybe I'm missing something….
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
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>> Email: meryem at marzouki.info
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>> IRIS (Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire) - www.iris.sgdg.org
>> EDRI (European Digital Rights) - www.edri.org
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