AW: [governance] E-G8 second day reporting

[Norbert Klein]

>  "Maybe we should turn ourselves into an association
>  or ngo of some kind to be able to attend such fora
>  and to make declarations on the same standing as
>  isoc or quadrature du net...

>  "Critical mass is what gets attention of governments
>  and businesses alike,..."

Exactly.

Thanks, Divina.


Norbert


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On 5/26/2011 7:38 PM, Divina MEIGS wrote:
> That's what I mean indeed. It seems we never had a "convening power" with
> business, and I don't think the  international chamber of commerce is enough
> representation for that community, in spite of its loyal presence to IGF...
>
> We have to think of other ways of engaging with big business, and it might
> be via small businesses (arguably part of civil society in UN listings). We
> should identify their representatives in WIPO and other arenas and make an
> effort to drag them out, person per person...
>
> We do have to ask ourselves what we want to do as CS caucus. I was hard put
> the last two days claiming any legitimacy for our constituency, which is
> normal but debilitating. Maybe we should turn ourselves into an association
> or ngo of some kind to be able to attend such fora and to make declarations
> on the same standing as isoc or quadrature du net... We have to be more
> incisive and more aggressive even inside the CSTD and ECOSOC world because
> of course we shouldn't allow just the G8 dictate the agenda, even if comes
> from countries that purport to be democratic ...
>
> Maybe we should declare ourselves as a federation of associations and groups
> welcoming all sorts of members, so that we send the message across that
> there is a critical mass of people seriously thinking about these issues,
> with a certain memory of past events and advances (so as not to start from
> scratch like yesterday where i had the feeling i had to explain "governance"
> and "multistakeholderism" to these top CEOs). Critical mass is what gets
> attention of governements and businesses alike, because it is attached to
> amount of votes and of sales... We have to start appearing as the global
> public opinion on these issues, even if we know we are still rather
> sphericules of opinion, but one has to start. Our colleagues in the Arab
> spring countries could teach us quite a few lessons, in that way.
>
> Best
> Divina
> ps: don't get me wrong: i don't think we did badly this time around in
> Paris, and the media coverage is rather favorable to us, but it clearly was
> too much improvised ...
>

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Phnom Penh / Cambodia


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