[governance] Handover notes

[Jeremy Malcolm]

As I step down, here are my notes about what lies ahead for the next coordinator of the IGC and Izumi:

Wolfgang plans to prepare a non-paper which would be a starting point for the development of a civil society statement of principles on Internet governance.  We would form a working group of IGC members and representatives from each of the other NGOs who signed our open letter on the Code of Conduct on Information Security, to produce from this a statement of principles that will go out for broader comment.  The result of that can be tabled at upcoming meetings of the CSTD working group and the G-20 as a draft.  During the course of the year we will gather signatures and present it at other gatherings like EuroDIG, before finally formally launching it at next year's IGF, where it can hopefully feed into multi-stakeholder discussions.
I would encourage the coordinators to maintain the high level dialogue that we established at this year's IGF with the US and EU governments as well as with IBSA governments.  Despite all the opposition to the IBSA proposal at this year's IGF, remember that similar opposition was expressed for years about the IGF producing outputs, yet that now seems inevitable.  Therefore we should not assume that the IBSA proposal won't have legs, and we should engage proactively with its proponents to help mould the proposal into something we would find acceptable, should it go forward.  We are particularly fortunate to have members such as Marilia, Raquel and Veridiana who have contact with the Brazilian government and could act as liaisons.
As I promised, I have spoken informally to a couple of funders about the possibility of the IGC applying for a grant to enable it to incorporate, get ECOSOC accredited, host its own website and mailing list, fund some travel for its coordinators, and maybe take on some part-time administrative help.  Their response was noncommittal though generally encouraging.  So if the IGC is interested, this option is on the table.  Another option discussed at our meeting was for one of the existing NGOs that is aligned with the IGC to take the IGC under its wing as an activity, I suppose in the way that the IETF is an activity of ISOC.  The coordinators may choose to explore this option also.

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