[governance] Final version open letter to e-G20 re: Civil Society Inclusion/non-Inclusion

[parminder]

I am not happy with the IGC just calling for civil society inclusion. It
is not enough if 20 largest governments along with largely their
industry take important Internet related decisions, even if they include
respective civil societies (or even the broader global civil society) .
Internet is global, and its major decisions should be taken by a
globally representative forum. For this reason, whenever we write such
letters for including civil society in select country confabulations, we
should also ask for all countries to be included. For this purpose
appropriate institutional forms must be evolved.

I have no basic objection to some country meeting on select issues and
discussing things, However, this kind of thing happening in the context
of a deep global democratic deficit in IG area, and to the extent such
meeting perpetuate this democratic deficit, is what is the problem. We
must have a clear view on this 'problem'.

Otherwise I find the letter quite good.

Can we inquire with the drafters of the letter if we can add a sentence
on non inclusion of all countries in such 'global' IG discussions as we
call for inclusion of the civil society.

parminder



On Thursday 06 October 2011 06:32 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> On 06/10/2011, at 12:39 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>
>> given the limited info and also time, could we start a consensus call
>> with some conditional
>> element?
>> I mean we ask general support for joining this open letter within IGC as
>> consensus call and also ask the organizer to modify the wording that
>> reflects the
>> latest and accurate info?
>>
>> and maybe the details can be left to us, co-coordinators if IGC also
>> agrees.
>
> That's a good plan; members please express your views on whether we
> should subscribe to this open letter, subject to minor editing which
> we will explore in the meantime. Izumi and I will assess the IGC's
> position by COB tomorrow.
>
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