[governance] Government involvement in Internet governance on November 4

[Hakikur Rahman]

At 01:00 PM 10/28/2011, Daniel Kalchev wrote:

 > (*) It is important to understand, that the technical community 
does not include only the so called "techies" or "geeks". It also 
includes, for example a lot of people with vision about how this 
thing develops. These people are in the "technical" side, just 
because they do not care about the "politics" involved.

I also believe that those techies or whatever you call them likes to 
develop things that are relevant for current and future generations. 
Also agree that they do not think about politics. However, as a real 
fact, with my little experience on Internet governance in developing 
countries, support from upper level of the government, in whichever 
form or norm are essential in implementing the policies. Even at the 
development stage, supports are important. Now, that is the major 
issue, how and in what form they come. In return, what the government 
wants? But, if it is through a democratic process and guided by the 
multi-stakeholders participation, things must improve in the longer run.

Best regards,
Hakik




>On Oct 28, 2011, at 09:27 , Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote:
>
> > The principle of "multistakeholder" suffers in some countries 
> where there is no framework for consultation or not respected.
>
>I just want to assure you that this is happening not only in Africa. 
>Examples, where such arrangement really works are rather rare and I 
>suspect, that as with anything else this is happening because of 
>some bright individuals in the respective Governments who push for 
>it, not because the system works. This is probably how any political 
>environment works, anyway. After all, those representatives are only human.
>
>To overcome this human behavior limitation it is important to not 
>concentrate too much power at one place. Avoid involving Governments 
>in technical matters and avoid involving technical community (*) in 
>political matters. The Internet Governance "policy" is actually 
>multifaceted -- it has aspects for both politicians and technical 
>people as well as the civil society etc.
>
>Internet has been successful because it had never, ever one central 
>command post. You kill one of the leaders, but there are thousands 
>or (now) millions other to stand up.
>
>Daniel
>
>(*) It is important to understand, that the technical community does 
>not include only the so called "techies" or "geeks". It also 
>includes, for example a lot of people with vision about how this 
>thing develops. These people are in the "technical" side, just 
>because they do not care about the "politics" involved.
>
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