[governance] critique of the IBSA proposal

[Miguel Alcaine]

Dear Raúl and colleagues:

Please find my comments below:

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Raul Echeberria <raul at lacnic.net> wrote:

>
> El 22/09/2011, a las 00:19, Jeremy Malcolm escribió:
>
>  On 22/09/11 01:11, Miguel Alcaine wrote:
>
> I would like to make a distinction between EC and EC in the context of the
> WSIS outcomes. If one read the famous paragraphs on EC, it is found that EC
> in the Tunis Agenda refers only to Governments.
>
> While I would had liked to have EC spelled to all actors in the WSIS
> outcome documents; it is not.
>
>
> This is so only if you restrict your view to paragraph 69, but you can't
> look just at that paragraph outside of its context.  There are about ten
> paragraphs on EC (though they are intermixed with the paragraphs about the
> IGF, lending weight to the argument that the IGF is an integral part of EC
> rather than a separate channel of reform).  Most of these do leave room for
> a multi-stakeholder interpretation, eg. paragraph 71:
>
> "The process towards enhanced cooperation, to be started by the UN
> Secretary-General, involving all relevant organizations by the end of the
> first quarter of 2006, will involve all stakeholders in their respective
> roles, will proceed as quickly as possible consistent with legal process,
> and will be responsive to innovation."
>
>
>
> Good points Jeremy:
>
> The paragraph 71 also says:
>
> "Relevant organizations should commence a process towards enhanced
> cooperation involving all stakeholders, proceeding as quickly as possible
> and responsive to innovation. The same relevant organizations shall be
> requested to provide annual performance reports."
>


> What shows clearly that EC was not mentioned in the documents neither as a
> governmental process nor as a single process. Is the multiplicity of
> different changes that have to be processed at every level, including
> changes in the way in which governments and intergovernmental organizations
> work.
>
> This is also a good point and a very interesting one. Interpreting the
paragraph, one might say that an organization, who feels itself relevant in
the IG realm, should also commence a process towards enhanced cooperation.

Nevertheless, all actors should insist on having all included not only in
the process of EC but also in the expected results of EC.

Best,

Miguel

*Disclaimer*
My ideas are those of my own and does not represent any position of my
employer or any other institution



>
> Raúl
>
>
>
>
> One can easily argue that paragraph 69 is directed to governments in
> relation to CIRs, and that the involvement of other stakeholders in CIR
> management is already a given and not controversial.  Thus there was no need
> to mention the other stakeholders in that particular paragraph.
>
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