[governance] my remarks prepared now

Izumi AIZU iza at anr.org
Tue Feb 14 05:16:41 EST 2012 

Thanks Sala and Wolf and Imran,

As it seemed few speakers were taking the floor (which is my
mis-judgement ;-), I made my shortened remarks already.

As the points Sala and Imran added, we have more time to visit these
later today and tomorrow, and will do so as the agenda touches these.
The one I read is sort of an opening remark.

Finland and UK, among others, took good note of my remarks
and mentioned that. UK said:
"We note concern of civil society participation, that is fundamentally
important, and also participation from developing and least developing
countries is vital." something like that.

Please read the real-time script on the website.

izumi




izumi



2012/2/14 "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"
<wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>:
> Well done Izumi,
>
> it has my full support.
>
> wolfgang
>
>
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> Von: governance at lists.cpsr.org im Auftrag von Izumi AIZU
> Gesendet: Di 14.02.2012 10:42
> An: Governance List
> Betreff: [governance] my remarks prepared now
>
>
>
> This is my draft, I plan to read this not representing IGC, but still .
> In 10 min or so...  any immediate comment welcome,
>
> izumi
>
>
> A comment from civil society participants
> at the IGF Open Consultation
>
> 14 Febtruaru2012
>
> I am one of the two co-coordinators of the Civil Society Internet
> Governance Caucus, or CS IGC, and also a civil society member of the
> CSTD Working Group on IGF improvements.
>
> This is not to represent the whole IGC formaly, but still I would like
> to make the following remarks for the record as a member of the civil
> society, long particiapted in WSIS I, WGIG WSIS II, all IGFs and CSTD
> meetings for IGF.
>
> First, we are encouraged to see many of our friends in our room and
> also those who could not physically present here but participating
> remotely who all have strong interest to continue our work, for
> organizing the second round of the IGF.
>
> As you all know, Civil Society is a very important component of the
> multi-stakeholder framework and operation of IGF. This means that we
> like to work with you, government, private sector, techincal and
> academic community, among others, all stakeholders together. First and
> foremost, we would like to keep this spriti high, and also like to see
> enhanced multi-stakeholder participation for the IGF 2.0
>
> We are also very much in favor of enhancing the participation from the
> developing parts of the world in IGF, its consultation meetings like
> today, MAG, and other important areas.
>
> In this regard, we are very concerend that the current economic
> situation is putting some shades into the financial parts of the IGF
> organization.
> We feel very strongly that funding support is very much needed to make
> IGF further success. We, Civil Society, are one of the least
> resourceful stakeholders and therefore we always seek for funding
> support, especially for the MAG and CSTD works, and also for the main
> IGF meetings.
> Unfortunately, with the lack of funding support, many civils society
> colleagues including MAG members could not make it this time.
> Likewise, we have learned that our CSTD Working Group members will not
> be able to physically attend the meeting next week again due to lack
> of funding.
>
> Civil society and other groups with limited resources, such as
> associations or networks of small businesses, need support to
> participate in Internet Governance processes. Such support has been
> inconsistent - not just in the case of the working group, but also in
> the case of other important fora such as MAG meetings. This
> consistently hampers full multistakeholder participation and restricts
> the overall evolution - and results - of these processes. If the rules
> and mechanisms of participation in IG processes privileges groups that
> already have power and resources this 'imbalance' will be reflected in
> the outcomes of these processes.
>
> We know we are not alone, however. People from the least developing
> countries, small island nations, innovative but small SMEs, some
> academics and even governments are often suffering from lack of
> propser funding, and therefore, we don't see many of these people in
> this room or other IGF related meetings.
> We acknolwdge the various kind donors who had provided great financial
> and in-kind support for the civil society participation, as well as
> developing country pariticipation, and hope to work together with you
> again.
>
> Deepening democracy and multistakeholder participation in governance
> requires the inclusion of groups and people who have a stake in the
> issues under discussion but who are frequently   excluded or
> marginalized. It is not enough to grant the right to participate to
> these stakeholders; provisions must be made to ensure that they can
> exercise this right in full.
>
> Ensuring multistakeholder participation in the context of the WSIS
> principles and the Tunis Agenda is not just about adhering to
> commitments which many governments agreed to.  The ultimate goal is to
> generate better and more sustainable policy outcomes that reflect the
> diversity of voices, ideas, concerns and needs of all relevant
> stakeholders.
>
> We will work on this issue among us, to find mutual solustion, and we
> also ask you to work together with us on this matter.
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