Feb 2012 IGF open consultation inputs, was Re: [governance] MAG Selection [URGENT]

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Hi all

Changing the subjectline...

The CSTD Working Group on IGF improvements will meet in 2 weeks time and
as Marilia said and will finalise its report for May.  Good to get input
from people on the rolling report...

In further response to Michael's question about what role the IGC can
play aside from this input...

Many of the recommendations before that CSTD WG on IGF improvements can
also be made as recommendations for organising the upcoming IGF.

In fact, the Secretariat has already implemented some of these for past
IGFs, such as, for example, MAG members working with interested/informed
individuals from outside the MAG in planning main sessions.

Other recommendations could relate to keeping developing country and
civil society participation strong (e.g. if you look at the
participation statistics - which Chengetai did an excellent report on at
the last CSTD meeting - you will notice that CS participation seems to
have dropped since the previous IGF).

Other recommendations for the next IGF which could be useful for overall
IGF improvements include:

- formats of reports
- evaluation of workshops and main sessions
- workshop formats and workshop application formats
- workshop main session linkages.. and so on
- MAG working methods (for the next IGF)
- communicating IGF outcomes/messages/proceedings more effectively
- how to get more media attention
- improving remote participation .. and so on

In other words, it would be strategic for IGC people to scan the WG in
IGF improvement reports and reinforce recommendations they agree with by
also making those that are relevant in the short term in the context of
the upcoming IGF.

Best

Anriette




On 05/02/12 17:01, Marilia Maciel wrote:
> 
> 
>     On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 3:33 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>             Thanks for this Marilla but I'm a bit unsure as to the
>             status of what you have quoted below and what role if any
>             the IGC can or should play in this. 
> 
>     Hi Mike, this is a summary of the broad agreements that IGF WG
>     participants reached regarding MAG, based on proposals that have
>     been advanced by the WG members themselves and also by a larger
>     group of interested people (there was an open consultation some time
>     ago, between the first and the second meetings of the WG). The text
>     of the report of the WG will be drafted during the next meeting, in
>     February. It means that it is not carved in stone yet, and that
>     adjustments can be made. This is why I believe it would be so
>     important to receive feedback as soon as possible. 
> 
>     I agree with you when you mention the potential of IG/IGF
>     arrangements to influence and to help shaping governance in a
>     broader sense, and I agree that we should promote a more organized,
>     constant and consistent debate about these issues. The report from
>     the WG needs to be finalized in May, so I am not sure if it is
>     realistic to try to find funding to carry out an event with the
>     specific purpose of discussing improvements with the report in mind.
>     Of course, we should use online channels and take advantage of the
>     opportunities we have to meet face to face, such as open
>     consultations, to discuss and improve the suggestions that are
>     currently on the table.
> 
>     Nevertheless, regardless of the WG, there are ongoing debates that
>     CS should be involved (and maybe could even proactively push
>     forward) such as the one about IG principles. Wolfgang wrote to the
>     list a couple of times about the importance of a CS initiative to
>     look into current proposals of regulatory principles, and try to
>     find points of coherence, with view to an harmonization. I would
>     strongly support the pursuit of this goal. 
> 
>     Best,
>     Marília
> 
>              
> 
> -- 
> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
> FGV Direito Rio
> 
> Center for Technology and Society
> Getulio Vargas Foundation
> Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

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