[governance] ITU consultation and open access => IGF working groups

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 15/07/2012, at 10:00 AM, William Drake wrote:

> Things have moved on since then and one could argue that it is now time to make a serious effort to put working groups back on the table.  I know this didn't get consensus in the WGIGF but CS could nevertheless flesh out the case for WGs as flexibly configured non-bureaucratic processes that would study and report views (including divergent ones) on pressing issues on which progress cannot be achieved via DCs, particularly in light of generally limited governmental/IO participation.  My top candidates for WGs would be:
> 
> *Enhanced Cooperation, per some of the May CSTD interventions, including APC's http://www.apc.org/en/news/enhancing-cooperation-among-stakeholders-internet (much more likely to attract governments etc. than something under IETF, which carries additional internal burdens)
> 
> *Embodiment of the WSIS principles in global IG processes/"openess, transparency, legitimacy, accountability, membership, acess, diversity, bottom up PDP "
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> *IG4D (a similar cross-cutting criteria-based exercise, e.g. as proposed in my chapter in the Sharm book http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/images/2010/book/igf.sharm.book.final.pdf )
> 
> Putting the WG construct back on the table for discussion in the MAG and beyond (including at the IGC's Baku workshop) would be a concrete and useful contribution.  Do others here dis/agree?  If the latter, would anyone be willing to collaborate on a text of 3-5 pages laying out the rationale?

Norbert, how about adding the working group on promoting and assessing, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet governance processes, to the ECTF proposal?  As William notes is one of the important missing elements of the IGF"s mandate, and also one I suggested for the new body that I outlined at http://jere.my/l/2w.  I don't feel that yet another dynamic coalition would do this justice.  Whilst many people are still skeptical of the ECTF proposal, we can discuss it more at the APrIGF this week.  It may or may not have legs in the end, but an alternative approach to DCs is definitely needed.

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