[governance] CIRP+

[michael gurstein]

With respect to Wolfgang's note below which crossed my own note... I think
that the non-UN/non-OECD OGP does go beyond these in the ways that Wolfgang
suggests as being necessary.

Please note that the OGP Declaration does reference both the UNDHR and the
UN Convention Against Corruption, that the UN (and the OECD) were
represented and participating at the OGP meeting, and at least some
representatives of those organizations seemed to think that the OGP
initiative would ultimately find a home within the UN systems somewhere.
Although exactly the path to achieving that was as yet very obscure. (The
suggestion here being that rather than starting off as a UN body, the next
stage IGF framework might begin as a non-UN agency but with the possibility
that it might, as it universalizes, evolve in that direction.)

M

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Wolfgang"
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Subject: [governance] CIRP+


Parminder:
UN CIRP proposal has as multistakeholder a structure as OECD's Internet
policy making mechanism (which is the default global Internet policy making
system at present), plus seeking strong linkages with a rather empowered
multistakeholder IGF (India IGF proposal). If something else/more is needed
and possible that it must be spelt out.

Wolfgang:
The Problem with the OECD MS model is, that it evolved from an existing
(intergovernmental) structure. It did not create a new body. It just added
to an IGO with one existing advisory committee to other advisory committees
(CS and TC). This was good. But .- as you can see in the drafting of the
Internet policy Making guidelines document - not good enough. There is no
mechanism how the advisory bodies are directly involved into the decision
making procedure. Remember the Internet Governance definition whre "shared
decsion making procedures" are mentioned as a key element similar to the
involvement of the various stakeholders in their respective roles.  
 
If a new (UN) body should be created to fill a (possible) gap in the
existing global Internet Governance Ecosystem, such a new body has to go
beyond "advisory committees" and introduce a mechanism which follows the
definition of "shared decision making". This would be new, but this is what
is needed. We need here innovation and creativity in internaitonal politics.
WGIG is a good example that this can work. The UNCSTD IGF Improvement WG has
also demonstrated that it can be done. If a renewed CIRP proposal follows
the WGIG model, it could be the starting point for a new discussion,
embedded into the IGF discussions on a multistakeholder "Framework of
Committments". 



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