RES: [governance] CCIA Intervention at CSTD Enhanced Cooperation debate

Fri May 18 16:32:18 EDT 2012

Quite interesting. I shared with icann alumni group. I don´t know if you
know, but from Steve´s seating as chair we the alumni finally has a regular
breakfast with the board every meeting, to exchange ideas, strategic
thoughts or simple suggestions related to ICANN problems and future. It has
been a very productive meeting kisses. 

vanda

De: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] Em nome de Nick Ashton-Hart
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 18 de maio de 2012 13:02
Para: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Assunto: [governance] CCIA Intervention at CSTD Enhanced Cooperation debate

Dear list members,

In case it is of interest, CCIA's intervention is pasted below.

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Intervention of CCIA at the Special Session of the Commission for Science
and Technology for Development on Enhanced Cooperation on public policy
issues pertaining to the Internet, 18th May 2012

Mr. Chairman,

CCIA thanks you for your leadership today, and the Secretariat for its
excellent preparatory work on this important meeting. 

For those that are not familiar with us, the Computer & Communications
Industry Associations members represent a broad cross-section of the ICT
sectors most innovative companies.  We would like to associate ourselves
with the comments of ICC BASIS and provide a few additional comments.

Mr. Chairman, enhanced cooperation means many different things to
different stakeholders. Like so many other speakers today, we believe the
most valuable kind of cooperation is that which has a positive, practical
impact for real people. 

Our members know that they thrive only where they offer real value to real
people. This is why we approach the proposal for a new CSTD working group on
enhanced cooperation by asking ourselves if this is likely to lead to
practical benefits for real people, and if it will provide significant
added-value in development terms, particularly important given the mandate
of the CSTD. From what we have heard, it does not look like this working
group would pass these tests. In contrast, the working group on the
improvement of the IGF was clearly focussed on developing practical
improvements that do add value, which is why we supported it and why we
welcome its report. 

Mr. Chairman, Multi Stakeholderism, with a capital M, is what works, and
that means processes where all parties have an equal chance to be heard and
to affect outcomes. It is absolutely fundamental, absolutely essential, to
the development of the Internet as the marvellous tool for economic and
social development that that it is and which it can become.  Previous
speakers, including the distinguished delegates of the United Kingdom and
Canada, have outlined so many excellent examples of success made possible by
this model that it is redundant to add more.  

The United Nations system overall has steadily increased the access of and
collaboration with the non-governmental/private sector world since its
foundation - though the ITUs political processes, including the WCIT
preparatory process, have fallen far behind the rest of the UN system in
this respect. The Economic and Social Council to which the CSTD reports has
often led the way by repeatedly choosing to embed non-state actors in formal
processes. The Report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United
NationsCivil Society Relations from 2004 has many excellent conclusions
such as: 

The most powerful case for reaching out beyond its constituency of central
Governments and enhancing dialogue and cooperation with civil society is
that doing so will make the United Nations more  effective.

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in 2009 that: 

"Our times demand a new definition of leadership - global leadership. They
demand a new constellation of international cooperation - governments, civil
society and the private sector, working together for a collective global
good."

Hes right.

Thank you Mr. Chairman.

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Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
Geneva Representative
Computer & Communcations Industry Association (CCIA)
Tel: +41 (22) 362 02 38
Fax: : +41 (22) 594-85-44
Mobile: +41 79 595 5468
USA Tel: +1 (202) 640-5430
email: nashton at ccianet.org
Skype: nashtonhart
http://www.ccianet.org <http://www.ccianet.org/> 

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