[governance] definition of "governance" (was Re: talking vs acting)

[Norbert Bollow]

JFC Morfin <jefsey at jefsey.com> wrote:
> At 14:45 31/08/2013, Norbert Bollow wrote:
>> 2) Is the talking which is being done directed at the objective of
>> figuring out which governance actions are in the public interest (in
>> the sense of some reasonable interpretation of what is the public
>> interest)?
> Even before defining what is the public interest, the problem here is
> to define what is a governance action, so we know if the debate is
> credible enough or not.

I think that in the Internet context, the definition of governance is
essentially a solved problem: 

   Definition: Internet governance is the development and application
   of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and
   programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.

   Note: Governments, civil society and the private sector are all
   involved in Internet governance in various roles.

(This is a slight rephrasing of the “working definition” from WGIG which
is also in para 34 of the Tunis agenda; the change which I'm proposing
is to move the words “by governments, the private sector and civil
society, in their respective roles” to a Note and to change “respective
roles” to “various roles”. My reason for proposing this change is that
the terms “governments”, “civil society” and “private sector” are all
hard to define precisely, and whether they should have precisely defined
“respective roles” is not so clear either.)

Greetings,
Norbert

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