[governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at WSIS+10 in Paris

Thu Feb 21 10:14:31 EST 2013

Hi,


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:55 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anriette and I have both been alloted 5 minutes to contribute to the High
> Level panel on Tuesday afternoon (2.30 pm) (I'm not yet sure of the format
> but it sounds as though we are contributing from a floor mike…
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> Our task is to contribute to an "exchange on major developments since
> 2003/2005, new challenges as well as possible post-2015 arrangements" i.e.
> the past present and future of the Information Society etc. (in 5 minutes!).
>

"multi-stakeholder" as a new development from WSIS 2005, or somewhat
inspired by WSIS (or perhaps WSIS just a bit ahead of the curve.)
"multi-stakeholder" as a challenge now
and think we can be sure it'll be increasingly important post-2015

Adam

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> Bullet points folks?
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> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Tracy F.
> Hackshaw @ Google
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:01 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Grace Githaiga
> Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at
> WSIS+10 in Paris
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> Hi Grace:
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> Thanks for reaching out.
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> I would certainly appreciate if you could spare 45 secs or thereabouts to
> raise awareness, by mention, of the challenges facing Small Island
> Developing States.
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> For guidance, there is some excellent information emanating from the
> recently held IGF-12 Workshop on a similar topic at
> http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no81-internet-governance-and-sustainable-development-case-small-island-developing-states
> as well as at
> http://www.commonwealthigf.org/blog/internet-governance-challenges-in-small-island-developing-states-raising-the-volume-of-our-voices/
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Rgds,
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> Tracy
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> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Dear All
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> As Nobert informed members, I will be the CS speaker during the opening
> ceremony. I have been allotted five minutes and would like to request
> members on these lists to let me know if there are issues you would like me
> to raise during the opening ceremony.  Anriette Esterhuysen and Michael
> Gurstein will be speakers during the  "High level" session on Monday
> afternoon, while Anita Gurumurthy will speak during the closing.
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> My bit is only for the opening and would like to feel that I be highlighting
> your concerns.
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> Looking forward to hearing from you.
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> Rgds
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> Grace
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>> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:19:28 +0100
>> From: nb at bollow.ch
>> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> Subject: [governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at
>> WSIS+10 in Paris
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>> Dear all
>>
>> As I mentioned before, Janis Karklins of UNESCO requested Marianne
>> Franklin (one of two co-chairs of the Internet Rights and Principles
>> Coalition) and myself to suggest speakers for the Paris WSIS+10 main
>> sessions to represent civil society. In the absence of any really
>> convincing answer to the question of who else should do this :-) we
>> have done so.
>>
>> By necessity my participation in this process was not a formal
>> nomination activity of the Caucus, which would have required a NomCom,
>> and without a standing NomCom available for any tasks that might come
>> up, there was simply not enough time for initiating a NomCom
>> process.
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>> First there was the request regarding the opening session, and very
>> recently the request regarding the other sessions. In each case a
>> reasonably quick response was expected.
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>> I recommend that for future major events, a NomCom should be set up well
>> in advance, and it should prepare well in advance with thoughts on
>> potential nominees and selection criteria.
>>
>> For the current WSIS+10 event, a very much ad hoc process was used,
>> where I have done my best to take into account the responses to the call
>> for expressions of interest that I posted here on the list.
>>
>> I believe that we have a very good end result:
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>> Opening session:
>> Grace Githaiga
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>> I have also encouraged these civil society representatives to consult
>> widely, as per the email message pasted below.
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>> Greetings,
>> Norbert
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>> --snip------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Janis Karklins <j.karklins at unesco.org> wrote:
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>> > I am writing to you with proposal to take the floor on behalf of the
>> > civil society
>>
>> Dear Anita, Anriette, Grace and Michael (the civil society
>> representatives at the plenaries of WSIS+10)
>>
>> As you probably know, Janis Karklins of UNESCO had requested Marianne
>> and myself to suggest speakers for the WSIS+10 main sessions to
>> represent civil society. In the absence of any really convincing answer
>> to the question of who else should do this :-) we have done so.
>>
>> Speaking just from my personal perspective right now, I would like to
>> encourage all of you to consult widely on what are important points to
>> make, using the mailing lists of the Internet Governance Caucus and the
>> Internet Rights and Principles coalition and whatever other networks
>> you're active in.
>>
>> Of course if you do that, given the great breadth and diversity of
>> civil society, you're going to get more suggestions than you can use,
>> and it's of course each panelist's discretion to select which of the
>> points you want to mention and which of them you want to specifically
>> emphasize and how much you want to add from your personal perspective -
>> also taking into account what in your view may have been
>> underemphasized by other civil society speakers.
>>
>> Overall (and I emphasize again that I'm speaking just from my personal
>> perspective here), I think that it is particularly important to clearly
>> draw attention to important points that have so far been largely
>> overlooked or ignored in the IGF process and other WSIS followup
>> processes.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Norbert
>>
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