[governance] Multistakeholder Roles and Responsibilities

[Daniel Kalchev]

I am bit worried about the definition of "multi-stakeholder model" --- which is basically defined as "we agree to can this cooperation, as long as your recognise I am responsible for and have the ultimate say in XYZ, and you are responsible for ABC." This is not cooperation, at best it is synergy.

Why should not (for example) the private sector and the civil society have any say in policy? Policy is something different from politics, after all -- and in real world, both the private sector and civil society do design and implement policies of many kinds.

Just asking :)

Daniel


On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:11 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> In going through the FOURTH DRAFT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT for the
> Fifth World Telecommunication/Information and Communication Technology
> Policy Forum 2013 (WTPF) http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Pages/report-sg.aspx
> I came across this, below as the definition of multi-stakeholderism as
> (presumably) currently understood in various UN fora (it is what was used, I
> believe at WSIS... note particularly d) iii. below... 
> 
> d) 	The roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder group are
> specified in para. 35 of the Tunis Agenda, which states that: 
> "The management of the Internet encompasses both technical and public policy
> issues and should involve all stakeholders and relevant intergovernmental
> and international organizations. In this respect, it is recognized that:
> 	i.	Policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues
> is the sovereign right of States. They have rights and responsibilities for
> international Internet-related public policy issues, complemented by
> relevant legislation being enacted by appropriate law-making bodies
> (including Parliaments, etc.).
> 	ii.	The private sector has had, and should continue to have, an
> important role in the development of the Internet, both in the technical and
> economic fields.
> 	iii.	Civil society has also played an important role on Internet
> matters, especially at community level, and should continue to play such a
> role.
> 	iv.	Intergovernmental organizations have had, and should
> continue to have, a facilitating role in the coordination of
> Internet-related public policy issues.
>                v.	International organizations have also had and should
> continue to have an important role in the development of Internet-related
> technical standards and relevant policies".
> 
> 
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