[governance] IGF - and the corporatisation scandal

[Norbert Bollow]

Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

> Following up on the current IGF cancellation imbroglio, I happened to 
> see what is called as the 'fund raising proposal' 
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BylRrf_lFlA9OXhieGt5WUJsMkU/edit> of 
> the managing committee of Bali IGF..... Sorry to say, but it is a
> pure scandal....
> 
> Against donations, it promises funders to be able to recommend
> speakers in the closing ceremony, organising of events, invitation to
> high level meeting, banners all around inside the venue (hundreds of
> them), special promotional feature in the IGF book, logos on the
> website, on the daily IGF bulletin, on various equipment in the venue
> and many other things..... Government can make donations and in
> return "may lead a session in the IGF and be responsible for opening,
> summary, and the closing of events....."
> 
> Scandalous!! This is selling off the UN, selling off of global public 
> policy spaces... The fact is, I dont want to go to such an IGF. I
> want to have nothing to do with it.

While it isn't clear how official that Google docs file is, these
offensive aspects are also in the clearly official document on the host
country website, which can be found by following the “Host Country
Website” link on intgovforum.org, then looking at the bottom of the
“About IGF 2013” page.

Greetings,
Norbert

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