[governance] CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation : Update [Workin Methods]

Fri Mar 15 10:05:55 EDT 2013

In fact, the designation or the involvement of all stakeholders often
depends devices or consultative framework implementation in each
country. National IGFs often provide such a framework.  And it is
within this framework that is also refunds all meetings pertaining to
ICT or digital technology, for example.

It is undeniable that the presence of Universities (academia) and
technical communities is essential as it is also eligible entities of
the civil society that have the competence and can also be sollicited
and involved.

Formula increasingly accepted view is the policy makers play their
role as partners in coordination with private sector and of civil
society entities (Universities, NGOs, religious groups, unions .....).

Each component has a social place and can be represented. The PrepCom
has sufficiently demonstrated that  multistakeholderism approach
convincing results.
It is appropriate to improve this approach.

Baudouin

2013/3/15, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>:
> Hi all.. I am completelyswamped with work.. so this is quick.
>
> 1) I am not against the idea of setting up a 'joint mechanism' of some
> kind for CS to do selections, but at the same time I think we would not
> being too bureaucratic.
>
> 2) As for other non-governmental groups and how they identify their
> representatives, I would suggest we ask for transparency and leave it at
> that. We know that our own processes are imperfect and I don't think
> that finger pointing at any other group will help. Not to mention that
> there is a lot of room for improvement in how governments select their
> representatives. And they are SUCH AN IMPORTANT stakeholder group. If we
> are going to start reviewingselection processes why only look at non-gov
> stakeholders.
>
> 3) I personally believe that the technical community is an important
> stakeholder group in IG that does deserve recognition and
> representation. I would agree that no one body should dominate how
> representation is identified, but that also applies to CS and Business
> and it is indeed something thatIGC should support.
>
> 4) My concern (and I wrote about this at length during the early stages
> of the CSTD WG on IGF improvements) is that CS had to share our slots
> with the academic community. I know this is controversial, and in Paris
> some academic CSparticipants challenged me on my position. I respect
> that some of the most active and dynamic individuals in the IG CS space
> are academics, but:
>
> - CS is so diversethat we should be having as manyslots as possible for
> CS organisations to widen representationand ideas
> - The non-technical academic input into IG is similarly so vital
> (particularly in thinking of social impacts of the internet in the
> future) that it should be recognised as a stakeholder group in its own
> right.
>
> My view has always been therefore, even if it takes a General Assembly
> resolution, that either (a) CS are given more slots than other
> non-governmental stakeholder groups in recognition of the fact that we
> include non-tech academics or (b) that the non-tech academic community
> be recognised as an important stakeholder group in its own right.
>
> Anriette
>
>
> On 15/03/2013 13:10, Baudouin Schombe wrote:
>> I think   Nnenna proposal deserves to be taken into account. we should
>> not reinvent the wheel but improve the approach that was positive at a
>> time given.
>>
>> Baudouin
>>
>> 2013/3/15, Nnenna <nne75 at yahoo.com>:
>>> Quoting Norbert:
>>>
>>>  >
>>> Civil society definitely needs to do an important bit of homework in
>>> this area.
>>>
>>> Thomas Lowenhaupt suggested a while back to set up some kind of joint
>>> board of the various leading civil society meta-organizations which
>>> would be able to carry out such selection tasks in a way that would
>>> avoid the problem of IGC running a full-fledged NomCom process only to
>>> have the result partly or (as happened in the case of the CSTD WG)
>>> almost totally ignored at the next step of the selection process.
>>>
>>> I would suggest that it is time to revisit this idea, and also think
>>> about whether there are other possible solutions to this problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> In the beginning days of WSIS PrepComs, I recall we had a "Working
>>> Methods"
>>> caucus/group.
>>>
>>> That was 10 years ago, and yes, a long time.  But for those who are
>>> interested in process..
>>>
>>> This may  be a good time to do this again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>  From: Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>
>>> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>>> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org.
>>> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 10:26 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [governance] CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation : Update
>>>
>>> Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I quote below
>>>> the relevant parts from the report of the CSTD Working Group on
>>>> Improvements to the IGF.
>>>>
>>>> (quote begins)
>>> [..]
>>>>         (b) Stakeholder groups should identify and publicize the
>>>> process that works best for their own culture and methods of
>>>
>>>
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