[governance] Workshop Proposals - a few days to go

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear Norbert.. not at all!

It was just a proposal first made to the IGC list, developed by Nnenna
in reply, and then included in my response to Constance (copied to the
IGC list).

Anriette


On 19/03/2013 10:48, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>
>> If it seems ok, then the coordinators can put as the first for the 48
>> hour agreed text process.
> Anriette, maybe you could quickly clarify - does the past tense
> "proposed" imply that have you already submitted this at the IGF
> website?
>
> If not, what's your view on Adam's suggestion to use this text as the
> starting point for an IGC consensus process?
>  
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
>> On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> Here is the description of the workshop I proposed. I have included
>>> and built on Nnenna's suggestions.
>>>
>>> Anriette
>>>
>>> Proposed title:
>>>
>>> "From lessons learnt to good practice: Strengthening accountability
>>> and transparency in MS processes"
>>>
>>> Such a workshop could be jointly convened by the three
>>> non-governmental stakeholder groups in the IGF and used
>>> to share experiences, raise concerns, and try and identify good
>>> practice approaches. We could also discuss the composition of these
>>> constituency groups, including ambiguity around the definitions of
>>> the TA community and the challenges that arise at times in CS from
>>> having a mix of organisational members and individual CS activists
>>> and analysts.
>>>
>>> The outcomes of discussion at the workshop could become an input to
>>> the CSTD WG on EC.
>>>
>>> The objectives of the workshop could be defined as follows
>>> (building on the remarks of Nnenna Nwakanma on the IGC list):
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Highlight lessons learned from our involvement in
>>> multi-stakeholder processes
>>>
>>> 2. Explore what has worked or not worked in terms of how stakeholder
>>> groups are defined and represented
>>>
>>> 3. Build a common understanding on what would constitute sufficient
>>> transparency, openness and inclusion in such processes and discuss
>>> possible principles to work from
>>>
>>> 4. Propose working methods for going forward
>>>
>>> 4. Deepen the Enhanced Cooperation discussion and contribute a
>>> working document to the CSTD WG on EC.
>>>
>>>
>>> Discussion between the three groups could potentially begin in the
>>> build up to the IGF. There is certainly interest on the IGC list to
>>> initiate such discussion. We could also use the opportunity of the
>>> next IGF open consultation to have a face to face discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

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