URGENT Re: [governance] Workshop Proposals - a few days to go

[michael gurstein]

While I think that this initiative is worthwhile and would like to see it go
forward I think that the recent interactions concerning "stakeholder
selection" raise rather more fundamental and dare I say "existential" issues
which also or even prior, need to be addressed. Would it perhaps be possible
to envisage a parallel workshop that might address some of these issues?

Thus for example, 
	1. what is the definition of a "stakeholder" (stakeholder group?--is
there a difference?)
	2. who gets to define/ratify the
definitions/inclusionary/exclusionary covenants for individual
stakeholders/SG's
	3. is there an appeal/review process re: these covenants
	4. what is the process of evolution/change of these stakeholder
covenants and how is the process governed/managed and by whom
	5. how are internal governance process within stakeholder groups
determined/ratified and how is this process itself governed and by whom
	6. what is the relationship between individual stakeholder groups
and associated organizational (focal) structures--is this a necessary or
contingent relationship and if contingent what are the factors governing
such contingencies
	7. what is the relationship between SG's, Focal organizations and
non-Focal SG members--and how is this governed and by whom
	8. how is the significant disparity in available resources for
internal operations/management and external participation/representation
handled so as to ensure some degree of equitable opportunity for the various
stakeholders
	9. other...

Mike

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Subject: Re: URGENT Re: [governance] Workshop Proposals - a few days to go

Update: Ayesha Hassan of the International Chamber of Commerce is proposing
to change the title to "MS selection processes:
Accountability and transparency" which I think is a clear improvement, as it
much better communicates what the proposed workshop is about specifically.
She writes also that "there will be other workshop proposals on
multistakeholder principles more generally", so it makes a lot of sense to
differentiate in this way.

Are there any objections to this proposed change?

Greetings,
Norbert

> > --snip--------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > 
> > The template is as follows:
> >  
> > 1.	Workshop working title  (max 60 characters):
> > 
> > MS processes: Strengthening accountability and transparency
> > 
> > 2.	Concise description of broader thematic area of interest
> > (max 500 characters):
> > 
> > From lessons learnt to good practice:
> > 
> > It is intended that the workshop will 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 on accountability and transparency. We could 
> > also discuss the composition of these constituency groups, including 
> > ambiguity of definition, and the challenges that arise at times from 
> > overlaps between stakeholder categories.
> > 
> > 3.	Concise description of specific issues or policy questions
> > to be addressed (max 500 characters):
> > 
> >   * What has worked or not worked in terms of how stakeholder groups
> >     are defined and represented?
> > 
> >   * What would constitute sufficient transparency, openness and
> >     inclusion in such processes? (What are possible principles to 
> > work from?)
> > 
> > Indication of workshop format:
> > 
> > At the IGF, multistakeholder panel discussion with significant time 
> > for interventions from the floor, followed by an open online 
> > consensus process to draft an outcome document.
> > 
> 
> 




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