[governance] Blogpost: Multistakeholderism vs. Democracy: My Adventures in "Stakeholderland"

Thu Mar 21 14:11:17 EDT 2013

No one suggested that the CSTD was a multi-stakeholder body. the reference
and example was quite evidently, to the Working Group on Enhanced
Cooperation, where ISOC at least, considers discussion to be necessarily
part of a multi-stakeholder process. Raising of course, all of the questions
I was pointing to concerning who are the stakeholders, how are they defined
and so on and so on.

http://www.internetsociety.org/cstd-meeting-enhanced-cooperation-public-poli
cy-issues-pertaining-internet

CSTD meeting on enhanced cooperation on public policy issues pertaining to
the Internet

Date: 18 May 2012

Document Type: Reports

Tags: Internet Governance , World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

18 May 2012

Statement by Markus Kummer, Vice-President for Public Policy, The Internet
Society

I am very honored to be part of this panel and I look forward to engaging in
a constructive dialogue. It is nearly ten years ago that we started the WSIS
process and we have come a long way. In July 2002 non-governmental
stakeholders banged at the door of the Geneva Conference Centre and asked to
be let in. Today, multistakeholder cooperation is the norm. The Internet
Society, in its past contributions on 'enhanced cooperation', always made
sure to stress the importance of multi-stakeholder cooperation.
Multistakeholder cooperation is essential to the growth of the Internet and
the Information Society.  In our view it is not an option - it is a must!

http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx

14 February 2013Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation - Next Steps

The Chairman of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development
(CSTD), Mr. Miguel Palomino de la Gala, invites regional and stakeholder
groups to hold consultations on which respective representatives they would
like to be considered for the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, keeping
in mind paragraph 21 of the General Assembly resolution 67/195.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:35 AM
To: michael gurstein
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] Blogpost: Multistakeholderism vs. Democracy: My
Adventures in "Stakeholderland"

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:03 PM, michael gurstein <
<mailto:gurstein at gmail.com> gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to add one point, my references to the current CSTD process in 

> the blogpost were meant to be illustrative only i.e. one practical 

> example of MSism "in action" when put under some stress/challenge.

What gives you the impression that the CSTD is a MS body?

> 

> My larger point was what precisely was Ambassador Kramer pointing to 

> when he mentioned MSism 17 times in his closing comments at the WCIT?

not the CSTD I think!!

Look, here's the latest in EC activities by the T&A:

<https://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/rip
e-ncc-hosts-brussels-roundtable-meeting-for-governments-and-regulators>
https://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/ripe
-ncc-hosts-brussels-roundtable-meeting-for-governments-and-regulators

This is not MSism either, this is EC.

When the RIPE community decides on IP address policies in an open, bottom up
consensus driven manner, where ALL are welcome to voice their opinions and
have equal say, then THAT is MSism in action.

When the RIPE NCC (the Secretariat for the RIPE Community) holds a
roundtable to help educate government folk and exchange views, that is EC
not MSism.  See the difference?

--

Cheers,

McTim

"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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