[governance] BMP} Statement on Process and Objectives for the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance

[Norbert Bollow]

Am Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:52:00 -0800
schrieb "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com>:

> A belated reply, but I support the document (in the interests of
> achieving a consensus perhaps it would be possible to fuzzify McTim's
> point of disagreement--I've indicated one possibility on the pad) and
> would ask that it move forward to some speedy conclusion and
> distribution.

Thanks Mike!

The current text on the pad, which seems to be from you ("The Global
Meeting should aim at developing a suitable and widely acceptable means
to achieve the desired internationalization") is from my perspective a
good choice.

Greetings,
Norbert

> 
> M
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Norbert
> Bollow Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:03 PM To: IGC
> Subject: [governance] BMP} Statement on Process and Objectives for
> the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet
> Governance
> 
> Dear all
> 
> >From Carlos Afonso I have learned that it would be valuable at the
> >present stage for civil society networks like the IGC to make
> >statements in regard to the planned Global Multistakeholder Meeting
> >aiming at ensuring that the process will be a genuinely open (in
> >particular to all kinds of civil society perspectives)
> >multistakeholder process -- similar to what APC has already
> >emphasized in a recent statement.
> 
> I've set up a pad with an initial draft:
> 
> http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/brazil2014-process-objectives
> 
> This initial text has been very significantly inspired by (and in
> some parts in fact copied verbatim from) the relevant parts of APC's
> statement (if these parts of the statement end up going through the
> IGC consensus process unchanged, we should probably give explicit
> credit in some way.)
> 
> Here's a copy of this initial draft text:
> 
> --snip-----------------------------------------------------------------
> Statement of the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus on Process
> and Objectives for the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future
> of Internet Governance
> 
> As an international civil society network that has emerged from the
> WSIS process, the Internet Governance Caucus sees the planned Global
> Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance as a
> huge opportunity.
> 
> In order for this opportunity to be fully utilized and not wasted, we
> urge the organizers to base the Global Meeting on a democratic
> deliberative process. In particular,
> 
>   * Transparent, open, inclusive and participatory mechanisms must be
>     established for the involvement of the widest possible variety of
>     stakeholders, in the planning and organisation of the summit, from
>     its inception, both in regard to issues of processes and
> substance.
> 
>   * Participation in the meeting should be linked to an online
>     consultation process similar to the one successfully employed by
>     Brazilian government and society to draft the “Marco Civil”, and
> in the selection of participants preference should be given to people
>     and institutions who have participated actively in this online
>     process through making written submissions. This should be the
> case for all the stakeholders, including governments.
> 
>   * Drafting groups responsible for capturing outputs should be
>     appointed prior to the event, and include representatives from a
>     wide variety of stakeholder groups.
> 
> The Global Meeting should be focused on creating, through accountable
> and transparent processes, concrete outcome documents in these two
> main areas:
> 
> 1) Internationalisation of ICANN and IANA: The Global Meeting should
> aim at develping a concrete solution how the desired
> internationalization can be achieved.
> 
> 2) An international set of principles (or a civil framework) for
> internet policy making that are fully harmonised with existing human
> rights agreements, especially in regard to ensuring in the context of
> Internet communications and cloud computing that any exceptions to
> the "right to privacy" and "right to anonymity" principles are
> necessary and proportionate.
> --snap-----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Are you in support of IGC making such a statement?
> 
> Do you see needs for changes?
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
> 
> 


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