[governance] Fw: Civil Society speaker: IGF Opening ceremony - Nnenna

[McTim]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> Dear Nnenna
>
> Here is one thought... it's a relatively heavy-weight one, so given
> that they'll probably only give you a short timespan, I think  you'll
> probably be forced to either use it as a very major part of your
> intervention or avoid it altogether...


I would avoid it altogether, unless we want to come across as barking mad.

>
>  So often we hear claims that multistakeholder cooperation makes things
>  so much better for everyone including the end user. We should have some
>  verifiability and accountability around those claims.

I have never heard this specific claim made.  Can you substantiate this?

 What specifically
>  does it take to make tech/Internet governance have a significant
>  positive impact say on empowering people to overcome poverty? Or on
>  preventing or reducing specific kinds of human rights violations?


A miracle?

-- 
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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