[governance] Draft Civil Society Brief [Background/Overview and Proposal]

[Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro]

i suggest putting it on as a sign on statement.  good idea...

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> On Oct 25, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> 
> Am Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:03:06 +0800
> schrieb Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>:
> 
>> On 25/10/2013, at 7:59 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
>> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> Following meetings of global civil society which was chaired by
>>> Best Bits, there have been some slight changes to the text and I
>>> will ask Jeremy to please share it here.
>> 
>> Yes here is the final proposed text.  There was a question whether to
>> launch it today, but that is probably moot since the Best Bits
>> website is down?
> 
> We could launch it on igcaucus.org - since this hasn't gone through a
> formal IGC consensus process, it wouldn't be an IGC statement, but in
> view of the fact that according to our Charter IGC is to be, among
> other things, “a forum for advocacy”, we can certainly put it up as a
> sign-on statement.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
> 
>> We, the undersigned organizations and individuals from around the
>> world, recognize that we are in a critical moment for the Internet
>> Governance regime, in which the increasing use of surveillance
>> mechanisms pose a challenge the whole community to tackle. Proactive
>> action is required to restore trust and to ensure human rights are
>> respected and uphold. We remain committed to the development of an
>> open Internet and its use for advancing human rights, express our
>> hope and expectation that the Internet governance summit in Brazil in
>> 2014 incorporate a multistakeholder model of agenda setting,
>> participation and decision making from its inception.
>> 
>> This requires:
>> The event should discuss what Internet governance architecture is
>> required to support an inclusive, people-centric,
>> development-oriented   information society. We believe that this
>> requires at the very minimum that such a structure is democratic, in
>> that it should be inclusive of all countries and all stakeholders,
>> and that it protects and promotes human rights. The full
>> participation of civil society stakeholders in planning and in the
>> meeting should be guaranteed and resourced. A strengthened Internet
>> Governance Forum could play a role in the future Internet governance
>> arrangements to be discussed at the event,  and it should be linked
>> with the CSTD WGEC process as appropriate. The event should extend
>> beyond good will speeches or presentations of  good intentions and
>> seek to produce actionable outputs. Modalities should be developed to
>> allow all stakeholders, including remote participants, to participate
>> on an equal footing from the preparatory process to final outputs.
>> We  stress that opening doors for more stakeholders to attend
>> meetings is  not sufficient. Multistakeholderism has been used with a
>> variety of  meanings, sometimes only referring to a very limited kind
>> of openness  and consultation.  If the goal is to achieve an open,
>> inclusive and  participatory debate, it is crucial that civil society
>> is centrally involved at every step of the decision-making process.
>> 
>> 
> 

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