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

[Norbert Bollow]

Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

> 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, 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.

small correction: change "uphold" to "upheld"

Greetings,
Norbert

> 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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