AW: [governance] : what about promoting media and information literacy?

Mon Apr 28 06:54:15 EDT 2014

Hi,

good to see that a discussion has start around a more strategic perspective. 

To get the real picture (and progress) one should remember not only WSIS ten years ago but also the UN Summit on Human Rights in Vienna 20 years ago. It was in 1993. I was there. It was a big meeting but governments and NGOs were totally separated. NGOs had no access to the main conference rooms (and certainly not to working and drafting groups). Civil society and NGOs had their isolated meetings in the basement of the UN Vienna Conference center. There were two different entrance doors. A checkpoint between the basement and the first floor was like the Berlin Wall where nobody could pass without a governmental badge. At this time we made some jokes about this setting because we argued that we will "undermine" this design by coming "from the bottom".  If you see now, that Nenna gave the most remarkable speech in the opening of Net Mundial and Jeanette and Adam presented the outcome document then you see that change is possible. But more has to be done 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Conference_on_Human_Rights

It is also worth to remember the Cardozo report from 2004. It was mainly ignored by the governments of the UN Member States in the General Assembly and its recommendations are nearly forgotton. But it makes sense to remember this part of the history and to move forward.   
http://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B8954/(httpAssets)/09916F545454357BC1256F5C005D4352/$file/A-58-817.pdf

I fully support Divinas proposal that more young people has to become involved in CS Internet Governance circles. That is their future and they have to develop the skills needed to be effective (and able to find rough consensus) in a multistakeholder environment. And one should not be afraid ig there are different positions within the CS. You have similar (even broader) conflicts among governments and even within the private sector you have a broad range of different approaches (inter alaoa among TNCs and SMEs).  

Wolfgang   

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Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org im Auftrag von divina.meigs
Gesendet: Mo 28.04.2014 05:46
An: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Izumi AIZU; <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
Betreff: Re: [governance] : what about promoting media and information literacy?

Dear all
I appreciate Izumi's long range perspective, as an early actor in the process myself, from the WSIS days. And like him I rejoice in the progress we, as civil society voices, have made not only in process but also in access and content provision.  

I feel that our lobbying efforts over time and our consistency has started to bring its fruits to our efforts and it is a good thing that new entrants are able to contribute as well. The final outcome document does reflect indeed some of our own input as shaped by years of meetings at the Internet Governance Forum and we should congratulate all of us for having made our core issues part of the global debate, beyond conversation.

At this stage, to gain extra momentum and to scale up,  I think that we need to raise awareness among the ranks of citizens, and particularly among young people. Technical issues of surveillance cannot be dissociated from social issues of surveillance ; technical issues of data mining cannot be dissociated from social issues of data mining; technical issues of coding and design cannot be dissociated from social issues of coding and design... 

For me then, digital literacy together with media and information literacy are crucial and urgent, as part of core 21st century skills. I wish it had been an  integral part of the discussion at NetMundial as only an informed citizenry can claim for more social justice and put pressure on  governments and private sector to push for more diversity, openness and to end monopolies and unfair practices. 

To be fully understood and to move forward, the  internet governance agenda needs to push for 21st century literacies, beyond the so-called prerogative of the states in the matter of education that can only lead to more illectronism. To scale up our actions as civil society, many global initiatives in 21st century skills need to be supported and sustained. I invite you to pay attention to the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy, GAPMIL, a joint initiative  that brings together key stakeholders such as UNESCO, UNAOC, UNICEF, Open Society Foundation and other partners in international development as well as NGOs and Universities. It will hold its next meeting in Paris, on 28th of May.   

Best 
Divina Frau-Meigs
Professor, Sorbonne Nouvelle University 
UNESCO  chair  savoir devenir/forwardances in durable digital development    

De : Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org>
Rpondre  : <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org>
Date : dimanche 27 avril 2014 13:44
 : governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, "<bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
Objet : [governance] 

A little reflection

Like some of you, I was thinking how far we came from INET/IFWP/ICANN/WSIS/WGIG/IGF days to NETMundial when Adam and Jeanette were reading the final outcome statement and receiving strong standing ovations. 

Adam and Jeanette were the 2nd or 3rd generation of the Co-coordinators of the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus, at the days of WSIS Tunis phase if I am not mistaken. YJ Park and Wolfgang Kleinwacther were the first ones at the first WSIS process. 

At the initial WSIS process. not only them, but most Civil Society members were not given much role other than making statements within limited and controlled frameworks. Yes we had the bureau, made negotiations with government reps, but not in the MSH modality of say "working together". By and large, we were the "outsiders" trying to lobby "them".

Compared with that, civil society members in the EMC and HLMC were "insiders" and often "lobbied" by not only other CS members but also by other stakeholders. 
They were taking the lead in the drafting sessions. IF they, or all of us, CS members were not there, there would be no NETMundial and its outcome. 

It is not their (CS members at EMC and HLMC) efforts per se, but, but our collective energy, blood sweat and tears, tough and sharp arguments among CS circle, engagement, passion, patience, all of these that resulted in building-up of the credibility we today got at NETMundial.

In that regard, I would say, congratulations to Adam and Jeanette, but also to Nnenna, Marilia, Carlos, Stephanie, Luis, Subi and all others who worked hard in NETMundial process including those who did not get the explicit role, but nevertheless played important roles here and there.

I felt we are maturing and making good progress. Of course, we still have a lot to achieve. 

Now, going forward!

izumi

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                     >> Izumi Aizu <<
Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo
Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,          
Japan
www.anr.org <http://www.anr.org/> 

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