[JNC - Forum] [governance] From Confusion to Clarification
michael gurstein
gurstein at gmail.com
Mon Dec 8 07:16:00 EST 2014
I am skeptical of this enterprise for a variety of reasons but even within
that skepticism the more or less complete absence of issues/topics in the
proposed ToC relating to ICTs and Developmentthe major point of WSIS after
all--is particularly egregious. This and the fact that virtually no one
(with the possible exception of Nnenna) commenting on the proposal seems to
have noticed, only points to how far CS in IG has regressed from any
connection with its roots in a concern for social justice in the context of
the Information Society.
M
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Wolfgang,
Following up on your original idea and suggestion of an e-book, and as you
suggested Ian to be the Editor for the project, why not ask Ian to elaborate
a bit more about his vision of the work to be done. Ian mentioned the media
alliance project and I have been looking into it. It is absolutely
fascinating. "New World Information Order" in the 70's with incredible guts!
It deserves everyone's respect.
On a very personal note, I would definitely appreciate you encouraging Ian
to move on his vision for the suggested project. That could ignite further
constructive debate and work from the participants.
Thanks
JC
I cannot refrain to quote this from the Media Alliance website
<http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?id=472>
The published results of this UNESCO project became perhaps the most
maliciously attacked volume (pre-Rushdie) in the twentieth century. Named
for the chairman of the commission, Sean MacBride (founder of Amnesty
International, great Irish patriot, son of Maude Gonne, the only person to
win both the Lenin and Nobel Peace Prizes, and whose tireless efforts for
justice in the world only ended with his death at age 92), The MacBride
Report: Many Voices, One World, dared to propose ways in which other voices
could be heard. It saw the essentially "one-way" flow of information as a
problem to be reckoned with and contained suggestions for making media
production accessible throughout the world.
Le 29 nov. 2014 à 04:11, Ian Peter a écrit :
WTF? You want CSCG (JNC, BB, IGC, NCSG APC etc) to write a book on CS
perspectives on IG for CSTD in May or perhaps IGF?
With no acronyms?
But seriously I think it is a good idea to produce something like this. As
long as its a genuine collaborative effort.
Perhaps it could be called "Many Voices, One World" in memory of the
thwarted 1980 attempt to provide alternative perspectives on issues of media
and governance in that era.
(A good summary of the 1980 events - something we should all be aware of -
can be found in the first part of the article here
http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?id=472 )
Well there goes any suggestion of my involvement in an editorial role unless
you want the work to be banned... but I am happy to support this idea!
Ian Peter
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Subject: [governance] From Confusion to Clarification
Hi everybody
After weeks of confusing conflicts let´s move towards clarifying
collaboration. What we have seen in the recent (sometimes unfriendly)
disputes is that there are many different civil society activists with
different civil society positions. This is confusing, both for newcomers who
want to join civil society groups in Internet Governance discussions as well
as for other stakeholders who want to collaborate with civil society. On the
othher Hand: This is natural. The civil Society Stakeholder Groups has
similar differences as the governmental stakeholder group if you compare the
governmental positions of China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, US, EU, Brazil,
India, Japan, Australia etc.
This not the Problem. The probllem is that you have to know what the
position. So it is about transparency and clarity.
Here is a proposal how to move forward: We have seen so many people writing
long e-mails arguing for their position. Wouldn´t it be better if we use
this energy to write more comprehensive and structured position or issue
papers so that newbies or outsiders will better understand what the real
points under discussions are in CS circles? We have seen rather different
arguments around the same issue from JNC to APC and NCUC folks.
I propose that we start to work on what I call a Civil Society Internet
Governance Handbook. This handbook would allow all CS groups within the
CSCG to present their own individual points of views so that everybody knows
what the positions are. The book could be structured into four main
chapters:
1. Human Rights (Access, Freedom of Expression, Privacy etc.)
2. Security (Cyberwar, Cyberterrorism, Cybercrime etc.)
3. Economic Development (Market domination, competition, infrastructure
development etc.)
4. Technical Coordination (Names, Numbers, Protocols etc.)
Each of the six groups under the CSCG (IGC, BB, JNC, NCSG, Diplo, APC) could
nominate four authors (one for each chapter). Each author would be free to
argue for her/his position (five to maximum teen pages). There is no need
for consensus. Every author would be free to present her/his radical,
moderate, liberal and whatsoever position on one of the four main issues.
Such a compendium would help to bring more transparency into the process and
would enable a more fact based discussion in the IG events ahead of us.
We could deliver this as an e-book (probably with an Annex with main
official texts as Tunis Agenda, Sao Paulo Principles, UN Resolutions etc.)
until the May 2015 Sessions in Geneva. In total this book would be around
250 pages. If we find a sponsor we could publish this for the New York event
in December 2015. Such a book would seen by the rest of the IG Community as
a helpful contribution, it would strengthen the role of CS in the emerging
IG multistakeholder mechanisms and would be also an input into the WSIS 10+
process.
The chair of the CSCG (together with the co-chairs from the six groups)
would be the editor.
Any comment?
Wolfgang
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