[governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launched for endorsement at bestbits.net

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 5 Mar 2014, at 7:21 pm, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

> And of course, the proposed view to be submitted on 1Net's behalf has this all important principle, "Decisions made with respect to Internet governance should only be made by bodies that allow free and equitable access to all stakeholders at all points in the decision-making process." Well of course. Two hoots to democracy!
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> Now I shall come to the point, of my comments on the proposed submission to NetMundial submitted by Jeremy.
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> I of course support and commend both APC Principles and IRP Principles  - which seem the main burden of the submission.... BUT...
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> Can someone explain me the meaning of "equitable multistakeholder participation" and whether it is different from what is meant in the above statement from 1Net's survey. If so, how.... More precisely, are you seeking that all stakeholders, including business reps, have equal part and role (as gov reps) in making decisions about public policies. Please address this point specifically. 

Yes, you picked up on a key point.  There was a discussion of this on the pad where the text was workshopped, which you can read for yourself: https://pad.riseup.net/p/IG_principles.  At various times it was "parity" and "power sharing" before it became "equitable participation", which is somewhat flexible, to accommodate the different viewpoints that we all have about how equal the stakeholder roles should be.

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Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com
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