[governance] URGENT: Last call for feedback on CS participation in NETmundial Initiative

[Raul Echeberria]

Jeanette:

Let me just add some factual information on this. 
The creation of IGF (a Forum at that time) was an idea that emerged from the WGIG, a multistakeholder group, and that group included this option in its report. 
While you are right that the agreement to create the forum was achieved in a multilateral framework (WSIS 2005), it is also true that it was a public discussion and many of us from different stakeholders groups were involved in that discussion. 

The last point is that the form of the IGF, agendas, formats, and everything, has been since the beginning discussed in a multistakeholder manner. 



Raúl 




El 21/11/2014, a las 10:40, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> escribió:

> Personally I don't think this can be discussed on such an abstract level. The IGF, for example, was created in a multilateral environment without a public discussion on how it should be structured. In fact, if there was any public discussion it started after the IGF was created. What I want to say is that there are no generally applicable procedures that would help us out of this messy situation. 
> Jeanette 
> 
> On 21 November 2014 12:27:28 CET, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> Shaila Rao Mistry <shailam at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> If we wish to have our voice heard we need to be at the table. If we
>>> are not there how can we voice opinions ,influence and shape policy
>>> decisions. Regardless of the numerous pros and cons to joining NM,
>>> the prevailing factor is to be a participating presence.   
>> 
>> When a new discourse venue is needed, shouldn't the process of creating
>> a new discourse venue start with a public discussion process on how the
>> new discourse venue should be structured and what its underlying
>> assumptions and constraints should be?
>> 
>> If civil society rushes to provide its participating presence, and
>> hence its legitimizing presence, to just any process, we thereby
>> destroy a key factor that could lead to the creation of a better kind
>> of discourse venue where civil society would have not only the
>> opportunity to be not only a “participating presence” but co-leaders
>> in discourse processes!
>> 
>> Greetings,
>> Norbert
> 
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