[governance] From Confusion to Clarification

[Ian Peter]

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







-----Original Message----- 
From: "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 6:21 PM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; michael gurstein ; 
bestbits at lists.bestbits.net ; governance at lists.igcaucus.org
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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