[governance] [IP] WEF says it plans to build multilateral architecture to govern internet

Sun Oct 12 02:09:10 EDT 2014

Lovely Ian and so true!

On 10/11/2014 6:36 PM, Ian Peter wrote:
> a beautiful example of multistakeholder coagulation – a state that 
> arrives when too much spin is applied.
> *From:* Suresh Ramasubramanian <mailto:suresh at hserus.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 12, 2014 11:37 AM
> *To:* parminder <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>
> *Cc:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
> <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org> ; William Drake 
> <mailto:wjdrake at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] [IP] WEF says it plans to build 
> multilateral architecture to govern internet
> Thanks Bill
> And this is one of those rare occasions where I find myself agreeing 
> with Parminder.  So thanks Parminder too. Really quick work.
>
> --srs (iPad)
>
> On 11-Oct-2014, at 22:18, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net 
> <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday 11 October 2014 09:49 PM, William Drake wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> The ill-chosen wording has been pointed out to the WEF and the text 
>>> has been changed.
>>
>> Real quick stuff, i'd say, from both sides :)  .... parminder
>>
>>> It now says "a multistakeholder endeavour to stimulate more 
>>> cross-industry and cross-ministry strategic dialogue on ways to 
>>> strengthen multistakeholder Internet governance ‎and cooperation.”  
>>> This is a separate track of activity from the NMI/platform for 
>>> collaborative projects.
>>> http://www.weforum.org/news/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2015-address-new-global-context?news=page
>>> Best
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Oct 10, 2014, at 6:20 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian 
>>> <suresh at hserus.net <mailto:suresh at hserus.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Broad based" and "multilateral" seem to be a contradiction in 
>>>> terms, though possibly this is from a group less concerned with the 
>>>> finer points of igov jargon than most of the existing actors are?
>>>> They do talk about gender parity, which will be interesting on how 
>>>> they plan to work this into an iGov model.
>>>>
>>>> --srs (iPad)
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> *From:* "Dave Farber via ip" <ip at listbox.com <mailto:ip at listbox.com>>
>>>>> *Date:* 11 October 2014 00:49:59 IST
>>>>> *To:* "ip" <ip at listbox.com <mailto:ip at listbox.com>>
>>>>> *Subject:* *[IP] WEF says it plans to build multilateral 
>>>>> architecture to govern internet*
>>>>> *Reply-To:* dave at farber.net <mailto:dave at farber.net>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: "Ram Mohan" <rmohan at afilias.info <mailto:rmohan at afilias.info>>
>>>>> Date: Oct 10, 2014 2:48 PM
>>>>> Subject: WEF says it plans to build multilateral architecture to 
>>>>> govern internet
>>>>> To: "Dave Farber" <dave at farber.net <mailto:dave at farber.net>>
>>>>> Cc: "Ram Mohan" <rmohan at afilias.info <mailto:rmohan at afilias.info>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is a piece from a press release 
>>>>> <http://www.weforum.org/news/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2015-address-new-global-context?news=page> 
>>>>> by the World Economic Forum (WEF) regarding their plan to “build a 
>>>>> broad-based, multilateral global architecture for governing the 
>>>>> internet” that might be interesting to the IP readership.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Excerpt below:
>>>>>
>>>>> “The Annual Meeting 2015 will provide a platform for over 50 
>>>>> initiatives that are currently being led by the Forum, with the 
>>>>> aim of contributing positive, transformative change to the global 
>>>>> agenda, as well as those of industry, business and the world’s 
>>>>> regions. These include a public-private initiative to help achieve 
>>>>> zero net tropical deforestation caused by key agricultural 
>>>>> commodities by 2020; an endeavour to build a broad-based, 
>>>>> multilateral global architecture for governing the internet; and 
>>>>> the Forum’s Gender Parity Taskforces, which work with governments 
>>>>> worldwide to improve economic opportunity for the female half of 
>>>>> the population.”
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ram
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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