[governance] Re: [bestbits] Call for making the IGF permanent

[Cristiana Gonzalez]

+1
Also from yesterday BB meeting someone said that "UN space and global IGF
keep discussions in public space".



2014-09-01 10:53 GMT+03:00 Joana Varon <joana at varonferraz.com>:

> Agree.
>
> At NETMundial final statement, this is what we have on IGF:
>
> "There is a need for a strengthened Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
> Important recommendations to that end were made by the UN CSTD working
> group on IGF improvements. It is suggested that these recommendations will
> be
> implemented by the end of 2015. Improvements should include inter-alia:
> a.Improved outcomes: Improvements can be implemented including creative
> ways of providing outcomes/recommendations and the analysis of policy
> options;
> b.Extending the IGF mandate beyond five-year terms;
> c. Ensuring guaranteed stable and predictable funding for the IGF,
> including
> through a broadened donor base, is essential;
> d. The IGF should adopt mechanisms to promote worldwide discussions
> between meetings through intersessional dialogues.
> A strengthened IGF could better serve as a platform for discussing both
> long
> standing and emerging issues with a view to contributing to the
> identification of
> possible ways to address them."
>
> We could departure from that and add "ask the UN to make the IGF a
> permanent body instead of  renewing its mandate for another limited term of
> 5 or 10 years."
>
> 1Net could also be a platform to facilitate this.
>
> best
>
> joana
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:48 AM, João Carlos R. Caribé <joao.caribe at me.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately I missed that meeting, so I full support this idea count me
>> on to support as I can.
>>
>> _
>> João Carlos Caribé
>> (021) 8761 1967
>> (021) 4042 7727
>> Skype joaocaribe
>> Enviado via iPad
>>
>> > Em 01/09/2014, às 11:33, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> escreveu:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > at the BB meeting yesterday we discussed the idea of a BB statement
>> that would ask the UN to make the IGF a permanent body instead of  renewing
>> its mandate for another limited term of 5 or 10 years.
>> > This idea found broad support among the attendees of the BB meeting.
>> >
>> > Later on I discussed the content of such a statement with other
>> stakeholders at the IGF and I got the impression that we might be able to
>> draft a cross-stakeholder statement together with the technical community
>> and the private sector. (Individual governments support such a statement
>> too but I am not sure it would be possible within the few days available to
>> coordiante enough signatures by governments to make this an all inclusive
>> statement.)
>> >
>> > Right now, a multi-stakeholder statement coming out of this IGF is only
>> an idea that needs further exploration within the respective groups. So,
>> with this email to the bb list and the IGC list I am asking for your
>> opinions to find out if such a cross-stakeholder statement would find
>> support in civil society.
>> >
>> > jeanette
>> >
>> > P.S. Lately, I have been unable to post to the IGC list. If this email
>> does not appear on the IGC list, would someone be so kind to forward it?
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