AW: [governance] WSIS+10 speakers

Thu Dec 17 05:03:06 EST 2015

I also want to congratulate both our Coordination Committee and the individual speakers. To have five civil society spaekers in a Special session of the United Nations General Assembly is remarkable. It was also important to demonstrate that CS in this IG space is (still) united around values - mainly human rights and sustainable development - but is also diverse and has different approaches if it comes to the details. 

On the other hand, the whole procedure of the WSIS 10+ review process has to be questioned. The exclusion of non-governmental stakeholders in the final negotiations can not be a model for future Internet Governance discussions. One have to recognize that the two co-facilitators (and the president of the UNGA) did much more than one could expect to give non-governmental stakeholders opportunities to express their voices. However the future for producing outcome has to go beyond an "inter-governmental committee" which "consults" with stakeholders. The WSIS 10+ plenary during the IGF in Brazil, November 2015, was remarkable. Four micophones with four queues and one screen where language was emerging in an open dialogue. It demonstrated that the "NetMundial" model (with its even greater complexity) can work. Here we can see the first lights of a new Approach in the future. And the IGF - now safe for ten years - could be the bridge-builder for new innovative multistakeholder mechanisms and outcomes. 

However, there is a long way to go. And there are different cultures. I recommend to read the speeches by president Xi and prime minister Medwedjew in Wuzhen. It is also worth to look into the details of the procedures of the "World Internet Conference" in Wuzhen, how stakeholders are placed and included and how this matches the criteria of opness, bottom up., transparent etc. I see some Problems but also interesting steps Forward. And I see some cross-fertilization among various "Internet World Summits". It would be good if a young academic would write a paper to compare procedures and substance of NetMundial, WSIS 10+ and WIC. 

Wolfgang

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Betreff: Re: [governance] WSIS+10 speakers

Dear Carlos

Greetings!

Indeed if we did take a position that selection of speakers should be 
organisational and not individual, it would not matter who speaks from 
any organisation. The selection committee decided to shortlist 
individuals, and process wise, this is something to consider for the 
future in terms of nominations. (the SDGs process officially recognised 
only groups and civil society organised itself around these)

Secondly, it was Matthew who replaced Anriette. So, there is a 
randomness there about the process and again, for me, it is about the 
way we had, as the selection committee, spent time in achieving a 
balance among individuals.

Finally, about whose fault it is - I believe that CS protocol should be 
that if I am selected, and then invited, and cant go, I should inform 
the CSCG as I would inform DESA/ OPGA. This is about internal 
accountability in civil society. Indeed, we do need to as a group 
persist with our criteria and impress upon OPGA that the selections and 
back ups (and we did submit backups) have a particular logic that we 
believe are about representativity. I do think that it may be our 
failure if we were unable to prevail upon the UN. But we all know that 
much of our power as civil society is only a moral force... I dont think 
therefore that it was 'our' fault.

Best wishes and hope you have a nice end of year and great new year!

anita

On Wednesday 16 December 2015 10:31 PM, Carlos Afonso wrote:
> Dear Ian,
>
> I suggest we do not do that. First of all, Deborah is a natural
> replacement for Anriette - I do not think she will do a speech diverging
> in any way from what Anriette would do.
>
> Second, we do not have issues with the choice of Mathew as you state
> correctly, except for the fact that he is not from Tatiana's region. But
> there is another civil society rep from the South listed, which is
> Parminder (whatever the divergences of approach).
>
> Third, I am sure that to do the replacement through our committee there
> simply would not be enough time.
>
> Finally, if we are failing to present the reps we chose, this is not the
> fault of OPGA, it is our fault.
>
> IMHO
>
> fraternal regards
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 16-12-15 04:04, Ian Peter wrote:
>> We have just been informed that OPGA has made two changes to the civil society speakers nominated for WSIS+10. Tatiana Kapinga, who was unable to secure a US visa, and Anriette Esterhuysen, who was unable to stay to address the meeting, were replaced by Deborah Brown of APC and Matthew Shears of Center for Democracy and Technology.
>>
>> While not wishing to be critical of either of the people chosen, members of the Civil Society Selection Committee believe that, despite the short timeframe,  it should have been consulted about these  changes. In particular, we are concerned that the changes made by OGPA resulted in four of our five speakers being from WEOG areas. This lack of geographic balance is unfortunate, and could have been avoided.
>>
>> We will convey our disappointment to OPGA at a later stage, but wanted civil society networks to be aware of this issue.
>>
>> Ian Peter
>>
>>
>>
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