[governance] On WSIS+10 (was Re: Why?)

[Bertrand de La Chapelle]

Michael,

I am not sure I see what you mean below by "working to undermine and
diminish the significance of the WSIS+10"?

What surely could undermine the WSIS+10 process is that it will most likely
be less open to non-state actors - and civil society in particular - than
the WSIS itself 10 years ago. Unless things have changed, and according to
the excellent summary by APC
<https://www.apc.org/en/news/everything-you-need-know-about-wsis10-review>:

*the review is going to be "a two-day high-level meeting of the General
Assembly". The document will be prepared by "an intergovernmental
negotiation process, which will include preparatory meetings, resulting in
an intergovernmentally agreed outcome document, for adoption at the
high-level meeting of the General Assembly".*


For sure, modalities for consultation of relevant WSIS stakeholders are
supposed to be put in place, but there is a big question mark in that
regard at the moment, isn't it?

In that context, maybe the motto should be: the real WSIS+10 is the IGF
2015. Why don't we make it so?

Best

Bertrand

"*Le plus beau métier des hommes, c'est d'unir les hommes*", Antoine de
Saint Exupéry
("*There is no greater mission for humans than uniting humans*")

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wolfgang, I must say that I find your statement below exceedingly odd in
> that you seem to have ignored the manner in which a number of the leading
> "civil society" organizations have been working alongside their USG and UKG
> (and other) allies to undermine and diminish the significance of the WSIS
> +10 process.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of "Kleinwächter,
> Wolfgang"
> Sent: May 19, 2015 3:01 PM
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> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; BestBitsList; Forum at Justnetcoalition.
> Org
> Subject: [governance] Why?
>
> Sorry for intervening: It is really a pitty that the discussion on this
> list
> is occupied by hairsplitting, "I told you but you do not listen" and "I am
> right and you are wrong". Why this civil society network, which once played
> an important role in policy development in the WSIS process, is unable to
> look forward where the real challenges are with the forthcoming WSIS 10+
> processes and concentrate on substance and how to reach rough consensus?
> Why
> people do not respect anymore what Jon Postel has told us a quarter of a
> century ago in his robustness princple: "Be conservative in what you send,
> be liberal in what you accept". Why they do not remember the language of
> the
> CS WSIS Geneva Declaration from 2003?
>
> The Bali split (2013) has obviously long shadows and old warriors have
> overtaken the discussion.
>
> My hope is that the WSIS 10++ perspective will encourage a new generation
> of
> younger civil society people who feel more committed to the substance of
> real civil society activities and do not waste the limited resources and
> energies for infighting. And do not forget: The WGIG proposal for a
> multistakeholder approach in Internet Governance (2005) was a compromise
> between "governmental leadership" (China) and private sector leadership
> (USA)and it opened the door for civil society to become an inclusive part
> of
> the process. This was a boig achievement of that time and an opportunity.
> It
> is now up to the next generation of civil society activists to build on
> this
> oppportunity. It would be a big shame if this would be destroyed.
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
>
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