[governance] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] IGF - World Economic Forum (WEF) Collaboration Discussion Document

Mon Feb 11 10:55:27 EST 2019

My 2 cents,

As Parminder notes there is a history here we cannot pretend never happened.

Still, being even more cynical than Parminder ( if that is possible ; )  there is a reason WEF is circling back around IGF now - billionaires hoarding the world's wealth are not being treated as glamorously as they once were, and they don't like it.

And - yes WEF (staffers & consultants) are quality folks and do produce useful and interesting data and reports, some of which could be fruitfully input into IGF discussions.

So I see it like this, a small wef collaboration as humble contributors to - coalitions - proposing workshop topics  for future IGFs are welcome like anyone else.  Which they can do their own PR around if they want, once a particular panel/topic is accepted by MAG, or a dynamic coalition of mutual interest does something interesting.

But a prospective Big WEF collaboration with IGF to trade enhanced PR for IGF with our collective help glossing over my cynical point , is just a cheap sell-out of the IGF mission.  And will not be credible or effective anyway given prior history, and current global inequality trends which WEF institutionally is stuck on wrong side of - without a change in its mission and approach, and which an IGF collaboration could not gloss over.

Maybe that's 3 cents, but to summarize, if WEFers can humble themselves sufficiently to pitch in and help out through IGF, great. But a Netmundial v2.0 WEF/IGF thing will inevitably flop like 1.0  and not be worth the bother, or taint.

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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 10:25:36 AM
To: Michael J. Oghia
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Subject: Re: [governance] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] IGF - World Economic Forum (WEF) Collaboration Discussion Document

Thanks, everyone for sharing your thoughts here, this thread is mostly
for your information as well as to see what members think about this
discussion on the MAG.

My impression so far is that many of the reactions here are mostly
turning on the side of WHY the WEF?

I would like to suggest us to also think on the "WHY NOT"? Is there
anything fundamental that is wrong with the WEF that would endanger
any possible collaboration with the IGF? Can we think on that
direction as well?

Are there other organizations you feel would be problematic should
they seek any formal form of collaboration with the IGF?

2019-02-11 17:03 UTC+02:00, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>:
> Hi Arsene,
>
> Thanks for sharing this with us. In line with what has already been said,
> the WEF and its networks are free to participate in any part of the IGF's
> work (intersessional activities, organising workshops, etc.). Thus, I don't
> see why there needs to be any kind of formal arrangement – and this isn't
> with regards to Davos, by the way. I'm thinking here about the reports and
> such the WEF publishes. In general, I usually welcome calls for closer ties
> and collaboration; however, I think that if the WEF wants to collaborate
> more closely with the IGF, they should see how their expertise, contacts,
> and donor networks can better support the IGF's existing mechanisms and
> infrastructure. Even looking at the recommendations, I don't see any that
> are not just as applicable to any other stakeholders already participating
> in the IGF, so why make any special exception?
>
> Perhaps I'm naive, though.
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 3:14 PM Arsène Tungali <governance at lists.riseup.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Meant to share this document here to have your thoughts about the
>> collaboration between the IGF and WEF that MAG Chair is pushing for.
>>
>> I would like to hear your thoughts on the questions mentionned at the
>> last page of the document.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arsene
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Lynn St.Amour" <Lynn at internet-matters.org>
>> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:32:46 -0500
>> Subject: [IGFmaglist] IGF - World Economic Forum (WEF) Collaboration
>> Discussion Document
>> To: IGF Maglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>> Cc: Derek O'Halloran <Derek.OHalloran at weforum.org>
>>
>> Dear MAG members,
>>
>> please find below a document in support of a discussion on possible
>> ways to increase collaboration between the IGF community and the World
>> Economic Forum (WEF).  It builds on past collaborative efforts and is
>> in support of Agenda item 4 in the IGF Open Consultation meeting:
>> "Updates from related Internet Governance initiatives and processes,
>> followed by open discussion on possible IGF 2019
>> activities/collaboration”.
>>
>> Thank you to Derek O’Halloran and the WEF staff for their help
>> creating this document.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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