<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-15 7:13 GMT+02:00 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:discuss-request@1net.org" target="_blank">discuss-request@1net.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Without much capacity and resources, the IGF continues year after year, overwhelmed with a demand from the internet community it cannot come close to meet (e.g. no of workshop proposals that cannot be accommodated). Regional and national IGFs have their own trajectory too.. ups and downs there too.. but overall becoming more inclusive. The IGF process has not even begun to fulfill its potential. Particularly not at the level of interacting with other institutions and capturing and communicating the outcomes from IGF discussions effectively.</blockquote>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">"<i>This means engaging those that are not
yet part of the multi-stakeholder internet governance 'in-crowd'.
It requires working with national governments. Regional
intergovernmental bodies as well as international onces, including
those in the UN system.</i></p><i>
</i><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i>Without much capacity and resources,
the IGF continues year after year, overwhelmed with a demand from the
internet community it cannot come close to meet (e.g. no of workshop
proposals that cannot be accommodated). Regional and national IGFs
have their own trajectory too.. ups and downs there too.. but overall
becoming more inclusive. The IGF process has not even begun to
fulfill its potential. Particularly not at the level of interacting
with other institutions and capturing and communicating the outcomes
from IGF discussions effectively.</i></p><i>
</i><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i>But is it the right space to establish
something sustained, inclusive and bottom up that can gradually lead
the way in building the legitimacy and inclusiveness needed to
operationalise the NETmundial outcomes at global, regional, and
national levels? I don't think so.</i>"</p><i>
<br><br></i><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">To paraphrase</span> <span class="">Anriette's</span> <span class="">arguments</span><span class=""></span> <span class="">above</span><span class="">, I argue that</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">is still</span> <span class="">the appropriate framework for</span> <span class="">any discussion</span> <span class="">of the key</span> <span class="">and</span> <span class="">emerging issues</span> <span class="">of the internet,</span> <span class="">even though governments</span> <span class="">still</span> <span class="">have a strong</span> <span class="">influence in</span> <span class="">this platform</span><span>.</span><br>
</span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">It is true that</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">has not yet</span> <span class="">realized its full</span> <span class="">potential.</span> <span class="">That is</span> <span class="">why it</span> <span class="">is necessary that the</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">is fully seated</span> <span class="">at the national level</span> <span class="">to involve members of</span> <span class="">different backgrounds:</span>governments<span class=""></span><span>, academic</span><span>, UN institutions</span>,<span class="">Regional ans sub regional Organisations</span>, <span class="">private sectors,</span> <span class="">entities</span> <span class="">of civil society</span> <span class="">etc</span> <span class="">... Again</span> <span class="">I agree</span> <span class="">with</span> <span class="">Anriette</span><span>.<br>
</span> <br><span class="">NetMundial</span> <span class="">complements</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">because it</span> <span class="">has given</span> <span class="">new life</span> <span class="">by highlighting</span> <span class="">other types</span> <span class="">of concern</span> <span class="">such</span> <span class="">as importance</span> <span class="">and relevance of</span> <span class=""></span><span class="">multi-stakeholder approach</span><span>.</span> <span class="">This approach</span> <span class="">is certainly not</span> <span class="">new but it</span> <span class="">is becoming</span> <span class="">more</span> <span class="">prominent</span> <span class="">with the consequences</span> <span class="">recorded on</span> <span class="">internet evolution</span><span class="">.</span> <br>
<span class="">The IGF</span> <span class="">is still</span> <span class="">a large</span> <span class="">mass at the</span> <span class="">regional and global</span> <span class="">level</span><span>.</span> <span class="">It must take</span> <span class="">root</span> <span class="">in</span> <span class="">countries where</span> <span class="">the real</span> <span class="">problems lie</span><span>.</span> <br>
<span class="">But</span> <span class="">the great difficulty</span> <span class="">lies in</span> <span class="">people who</span> <span class="">may have the ability</span> <span class="">to materialize</span> <span class="">IGF</span> <span class="">nationally.</span> <br>
</span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">It would be</span> <span class="">important to build</span> <span class="">on</span> <span class="">run-</span><span>actors</span> <span class="">who have acquired</span> <span class="">expertise in</span> <span class="">the field of</span> <span class="">Internet governance</span><span>.</span> <br>
<br><span class="">The IGF</span> <span class="">yet</span> <span class="">its importance</span> <span class="">and</span> <span class="">to give a</span> <span class="">tone</span> <span class="">to</span> <span class="">the IGF,</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">NetMundial</span> <span class="">can play</span> <span class="">the role of</span> <span class="">energizer</span><span>.</span> </span><span class=""><br>
</span><br><span class="">There is still</span> <span class="">work to do</span><span>.</span></span><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN</b><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">
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