[kictanet] The Way Forward...my 2 bob... WAS: Re: Invitation: 2009 EA-IGF, 7-9 September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

[Adam Peake]

Hi,

I very much enjoyed the EA-IGF, the process from 
online discussions through national IGFs and the 
regional meeting is by far the most progressive 
model of any of the national/regional IGFs taking 
place around the world.

Different IGFs have different qualities, 
something I picked up from the Caribbean IGF a 
few weeks ago 
<http://www.ctu.int/internetgovernance> was a 
regional effort to develop an Internet governance 
policy framework. The framework document attempts 
to capture the key issues discussed in C-IGF 
meetings to date, and presents a guide of 
harmonised national and regional policies and 
best practices.  The framework takes each issue, 
lists recommendations, priorities made by the 
C-IGFs on the issue, and identifies entities with 
responsibility for each issue.  It is not a 
highly detailed document, but does its job in 
providing a useful guide.

The EA-IGF is more sophisticated in terms of 
dialogue and multistakeholder contributions (the 
basic goals of the IGF process), but perhaps 
attempting to develop framework that's similar 
to, or follows the model of the C-IGF would be 
helpful. Particularly as something to ensure the 
dialogue between the countries continues from now 
and the time when the 2010 meeting process starts 
to roll.

Very good to have seen many of you over the past 
few days.  The EA-IGF has been excellent.

Best,

Adam



>Douglas,
>
>On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Douglas Onyango<ondouglas at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>  well, if the goal is to harmonise, why not have a regional
>>>  one from
>>>  the beginning, developed in a MSH fashion.  Countries
>>>  can accept or
>>>  reject and negotiate according to their own agendas.
>>
>>  We want to follow the bottom up approach, so 
>>it is imperative that countries come with their 
>>views to the table.
>
>I would say it is people that should come together with their views,
>as I think individuals are at the bottom of the "bottom up", not
>nation states.
>
>--
>Cheers,
>
>McTim
>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
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