<div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>Interesting perspective on Multistakeholderism.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Richard Hill via InternetPolicy</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 4:09 PM<br>Subject: [Internet Policy] Multi-stakeholder models used to favor corporate capture<br>To: ISOC Internet Policy <<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>><br></div><br><br>A recent book documents how multi-stakeholder models have been used in many<br>
areas in order to favor greater corporate influence, see:<br>
<br>
  <a href="https://www.tni.org/en/publication/the-great-takeover" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tni.org/en/publication/the-great-takeover</a>  <br>
<br>
I cite from that web page:<br>
<br>
"From health, to food and agriculture, from education to internet, from<br>
environment to public services and human rights, the research shows that<br>
decisions made in these Multistakeholderism mechanisms as well as in<br>
captured multilateral institutions, have direct impact on on people's<br>
health, children's education, digital rights, access to basic public<br>
services and human rights in the territories, including the right to a<br>
healthy environment.<br>
<br>
"By dislocating the locus of key policy decisions from the multilateral<br>
system into mixed mechanisms where the private sector rules-with the support<br>
of some states, international institutions, and big philanthropists-the<br>
phenomenon of "multistakeholderization" of the global governance has become<br>
systemic."<br>
<br>
The book includes a chapter on Internet governance (full disclosure: I<br>
contributed to that chapter).<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Richard<br>
<br>
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