[WSIS CS-Plenary] Issues relating to the Forum Mechanism proposal

[John Mathiason]

One recommendation of the Working Group on Internet Governance in its  
final report was the establishment of a forum mechanism for dealing  
with governance issues.  This recommendation has received generally  
positive responses, but, in international negotiations, "the devil is  
in the details."  This will clearly be one of the issues to be  
addressed in PrepCom 3 and later.

To help explore this issue, the Internet Governance Project has  
issued a new analytical paper that discusses six factors that need to  
be taken into account in working out the details of a forum  
mechanism. The IGP paper is available at www.internetgovernance.org.   
The analysis is based on a wide degree of experience with forums at  
the international level and is intended to inform the negotiations.

Regards,

John

John R. Mathiason
Adjunct Professor of International Relations
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University

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