[WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [governance] need of a description forcapacity building?

[richard jordan]

Just a thought -- how will this issue be dealt with in the dialogue for LDC NGOs at the UN in June?

Richard Jordan
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> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [governance] need of a description forcapacity building?
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:37:28 -0000
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> Dear Parminder and Milton
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> > It is my pleasure to agree wholeheartedly with Parminder on this.
> > --MM
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> I'm also happy that the question has brought about that agreement :)
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> More seriously: thanks for your responses. I agree with the spirit of the
> suggestions and the WIPO example given by Parminder seems to me relevant.
> The issue now is how to ensure that effective actions/decisions are taken
> regarding capacity building in developing or more specifically least
> developed countries, in relation to IG? How to ensure that IGF keeps an eye
> on it? Right at the beginning of the IGF process, we should work to ensure
> that; and in my opinion, at the first meeting of the IGF, we should advocate
> for/discussed that without allowing all the discussions to be focussed on
> that. For example, since it seems we have 4 days for the meetings, why not
> focus one day on that? (more a question than a suggestion) Or maybe better,
> as we may have a parallel workshop or parallel sessions, we should discuss
> this question during those events and then bring the outcome of discussions
> before the plenary(ies).
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> de Milton Mueller
> Envoye : lundi 27 mars 2006 01:47
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> It is my pleasure to agree wholeheartedly with Parminder on this.
> --MM
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> >>> parminder at itforchange.net 3/25/2006 8:58 PM >>>
> We all know how important it is to build capacity in developing countries,
> and among the CS, on difficult and fast changing issues connected to IG.
> However, I will prefer that this important function is organized more
> outside the IGF. It is a public policy neutral function (or at least, it
> should be)and we should have a separately organized effort to get academic
> institutions, donor, experts etc together and pool in their efforts for this
> purpose. Have something like an IG capacity building forum. And work hard on
> this issue.
> 
> IGF should also keep an eye on this important function, but if we put it
> substantially on its agenda as the first few issues that it should take up
> this issue will only serve the need of tokenistic co-opting of developing
> country agenda, without giving quarters on the real, and strongly contested,
> public policy issues that concern developing countries.
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