[WSIS CS-Plenary] New WSIS Civil Society Working Group on
Information Networks Governance
Dr. Francis MUGUET
muguet at mdpi.org
Wed Sep 12 03:57:42 BST 2007
HTML version of previous announcement by Louis Pouzin
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<http://www.wsis-gov.org>
*WSIS Civil Society Working Group
on Information Networks Governance *
*http://www.wsis-gov.org*
Within the overall framework of the implementation of the
recommendations of the *World Summit on the Information Society*
<http://www.wsis.org>, it appears that political and ethical standards
demand the formation of a Civil Society working group. The "Civil
Society" must be clarified as a group of people sharing such core values
as openness, transparency, public interest, diversity, inclusion and a
sincere concern for sustainable development, in bridging the digital
divide. "Civil Society" shall not be defined "subtractively" as a group
of people who neither belong to the government nor business sectors. In
this view, "Civil Society" must be differentiated from the "Internet
Community", which is increasingly dominated by the technico-industrial
complex that manages critical internet resources.
The working group is going to deal with all governance issues related to
all information networks, which include not only *Internet Governance*,
but also governance of *Telecommunication networks* and especially *Next
Generation Networks*
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Networking>. This site
*Wsis-Gov.org* <http://wsis-gov.org> is now the site of the * WSIS Civil
Society Working Group on Information Networks Governance*.
Linguistic Diversity, either with the help of different page versions,
or with embedded automatic translation is fully acknowledged, with
linkage with the *Dynamic Coalition on Linguistic Diversity*
<http://linguis.tk>.
* Monday 03 September 2007*. The formal announcement ( speech
<http://www.wsis-gov.org/pouzin-03sep07-en.html> ) of the group
formation was made by its founding president : Louis Pouzin
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pouzin>, during the IGF Open
Consultations on Monday 3 September 2007, at the Palais des Nations, in
Geneva.
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Thank you Mr Chairman,
I wish to use this opportunity to announce the creation of a new working
group in the Civil Society. This group is called Civil Society Working
Group on Information Networks Governance.
Why create another working group on Internet governance? Indeed, there
is already a group called Internet Governance Caucus. From our
observations there is in this group a strong presence of the Internet
community, "Internity" for short. They have ties with some governments,
with the business sector, with NGO's, and with the domain name milk cow.
Quite a few people in the Civil Society do not share these interests. As
a result there is no majority for a consensus on significant reforms of
internet governance. It appears that it would be better to draw clearer
lines, let the internet community lobby for its own turf, and have a
Civil Society Working Group with a distinct agenda.
What agenda ? To identify, and promote enablers of societal development,
taking full account of existing diversities, e.g. culture, language,
geography, political system, etc. To adjust governance structures to
people's needs, rather than the opposite. In short, implement the Tunis
Agenda.
What structures do we propose ? This working group is now created, as of
3rd September 2007. It is international. A chairman, or coordinator,
whatever term the group prefers, is rotated every 6th month. The 1st one
is myself. The group is multilingual, starting with English, French,
Spanish, and other languages when it becomes practicable. There shall be
an ethics committee, in charge of evaluating potential conflicts of
interests. Additional mechanisms are needed, e.g. for nominations,
votes, events, etc. They will be defined by the group. Participation is
open to everyone abiding by the group rules, and not involved with the
internet community.
A discussion list is open. Anyone may subscribe.
People interested may join in now. Thank you. //
* Wednesday 12 September 2007*. Opening of discussions on the **Mailing
List* <http://www.wsis-gov.org/mail-en.html>*
*On the agenda of next discussions on the list :*:
/Urgent/ : proposal of panelists for the main sessions.
Comments on the Advisory Group Report
Opacity and rule of silence ?
Betrayal of the mandate : No recommendations in the emerging issues
session ?
Coalition reports and outcomes under control ?
Silence, no rotation here ?
Shall the human rights commission be contacted ?
Is an audit of the secretariat needed ?
The May 2007 C5 Cybersecurity action line meeting :
a setback for the ITU ?
Financial support for LDC IGF participants, a still born coalition ?
Search for a long term solution
Coalitions that do not seek to get IGF outcomes and recommendations ?
phony groups or tools of diversion ?
The choice between lobbies' anarchy and a new multi-stakeholder legal
regime ?
Identification of obstacles to the implementation of the Tunis
Agenda mandate
Means to empower local Civil Society groups
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Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
World Tour of the Information Society (WTIS)
muguet at wtis.org
UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups
Scientific Information : http://www.wsis-si.org chair
Patents & Copyrights : http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
Financing Mechanismns : http://www.wsis-finance.org web
Director
Scientific Information Developement Laboratory :
Knowledge Networks and Information Society
ENSTA
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Phone: (33)1 45 52 60 19 Fax: (33)1 45 52 52 82
muguet at ensta.fr http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
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Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
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muguet at mdpi.org muguet at mdpi.net
ENSTA Paris, France
KNIS lab. Director
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet at ensta.fr http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups
Scientific Information : http://www.wsis-si.org chair
Patents & Copyrights : http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
Financing Mechanismns : http://www.wsis-finance.org web
UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
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