[WSIS CS-Plenary] OECD Civil society reference group & OECD 2008 Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy

Mon Jun 9 09:28:01 BST 2008

Dear Francis,

As Lisa already explained, information about "The Public Voice"  
process has been sent long time ago, with invitation to join, to the  
governance caucus list, and few exchanges have appeared on this list  
too. This very large CS coalition holds monthly teleconferences  
(using skype), that are open to anyone willing to join (info at:  
http://thepublicvoice.org/events/pvwsismeetings/default.html. See  
also: http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/ 
default.html#civil_society_documents).

In view of this very process (OECD Ministerial in Seoul), this large  
coalition has prepared a background paper in a collaborative way and  
through, inter alia, a wiki. You wil note that latest version of the  
background paper is entitled:
"Recommendations and Contributions to the OECD Ministerial Meeting of  
17-18 June 2008 from Civil Society Participants in the Public Voice  
Coalition", thus not claiming to represent civil society as whole.  
That, we agree, would in any case be meaningless.

Regarding the OECD CS Reference Group, it has been formed in view of  
this very process, by organizations and people having a work history  
with the OECD, to be the interface of the wide coalition.

By work history, I really mean that some of these groups are  
following the OECD process for more than 10 years. I, for one, have  
participated on behalf of my French organization to the 1998 OECD  
Ministerial in Ottawa (http://gilc.org/events/ottawa98/agenda.html)  
and have organized an event in Paris in 1999, both in the framework  
of the Public Voice coalition and in conjunction with an OECD meeting  
(http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/publicvoice99/).

Since its establishment in 1996, the Public Voice coalition has been  
facilitated by EPIC (the Electronic Privacy Information Center). In  
view of the 2008 OECD Ministerial, Katitza Rodriguez has been in  
charge of this facilitator role on behalf of EPIC. My own name  
appears as the other contact point for the CS-Labour Forum programme  
since, as part of the OECD CS Reference Group, I've helped Katitza  
with this.

In summary, the public voice coalition has been created a long time  
ago, even well before the WSIS process, and has been aggregating many  
new CS people and groups over time. It has always been open to those  
willing to join (please contact Katitza Rodriguez: katitza at datos- 
personales.org if this is your case). One might say that the public  
voice coalition plays vis a vis the OECD the same role as this CS  
plenary list vis a vis WSIS and WSIS follow-up processes. Some people/ 
groups are engaged in both processes, and some other just in one of  
them.

I hope this answers your questions.

Best,
Meryem

Le 9 juin 08 à 03:53, Dr. Francis MUGUET a écrit :

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>> Hi Francis and all,
>>
>> Try http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/. When you scroll  
>> down, you’ll see “reference group” list.
>
> OECD Civil Society Reference Group
> The Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
> Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
> Consumers Korea
> European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRI)
> Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
> The Internet Governance Project (IGP)
> Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)
> OK, I see the list now. :-)
>
> and below contact points
> Program contact
> Katitza Rodríguez Pereda <katitza AT datos-personales.org>
> The Public Voice Coordinator, OECD Civil Society Reference Group
>
> Meryem Marzouki <marzouki AT ras.eu.org>
> OECD Civil Society Reference Group
>
>  anyway, more information than just a list,
> is clearly required about this group
> that claims to be a reference for Civil Society
> as far as OECD is concerned
>
> how it was born ?
> what is the basis of its legitimacy to be a reference ?
> how it is coordinated ?
> is it open to anyone ?
> Is this reference group making open consultations ?
>
> Hope the  contact points in c/c
>   could provide some more information on the
> various WSIS lists.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Francis
>
>
>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>>
>> On 6/8/08 9:05 PM, "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet at mdpi.org> wrote:
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