+1 @Alex.
-olevie-


2014-07-06 19:19 UTC, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]>:
> Unless and or until a concise definition of what constitutes
> "multistakeholder," it will remain a catch-phrase/word - fluid and
> conveniently useful to push through all sorts of interests.
> On 6 Jul 2014 21:49, "Sam Lanfranco" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Milton's reference to governments using regulatory processes to repress
>> criticism by civil society will likely play out here in several areas.
>> One
>> is how domain name registration processes are structured to expose, or
>> protect, civil society from arbitrary government action. The other is how
>> domain name system issues link to handle human rights within the Internet
>> ecosystem. The issues: How domain name registration processes expose or
>> protect civil society groups; and; How Human Rights are woven into the
>> fabric of the Internet ecosystem, are still underdeveloped in terms of
>> positions and strategies.
>>
>> Both issues are most acute at the national level, and linked to wider
>> Internet policy issues. In Canada NGO's registered with the tax
>> authorities
>> as a not-for-profit cannot engage in any advocacy work around Canadian
>> government policy.  If Canadian NGO's take a position on net neutrality
>> based on human rights or innovation policy grounds, when the government
>> turns to net neutrality policy, this can put status at risk.
>>
>> The issues are even greater in developing countries. Several of the
>> larger
>> global players in Internet governance are using phrases like "legitimate
>> stakeholders", with reference to multistakeholder participation, and
>> especially with reference to civil society voices from within their own
>> countries. Civil society will be seriously handicapped if stakeholder
>> participation, and voice, are set by government.
>>
>> Expect this area to be contentious in the design of the multistakeholder
>> governance component in an acceptable IANA transition proposal. That
>> governance component is likely to be seen as a prototype for wider
>> initiatives around multistakeholder governance, initiatives where other
>> stakeholders have vested interests.
>>
>> Sam L
>>
>


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