Interesting. During NetMundial, president Dilma made a similar point in her opening speech: multilateral+multistakeholder. My take is that we would only solve this dilema trying to put things in practice, as I feal that so far we dont have a proper mutistakeholder process put in place with transparency and accountability. Best Joana ----- Joana Varon Ferraz @joana_varon Researcher Center for Technology and Society Fundação Getulio Vargas On Sunday, June 22, 2014, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is an example of the wording that the US Government is now using when > talking about the future of Internet governance. It helps when thinking > about the properties of a deliverable IANA transition proposal. > Internet Governance: Multistakeholder, Multilateral Sectors Can Coexist > *Internet Governance: Multistakeholder Consensus With Multilateral > Affirmation**by Daniel Sepulveda** > > "One of the issues at the center of discussions over the future of > Internet governance is how multilateral and multistakeholder institutions > with an interest in working on Internet-related issues can coexist without > duplication or conflict and without threatening to undermine the Internet > and its promise. In an ideal world, each would learn from the other, and > the activity of one would only add value to the other". > > Read more: > http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2014/06/20140618301689.html#ixzz35O9PZiGR > > **Sepulveda serves as the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state and > coordinator for international communications and information policy in the > Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.* > > Sam Lanfranco > -- Sent from Mobile