+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 >> > -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI Responsable Département CERGI-Education (education.cergibs.com) CEO de INTIC4DEV (http://www.intic4dev.org) SG de ESTETIC (http://www.estetic.tg) Membre de ISoc (www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org/>) & du FOSSFA ( www.fossfa.net) ICANN-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) BP : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 98 43 27 72 Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé - Togo