IGF 2014 sub theme that this workshop fall under
Critical Internet Resources
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Description
There is an current trend among international IG organisations to work toward more globalisation, bringing and including more stakeholders.
As example, ICANN is increasing its efforts toward globalization and removing the perception of being an US-centric organization by establishing new offices and initiating new outreach projects. However, the main issues regarding developing countries’ participation, including all stakeholders, remain open and unresolved. These include, inter alia, incorporating developing countries’ issues into the policy development process, e.g .for the new gTLD program; under-representation of developing country applicants for gTLDs, and relatively few accredited registrars; and representation in policy development bodies like the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). Stakeholders from developing regions often struggle to voice their opinions or to be effective within ICANN. Moreover, concern about developing countries’ challenges and interests has not always been been widely shared across the private sector community.
Accordingly, this workshop will explore such questions as: 1- How do we assess the extent to which the ICANN multistakeholder model for policy development is working for developing countries, particularly with respect to the new gTLDs? 2- How can developing countries’ concerns be systematically included in policy development processes in ICANN and other IG structures? 3- How can developing country participation in the GNSO process be enhanced? 4- How can ICANN become more fully globalized and responsive to the concerns of developing countries’ governments, civil society, business and technical communities? 5- How does the ICANN experience compare with civil society participation in other Internet Governance spaces. 6- What lessons does the ICANN experience offer for developing country participation in other global governance spaces? 7- What lessons can ICANN learn from different experiences in IG structures?
NCSG is the voice of civil society and nonprofit organizations in ICANN’s domain name policy body, the GNSO, with more than 400 organizational and individual membership. It is composed of two constituencies, Noncommercial Users Constituency and Non Profit Operational Constituencies
Agenda: 1- Setting the scene : explaining context and objectives (10min) 2- Panelists' presentations: going through the questions above (25min) 3- Q/A session with the audience (40min) 4- Wrap-up: recommendations & actions (15min)
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Name(s) and stakeholder and organizational affiliation(s) of institutional co-organizer(s)
Media Change and Innovation Division, Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich; Switzerland , Academia Non-commercial Users Constituency, Global, Civil Society Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns, Global, Civil Society ICANN, USA, Turkey, Singapore, Technical Community
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Has the proposer, or any of the co-organizers, organized an IGF workshop before?
yes
The link to the workshop report
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2013/scripts/wks2013/report_view.php?xpsltipq_je=96
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Type of session
Panel
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Duration of proposed session
90 minutes
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Subject matter #tags that describe the workshop
#development #diversity #icann #policy #globalization
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Names and affiliations (stakeholder group, organization) of speakers the proposer is planning to invite
William Drake, Civil society, Non-commercial Users Constituency, Confirmed Olga Cavalli, Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Confirmed Rudi Vansnick, Civil Society, Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns, Confirmed Baher Esmat, Technical community, ICANN, Confirmed Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, Accessnow, Civil Society, Confirmed Izumi Okutani, Technical community, JPNIC, Confirmed
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Name of Moderator(s)
rafik dammak
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Name of Remote Moderator(s)
Vladimir Radunovic
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Description of how the proposer plan to facilitate discussion amongst speakers, audience members and remote participants
The moderator will set the scene and introduce the topic to the audience. Each panelist will have 5 minutes to explain her point of view regarding the topic (no powerpoint or only one slide allowed), then in the next round each panelist will pick workshop questions to respond . We will allocate more time for Q/A session for the audience (around 70 minutes)
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Description of the proposer's plans for remote participation
No information provided
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Background paper
background paper
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