[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Invitation: Global Dialogue on Internet Governance

[Hans Klein]

For more information on this initiative, please contact:
         Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn <dcogburn at syr.edu>


>Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:42:57 -0400
>From: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller at syr.edu>
>To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>Subject: [governance] Invitation: Global Dialogue on Internet Governance
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>As a contribution to the United Nations World Summit on the Information
>Society (WSIS), you are invited to participate in a web-based Global
>Deliberative Dialogue on Internet Governance, from 19-30 September 2005.
>For more information, and to register, go to:
>http://www.webdialogues.net/igp.
>
>The purpose of this Global Dialogue is to raise awareness of Internet
>Governance, to broaden participation in the policy debate, and to
>provide concrete input into the final deliberations during the Third
>Preparatory Meeting for the WSIS, taking place concurrently with the
>Global Dialogue in Geneva.
>
>The web-based structure of the dialogue will allow diverse voices from
>around the world to contribute to these important deliberations without
>traveling to Geneva. The Global Dialogue explores the findings and
>recommendations of the official report of the UN Working Group on
>Internet Governance (http://www.wgig.org), and will address:
>
>(1) The WGIG itself, and lessons learned from its processes;
>(2) The working consensus definition of Internet Governance;
>(3) The public policy issues identified in the WGIG report;
>(4) The roles and responsibilities outlined by the report; and
>(5) The four governance models proposed by the report.
>
>Each of the four main sections of the dialogue will be introduced by an
>optional real-time "synchronous" webconference that will feature
>updates from participants on the ground in Geneva. At the heart of the
>Global Dialogue are the daily "asynchronous" web-based deliberations
>on the public policy issues and governance models proposed for Internet
>Governance.  For each discussion topic, panels of experts and active
>participants in the WSIS processes will be available.  The digital
>library includes extensive and searchable background information. Daily
>summaries will capture the main discussion points and questions raised.
>Periodic polls will capture the viewpoints of participants and may aid
>in the development of consensus positions.
>
>This dialogue is hosted by the Internet Governance Project
>(http://www.internetgovernance.org), in conjunction with the
>Collaboratory on Technology Enhanced Learning Communities (Cotelco) at
>the School of information Studies, the Moynihan Institute of Global
>Affairs at the Maxwell School, the World Federation of United Nations
>Associations (WFUNA), and WestEd.
>
>Your participation in this Global Deliberative Dialogue is critical.
>We want to be as inclusive as possible to broaden and increase global
>participation in and awareness of the issues of Internet Governance. The
>ideas discussed in the dialogue will be fed into the decision-making
>processes in Geneva, and may help to serve as model for global
>deliberative policy dialogues in general.
>
>Please share this announcement with other individuals, groups and
>countries.  The dialogue website is publicly available. To learn more
>about the Dialogue and to register to participate, please visit the
>dialogue Web site: www.webdialogues.net/igp.
>
>For more information, please contact Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn at
>dcogburn at syr.edu.
>
>
>Dr. Milton Mueller
>Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>http://www.digital-convergence.org
>http://www.internetgovernance.org
>
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