[IRPCoalition] Stocktaking statement

[Easton, Catherine]

Dear all,

We are currently developing the IRP Dynamic Coalition stocktaking statement relating to the Istanbul IGF in which we highlight any organisational issues and make recommendations for future development.   I have copied below the draft we have so far.   Please could you take a look and get back to me c.easton at lancaster.ac.uk<mailto:c.easton at lancaster.ac.uk> if you have any points to raise or ideas to add.

Many thanks,
Catherine

Internet Rights and Principles DC: Stocktaking statement IGF 2014

Notification of proposal acceptance: In relation to other proposals, there was very late notification of acceptance of one of our human rights panels which led to there being a lack of time to resubmit revisions.  Also, this panel was merged with a Freedom House submission at late notice and this led to organisational difficulties.

General Planning:  We are happy with the tougher criteria in relation to the proposals. The eventual feedback from the MAG was, however, at times inaccurate and asked for things not relevant to the proposal.

Workshop Dissemination: It is essential that the full version of a workshop is made openly accessible on the Youtube channel.  We will not support censorship of the discussions in any way.

Workshop Environment: At times the wi-fi connection in the conference rooms was weak and unstable.  This led to difficulties for those DC members who were live tweeting or live blogging.  This is an essential tool to disseminate the discussions in real time and we need the technology to support this.

Remote Participation: In all of our human rights sessions the hosts managed the console to poor effect i.e. not allowing our moderators access or talking loudly.  We request that the IGF allows session organizers to have moderator access to the RP consoles by default.

Communication and Websites: The programme looked good and worked well. However the IGF website has to be up to date with status of workshops before the programme is released.

IGF Future:  As a DC we support the strengthening of the IGF.  DC chairs or contact persons need to be included in all MAG and IGF Secretariat communications and at present they are not.  There is, therefore, a need for better channels of communication and the ability for DCs to shape the agenda actively.

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