[Telecentres] Invitation: Global Dialogue on Internet Governance 19-30 September

[Derrick L.Cogburn]

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 
(http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html).

Additionally, 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

Derrick L. Cogburn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Information Studies
and Senior Research Associate
Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Syracuse University
346 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-4100
Phone: +1.315.443.5441
Fax: +1.315.443.6886
http://cotelco.net/~dcogburn
http://istweb.syr.edu/~dcogburn
http://cove.cotelco.net

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