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Inclusion in digital policy: e-participation and capacity development

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Introduction

Inclusive digital policy depends on e-participation and capacity development. E-participation ensures participation of all those who cannot participate in situ. It is not surprising that e-participation in global governance is most advanced in the field of Internet governance.  The session will discuss the four most relevant experiences in digital policy: the IGF, ICANN, the ITU, and NETmundial. The session will provide concrete input based on the following questions:

  1. Developing practical strategies for remote/e-participation: (Anders, Ann-Rochelle)
    1. What techniques are there for making e-participation more effective?
    2. How can we ensure proper synchronisation between two dynamics of the event: in situ (in the conference room) and remote (via e-participation)?
    3. How do we deal with different time-zones in e-participation?
  2. How do we  ensure capacity development for e-participation? (Chengetai, Ginger) Suggest guidelines/techniques for:
    1. conference organisers
    2. remote moderators
    3. panel moderators
    4. remote participants 
  3. How does remote or e-participation change a meeting? When does it add to a meeting/are there times when it is not appropriate, how to decide.... does it help. And then how can we sell it within organisations? (Marilia)

 

Session Plan

5 minutes - Moderator sets the stage:

  • Crucial relevance of e-participation and capacity development for inclusive participation
  • Technology is not the major obstacle. Social, procedural, and organisational aspects determine effective e-participation. One of the main challenges is to synchronise the online and in situ dynamics of meetings.
  • Capacity development is often reduced to training. What  can we do to achieve CD-360 aimed at building capacity on individual, institutional and national levels.
  • Additional Notes: 

 

Speakers 

 

  1. 20 minutes (each presenter gets 5 minutes). I would like to invite our presenters from the IGF, the ITU, ICANN and NETmundial to reflect on their experiences of e-participation built around 3 questions: What worked? What didn't work? What  practical ways are there to make e-participation more effective .
  2. 5 minutes: First summary and invitations for the audience to discuss these three questions with presenters. Please remember to include remote moderators. 
  3. Session notes 

 

Discussion Notes

  1. 40 minutes: – World café or flying flip-charts 
  2. 20 minutes – Debriefing with input from groups on 3 questions: offline/online, implementation mechanisms, innovation

 

Notes from the session

 

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