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:
- Developing practical strategies for remote/e-participation: (Anders, Ann-Rochelle)
- What techniques are there for making e-participation more effective?
- How can we ensure proper synchronisation between two dynamics of the event: in situ (in the conference room) and remote (via e-participation)?
- How do we deal with different time-zones in e-participation?
- How do we ensure capacity development for e-participation? (Chengetai, Ginger) Suggest guidelines/techniques for:
- conference organisers
- remote moderators
- panel moderators
- remote participants
- 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
- 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 .
- 5 minutes: First summary and invitations for the audience to discuss these three questions with presenters. Please remember to include remote moderators.
- Session notes
Discussion Notes
- 40 minutes: – World café or flying flip-charts
- 20 minutes – Debriefing with input from groups on 3 questions: offline/online, implementation mechanisms, innovation
Notes from the session:
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