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. What  practical techniques are there for making e-participation more effective?
1. How can we ensure proper synchronisation between two dynamics of the event: in situ (in the conference room) and remote (via e-participation)?
2. How do we deal with different time-zones in e-participation?
2. How do we  ensure capacity development for e-participation?

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 

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: