[IGFmaglist] WG on Improvements to the IGF - status report

[Flávio Rech Wagner]

Dear colleagues of the MAG

The MAG WG on Improvements to the IGF completed a first version of a 
table gathering proposals of improvements to the IGF that have been 
proposed in previous years. You may find the table here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TdxEe0Qit3qAMCaGeyOLOl4PvUIuY3Nv5hmBsq0_OfE/edit#gid=0

The table contains proposals of improvements from five different sources:

 1. The CSTD WG on IGF Improvements Report (2012)
 2. Implementing WSIS Outcomes: A Ten-Year Review (2015)
 3. Recommendations made by UNGA on renewal of the IGF mandate (December
    2015)
 4. Draft report from the DESA Retreat (July 2016)
 5. The NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement (April 2014)

These reference documents may be found here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4C745NEsGNqZWhIdlh3c1R0VGc

For the recommendations proposed by the "CSTD WG on IGF Improvements" 
(first source above), the table already contains an assessment of their 
achievement. This assessment was made by a previous MAG WG in 2013 and 
must be updated, of course.

The table includes a column "Tags", which contains tags that allow a 
finer classification of the recommendations (tags are still missing for 
some recommendations). This may be useful for a better clusterization of 
the recommendations and for potential mergers among similar recommendations.

The table has been divided into two main parts. The bottom part contains 
recommendations and considerations that do not necessarily correspond to 
"improvements".

The WG suggests that the table could be extended with recommendations 
coming from published submissions to consultations on IGF improvements, 
even if they weren't adopted.

Suggested next steps for the WG include:

  * extend the table with recommendations coming from published
    submissions to consultations on IGF improvements;
  * revise and correct the table as needed, for instance:
      o make adjustments to the categories and tags in columns Category
        and Tags;
      o potentially merge similar recommendations coming from different
        sources;
      o potentially remove recommendations that are not considered
        relevant or consensual;
      o move recommendations from the bottom part of the table to the
        top part, or vice-versa;
  * launch the assessment of the progress made by the IGF towards the
    achievement of the various recommendations;
      o for that purpose, discuss and approve an adequate methodology.

The continuation of this work of course depends on decisions to be taken 
by the new MAG.

We are looking forward to your comments and suggestions.

Best regards,

Flavio, Avri and Deborah, WG co-chairs


-- 
Prof. Flávio Rech Wagner		   Tel: +55-51-3308 9494
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul  Fax: +55-51-3308 7308
Instituto de Informática		   E-mail:flavio at inf.ufrgs.br
Porto Alegre, Brasil			   URL:www.inf.ufrgs.br/~flavio

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