[IGFmaglist] WS Diversity - Open Questions

[Mary Uduma]

Dear All,
I support Jutta's position. I have been giving diversity great attention in evaluating the WS proposals as I also consider it very important and the very heart of the importance of the IGF.
In my perspective, if all voices are to be heard, if tangible outcomes are expected, if the broad recommendations are to be accepted, I think the core of multistakeholderism principle should be maintained and upheld in order to share each stakeholder group's view of any topic being discussed or debated.
Mary Uduma



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> On 22 Jun 2018, at 5:05 PM, Jutta Croll <jcroll at digitale-chancen.de> wrote:
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> Dear Lynn, dear colleagues
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> in the course of evaluation process I have given much attention to the diversity aspect. I do see reasonable efforts in regard of geographical diversity in the proposals as well as gender, although slightly less addressed. As far as I have come with my share of proposals I do think that stakeholder diversity is low in most of the proposals. Although I understand not all issues are of equal relevance to all stakeholder groups I do think we need encourage involvement of stakeholders in topics that ore not on the top of their own agenda. From my perspective it is one of the most important qualities of the IGF to bring stakeholders in contact with issues and people they otherwise would not have recognised as important to their own remit. If we could come up with some thoughts to improve stakeholder diversity within the sessions, that would benefit IGF at large, from my point of view.
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> Kind regards
> Jutta 
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>> Am 22.06.2018 um 17:45 schrieb Lynn St.Amour <Lynn at Internet-Matters.org>:
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>> Dear Rasha, colleagues,
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>> following the discussion on our last MAG call with respect to the need to better understand the diversity within the WS proposals, some MAG members volunteered to review this and and make additional recommendations.   This is important work and is essential to guiding our discussions at the upcoming MAG face to face meeting.  Is this something the Working Group on Workshop Review and Evaluation Process can take on?
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>> The text from the meeting summary is included here for reference.
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>> "A discussion followed on how best to understand the diversity within the proposals as some felt that focusing on co-organizers was not necessarily reflective of the diversity (stakeholder, region, gender) within the workshops, nor could one directly correlate topics of interest to regions/stakeholders based on the metric of co-organizers.  Some MAG members volunteered to review this and provide additional information/recommendations to the MAG.”
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>> Best and thanks in advance for considering this,
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>> Lynn
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