[IGFmaglist] Main Session on Multidisciplinary Policy-Making

[Ben Wallis (CELA)]

Dear MAG members

I reported on the Main Session on Multidisciplinary Policy-Making yesterday, and I'm writing briefly to share the description and invite you to join the organizing team.

The title is "A multidisciplinary framework for policymaking in the digital age", and I've pasted the initial description below, along with the four examples I mentioned during the call yesterday. It is group 2 and you can sign up to the mailing list here - https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-multidisc_intgovforum.org.

I have sketched out a more detailed plan with the small group who came together on this topic in Berlin using the Main Session template (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XVl87Gtg4pQTeOwl1RO7X4i5WQ5KGqSqQohwWIyMUJY/edit). I will post that document to the msession-multidisc at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-multidisc at intgovforum.org> mailing list early next week to give time for people to sign up to the list.

Thanks
Ben

Description

There are many different approaches to Internet governance but, as we heard from the UN Secretary-General at IGF 2018, there are challenges to avoid working in silos and to create policy-making approaches that are truly multidisciplinary and involve a full range of perspectives and actors.

What should be the perspectives, and which stakeholders and disciplines need to be considered? What ideas and examples can we look to to help policymakers? Indeed, beyond public policy, what lessons from the private sector policymaking can be used? Companies are looking at how to take account of perspectives and, in some cases, include external stakeholders, in their decision-making.

This Main Session will look at a range of recommendations and case studies from different cultures and regions, which could potentially illustrate some best practices to create more multidisciplinary approaches to Internet governance policy-making.

Recent initiatives and statements relevant to the topic

- June 2019  G20 Ministerial Statement on Trade and Digital Economy<https://g20trade-digital.go.jp/dl/Ministerial_Statement_on_Trade_and_Digital_Economy.pdf>, which includes a section on "Governance Innovation - Agile and Flexible Policy Approaches in the Digital Economy"

- Report of the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation and its Recommendation 5B on "a multi-stakeholder "systems" approach for cooperation and regulation that is adaptive, agile, inclusive and fit for purpose for the fast-changing digital age"

- OECD Going Digital - an integrated policy framework for making the digital transformation work for growth and well-being

- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) holistic approach to developing policy frameworks


Ben Wallis
Regulatory Policy Analyst
Microsoft Corporation
Connectivity and Internet Governance
bewallis at microsoft.com<mailto:bewallis at microsoft.com>
T:  [+1] 425-706-9254
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Dear All,

Please find below the sign-up pages for the main session groups.


Main Session Mailing Lists
Group
Sign up page
Email
Group 1
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession_cont_gov_intgovforum.org
msession_cont_gov at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession_cont_gov at intgovforum.org>
Group 2
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-multidisc_intgovforum.org
msession-multidisc at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-multidisc at intgovforum.org>
Group 3
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-tradejuris_intgovforum.org
msession-tradejuris at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-tradejuris at intgovforum.org>
Group 4
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-ai_intgovforum.org
msession-ai at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-ai at intgovforum.org>
Group 5
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-iot_intgovforum.org
msession-iot at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-iot at intgovforum.org>
Group 6
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-sdg_intgovforum.org
msession-sdg at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-sdg at intgovforum.org>
DC
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-dc_intgovforum.org
msession-dc at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-dc at intgovforum.org>
NRI
https://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/msession-nri_intgovforum.org
msession-nri at intgovforum.org<mailto:msession-nri at intgovforum.org>



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