Hi all,

dateline for the 2nd silence pocedure is August 29, 15.00. I share Fionas first quick conclusions. It is "status quo" for the IGF in Geneva and "Status quo plus" for a new GDC in New York. Imbalance is growing. Indeed, WSIS+20 is more recognized and it remains to be seen whether die GDC follow up will be under WSIS+20 or WSIS+20 will be incorporated into a GDC Follow Up (under the leadership of Amandeeps new office in New York). For the 2027 big GDC conference, it remains in the hand of governments. Bad. However, the door for more multistakeholder activities is open. It is up the communities (and, inter alia, the IGF-LP) to be more pro-active and to come with concrete initiatives (as a plan for WSIS+20 PrepComs (in Geneva), implementation of the SPMGs or "the Internet we Want"). There should be a "Call from Riyad" for the WSIS+20 process.

Wolfgang

Fiona Alexander via wsis20 <wsis20@icann.org> hat am 28.08.2024 13:03 CEST geschrieben:

Hi to all

Attached is GDC Rev 4 which has made it my way from a few different people this morning. I understand that like Rev 3 the draft was released under silence procedures. I don't have the details on the silence procedures deadline this time around, perhaps others do.

I'm still digesting the text but a quick assessment on the issues I have been most closely following:

leans into ITU more on connectivity and bridging the digital divide;

2005 status quo on Internet governance (a pity in my view on the IGF funding challenge);

More caution on Digital Public Infrastructure;

The new AI panel and annual dialogue remain;

Follow up seems a bit more grounded in existing mechanisms and a GDC implementation map produced and linked to next year's WSIS +20; and,

A proposal for creation of a new UN office remains and will go to the General Assembly meetings next month, presumably for approval.

Look forward to hearing others perspectives.

Fiona

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