[liberationtech] Internet Governance Forum - Call for Public Input

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You may recall that the Working Group on Improvements to the IGF in
its report identified the development of tangible outcomes as a way
for the IGF to continue to perform successfully its intended role of
addressing issues related to public policy in a bottom-up,
multistakeholder fashion. The Working Group stated that "to focus
discussions, the preparation process of each IGF should formulate a
set of policy questions to be considered at the IGF, as part of the
overall discussion. The results of the debates on these questions,
with special focus on public policy perspectives and aimed at
capacity-building, should be stated in the outcome documentation".
"The IGF Secretariat and the MAG should reach out and continue to
invite all stakeholders to be more actively involved in the
preparation of the IGF, including by identifying pertinent key policy
questions around which main sessions for the IGF will be structured."

This recommendation provides an excellent opportunity for the IGF
community to engage in the process of shaping and formulating the
questions that will guide the discussions during the various main /
focus sessions. Therefore, the IGF Secretariat is inviting the
community to share its views on the type of public policy questions
that could be addressed and discussed at the 9th Annual Internet
Governance Forum meeting’s main/focus sessions.

Each stakeholder is invited to submit no more than three (3) questions
for each of the following sessions:

- Policies Enabling Access, Growth and Development on the Internet
- Towards a Common Understanding of Network Neutrality
- Evolution of Internet Governance Ecosystem and the Role of the IGF
- IANA Functions: NTIA's Stewardship Transition and ICANN's
Accountability Process
- Taking Stock / Emerging Issues

Questions will be compiled and published by the Secretariat, and
provided to main session organisers as suggested discussion questions.
Please note that organisers of main / focus sessions may need to
synthesize and combine questions due to time constraints. Should a
contributed policy questions not make it into main session
programming, the IGF Secretariat reminds all interested stakeholders
that questions can be asked on the day in real-time. The deadline for
submitting your questions is 4 August 2014. Questions should be sent
to discussion_questions at intgovforum.org.

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/1885-call-for-public-input