Five-Point Plan for an Inclusive WSIS+20 Review
As stakeholders engaged in the WSIS+20 Review process, organizations sign the petition presenting recommendations to help operationalize the WSIS+20 review modalities in order to ensure transparency, inclusion, and meaningful stakeholder engagement.
As engaged stakeholders in the WSIS+20 Review process, we, the undersigned, submit the following recommendations
[1] [1] These draw on existing guidance on multistakeholderism, e.g. São Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines.to help operationalise the WSIS+20 review modalities to ensure transparency, inclusivity, and meaningful stakeholder engagement.
Publish a Clear and Inclusive Timeline:
- Within 7 days of appointing the co-facilitators, publish and maintain a comprehensive timeline outlining key milestones, including consultations and government-only negotiations, with adequate notice of any changes.
- Provide stakeholders with at least 7 days to submit written input.
Ensure Transparency and Accountability:
- Maintain an online platform
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For example, see this OHCHR platform.
centralizing all input and draft documents, their status, and stakeholders consulted.
- Publish substantive records of all consultations, including summary reports of main points and how these have been addressed, to enhance explainability.
- Live-stream government-only negotiations
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For example, see recent negotiations on the UN Convention on Cybercrime.
and provide post-session transcripts.
Facilitate Inclusive and Meaningful Stakeholder Consultations:
- Actively seek stakeholder input at every stage (elements paper, zero / first / final drafts) through written submissions and official virtual/in-person consultations, applying equal participation rules for governments and other stakeholders.
- Hold official stakeholder consultations at existing forums, including global and regional IGF initiatives and the WSIS High-Level Event, while also inviting Member States to conduct national consultations.
- Implement a multistakeholder speaking order during consultations by alternating speaking slots among governments and other stakeholder groups, with reasonable time allocation for interventions.
Broaden and Diversify Participation:
- Build on the WSIS+10 accreditation process, including by broadening the group of eligible stakeholders to participants of national, regional, and global IGFs.
- Promote diverse participation by offering financial and logistical support for underrepresented communities, particularly from the Global Majority.
- Ensure accessibility globally by implementing measures such as accommodating different time zones and working days, publishing key documents in official UN languages, and providing low-bandwidth participation options.
Maximise Inclusive Participation in Final Negotiations:
- Limit any necessary closed-door intergovernmental negotiations to the final stage of the WSIS+20 process.
- Ensure meaningful and inclusive multistakeholder participation at the High-Level Meeting.
List of endorsing organisations:
- .au Domain Administration Limited (auDA), technical community, Australia
- .Daily Nawa-I-Ahmedpur Sharqia, Pakistan
- .hn – Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras (NIC.HN) – ccTLD HN
- Access Now
- ACLIS, Burundi and Rwanda
- Africa Gen AI Lab
- Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA)
- Alfa-Redi
- ARTICLE 19
- Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
- Asian Social Science Research Institute (Asri), Republic of Korea
- Asociación SVNet (SV Top Level Domain)
- Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
- Association of Freelance Journalists
- Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
- Bolo Bhi (Pakistan)
- Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
- Center for Democracy & Technology
- Center for Studies of Freedom of Expression (CELE)
- Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
- Colnodo
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Comunitatea Internet Association, Moldova
- Cooperativa Sulá Batsú Costa Rica
- Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR)
- COYEDI, Burundi
- CyberPeace Institute
- Data Privacy Brasil
- DENIC eG, Technical Community, Germany
- Derechos Digitales
- Digital Action
- Digital Empowerment Foundation
- Digital Rights Foundation
- Digital Rights Nepal
- DigitalSENSE Africa
- DNS Africa Media and Communications
- DotAsia Organisation, Technical Community, APAC
- eco – Association of the Internet Industry
- EngageMedia Collective
- European Center for Not-For-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL)
- Feminist AI Research Network
- Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
- Global Network Initiative (GNI)
- Global Partners Digital (GPD)
- Hashtag Generation
- House of Africa, Chad
- Huaira Foundation Ecuador
- ICC BASIS
- Identity Digital
- IFEX
- Institute for Policy and Legislative Research (IPLR), Republic of Korea
- Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile
- Instituto para la Sociedad de la Información y Cuarta Revolución Industrial (Universidad La Salle, Perú)
- International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL)
- Internet Australia
- Internet New Zealand Incorporated (InternetNZ), technical community, New Zealand
- Internet Society
- Internet Society Argentina Chapter
- Internet Society Belgrade, Serbia Chapter
- Internet Society Brazil Chapter
- Internet Society Chad Chapter (ISOC-TCHAD)
- Internet Society Comoros Chapter
- Internet Society Costa Rica Chapter
- Internet Society Dominican Republic Chapter (isoc-do)
- Internet Society Ecuador Chapter
- Internet Society El Salvador Chapter
- Internet Society Ethiopia Chapter
- Internet Society Gender Standing Group
- Internet Society German Chapter (ISOC.DE e.V.)
- Internet Society Malawi Chapter
- Internet Society Nepal Chapter
- Internet Society, Nigeria Chapter
- Internet Society Philippines Chapter
- Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter
- Internet Society Puerto Rico Chapter
- Internet Society Singapore Chapter
- Internet Society UK England Chapter
- Intervozes – Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação Social
- Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS)
- KICTANet
- Media Matters for Democracy, Pakistan
- Media Monitoring Africa
- NetMission.Asia
- Paradigm Initiative (PIN)
- Pastoralist Girls Foundation
- Public Interest Registry (PIR)
- Puerto Rico Top Level Domain (NIC.pr)
- Research ICT Africa
- RNW Media
- Rudi International
- Rural Media Network Pakistan
- Software Freedom Law Center India (SFLC.IN)
- SMEX
- Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
- Tech for Good Asia
- Tech Global Institute
- Tech4Peace
- TEDIC Paraguay
- Telecommunities Canada (tc.ca)
- The Korea Game Users Association, Republic of Korea
- Tierra Común Network
- Transformative Legal Policy Research Center [TLPR], Republic of Korea
- Usuarios Digitales Ecuador
- Virtual School on Internet Governance (VSIG)
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikimedia Germany
- Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
- World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
- Youth Internet Governance Forum Canada (Youth IGF Canada)
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