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IGF 2019 WS #35
Information Governance for UN Instruments Implementation

    Subtheme

    Organizer 1: Horst Kremers, CODATA-Germany
    Organizer 2: Peter Taiwo Akinremi, African Civil Society for Information Society (ACSIS)

    Speaker 1: Jared Bielby, Civil Society, Intergovernmental Organization
    Speaker 2: Peter Taiwo Akinremi, Civil Society, African Group
    Speaker 3: Bruna Santos , Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)

    Moderator

    Horst Kremers, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)

    Online Moderator

    Peter Taiwo Akinremi, Civil Society, African Group

    Rapporteur

    Horst Kremers, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)

    Format

    Debate - Auditorium - 90 Min

    Policy Question(s)

    It is Our Future: Multi-Stakeholder Governance principles, structure, participation and practice for Implementation of UN Conventions and other UN Instruments

    Do implementations (national, regional) meet the complexity challenges of interdisciplinary / cross-border and cross-organizational Information demands?

    What role in UN cross-program Cohesion and Interoperability is in operational Big Data?

    Which are the future demands in applying FAIR Data Principles for Implementation of UN Conventions and other UN Instruments?

    Do national/regional Implementations reflect the requirements of Cross-Program Cohesion?

    Improvement of the special role of Journalists / Media

    Which Information Ethics deficits need to be addresses?

    SDGs

    GOAL 1: No Poverty
    GOAL 2: Zero Hunger
    GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-Being
    GOAL 5: Gender Equality
    GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
    GOAL 10: Reduced Inequalities
    GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
    GOAL 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    GOAL 17: Partnerships for the Goals

    Description: intended agenda:
    - Introduction by Session Chair(s)
    - 4-5 short presentations on experiences / best practice / open demands
    - breakout (~ 5 key topics)
    - plenary summary

    Expected Outcomes: Practical perspectives on reaching long-term resilience for society and nature

    Proposals for strengthening Multi-Stakeholder Information Governance initatives, incentives and committments supporting national/regional Implementation of UN Conventions and other UN Instruments

    - few short presentations on experiences / best practice / open demands
    - breakout groups (~ 5 key topics)
    - plenary summary

    Relevance to Theme: Long-Term Consequences of current suboptimal Information Governance for national/regional Implementation of UN Conventions and other UN Instruments

    Stengthen aspects in Multi-Stakeholder Participatory Governance (especially Private Sector and Civil Society/Young Generations) for strategic and operational decisionmaking


    Relevance to Internet Governance: Improve Participatory Information Governance by applying basic principles, methods and techniques of Complexity Management.

    Current national focal points for national/regional Implementation of UN Conventions and other UN Instruments in many cases do not have adequate mandate and capabilities to address Information Management at the complexity level that is required from the UN texts.

    Clarifying the different levels of Multi-Stakeholder Information Governance (Strategy, Management, Operations, Standards, Compliance, Accountability, Decisionmaking, Politics, Media, etc.)

    Online Participation

    - preparing questions / Polls
    - collecting opinions / comments from on-site as well as remote participants

    Proposed Additional Tools: sli.do
    - preparing questions / Polls
    - collecting opinions / comments from on-site as well as remote participants