This event took place on 22 June 2014 from 11:00-13:00 BST at ICANN50 | London in the Windsor Suite room.
Date: 
Sun, 22 June 2014 - 11:00 to 13:00 BST
Add to Calendar
Room: 
Windsor Suite
Session Leader(s): 
Heidi Ullrich | Director, At-Large
Remote Participation

Low Bandwidth

 

Two-Way Audio (Remote Dial-In / Teleconference)

Dial-Out No:
1 800 550 6865
Passcode:
1638
Service Type Language
Audio Stream Live (Low Bandwidth) English
Audio Stream Live (Low Bandwidth) Español
Audio Stream Live (Low Bandwidth) Français

High Bandwidth

Service Type Language
Audio Stream Live (High Bandwidth) English
Audio Stream Live (High Bandwidth) Español
Audio Stream Live (High Bandwidth) Français
Virtual Meeting Room Stream Live (High Bandwidth) English
Overview: 

As a form of participatory democracy that builds on the other forms of democracy practiced in the world today, the variety of multistakeholder models have a promising future.

However, multistakeholderism is not monolithic, it must recognize the different roles played by different stakeholders in different issues. And that any person, alone or as part of a group should be able to contribute fully to that process according to their expertise and interests.

Furthermore, multistakeholderism is threatened by those who reject this form of democracy, oftentimes by the same states who reject democracy. This rejection of multistakeholderism finds support in all other sectors, but at this point in time those who support the model form a rough consensus in its favor.

Multistakeholderism is a form of democratic action that is still evolving and still needs a fair amount of care and attention to thrive. NETmundial has given the world one of its first examples of multistakeholder decision making modalities. This points the way forward for multistakeholderism.