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<p>With regard to the ILO (International Labour Organization) I was
first recruited to ICANN/NPOC based in part on my knowledge of the
ILO. I worked for UNCTAD in Geneve but my office was at the ILO
and I had considerable time to study the ILO. <br>
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<p>John Laprise is correct. The ILO is not analogous. The ILO
operates more like a multistakeholder think tank, where each
stakeholder group (gov't, industry, labour) had a vertical
representation process. For example, when discussing the global
beverages sector the labour representatives do not "represent the
interest of" workers in the beverages sector. They in fact
"represent the workers" in a process of election and selection. <br>
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<p>In addition to participants who are actual designated
representatives of their constituencies, the ILO has no policy
making authority. It can draft policy, say for maritime worker
safety, but draft policy goes back into an multinational
treaty/agreement process. ILO can lead but it cannot decide. ICANN
is a very different, and quite novel, entity and probably the
largest not-for-profit social business on the globe. If there are
any lessons learned from the ILO they probably have to do with
where they slot in expertise (academic, worker, or industry
based).</p>
<p>Sam Lanfranco, NPOC/csih<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/19/2016 10:40 AM, John Laprise
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