We need a better and more truly democratic multistakeholder model and we want governments to be bounded by treaties to obey international law when most needed.
That simply means not that the multistakeholder model be thrown away, rather it needs to be further strengthened by becoming international and so the Forum (WEF) has an important part in that discussion.
It also calls for the Internet Governance Forum, a "multistakeholder" talking shop convened by the UN in 2006, to be shored up by extending its five-year mandate, which expires in 2015, and guaranteeing "stable and predictable funding .Unsurprisingly, no one was completely happy the result.
This suggests the need for further multistakeholder guidance (such as the JCG) regarding detection and referral of suspected glaucoma to be used in conjunction with the NICE guidance on the diagnosis and management of glaucoma and OHT.
At the regional level, periodic multistakeholder science conferences and science and technology status assessment are important; at the national level, development of a science and technology plan is crucial, and its implementation needs to be done both at the national and local levels.
RCE is a multistakeholder initiative dedicated to putting rare cancers firmly on the European policy agenda, advancing the way rare cancer patients are diagnosed and treated in Europe, and improving translational and clinical research on rare cancers.
We think the greatest way to bring this expertise together and to build critical mass to overcome the barriers outlined here is to build a multistakeholder consortium that brings together perspectives and provides resources to develop solutions, without putting the onus of development on one particular party.
Finally, it is also interesting to see that ICANN and other members of a grouping called the I* (pronounce i-stars) have set an empty ad-hoc black box to filter and select the MS representatives that will be allowed to participate to the Brazilian multistakeholder conference.
This assessment exercise points out several strengths and weaknesses in science and technology application; the method can be employed to develop future multistakeholder and multidisciplinary science and technology plans at the country level.
Multistakeholder partnerships should be developed to spearhead research in this field, in accordance with the Sendai Framework.
