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The first point in my response was about the nature of UN based
proposals for Internet related policy making, which I insist remain
on the table. we especially cannot dodge them in view of the new UN
WG on enhanced cooperation which will begin working later this year.
In that regard my question is: <br>
<br>
What is the response of civil society groups here to the proposal to
institute an Internet policy development model in the UN which is
exactly, repeat, exactly, the same as the CDEP process in the OECD
(whereby the only difference will be that instead of the 34 richest
countries making policy, there will the full list of 190 or so, or a
rotating smaller representative group of them, plus a clear
institutionalised linkage to the IGF)?<br>
<br>
The second, complimentary question is, as follows:<br>
<br>
The only logical and defensible reason for not accepting the above
proposal that I can think of is that such a proposal about does not
represent a mutistakeholder model of Internet policy making, and the
major civil society groups and persons here will only accept a
multistakeholder model of policy making (whatever it is). <br>
<br>
Fair enough. In that case, is there a proposal to make this case to
the forthcoming OECD ministerial organised around the work of its
Committee on Digital Economy Policy (which is OECD's Internet policy
making organ)? I mean to at least clearly say, in a specific
statement, to the ministerial that we do not accept their model of
Internet policy making, since it is not multistakeholder (and also
offer a multistakeholder option, which if you refuse their model, of
course they'd ask for). This is the first ministerial after the CDEP
was formed with a re-adopted mandate, which for the first time
claims that it develops policy through a 'multistakeholder
process'. Since, the civil society groups failed to raise this
issue when the CDEP was formed 2 years back and they were asked for
their inputs, would they want to now correct their mistake, and take
this issue up in the forthcoming public meeting of the OECD
ministrial? <br>
<br>
If not, why so? Where do their multistakeholderist energies, which
are to be seen to be believed when the arena is the UN, disappear in
front of the comity of the richest countries of the world ? Whom
they join in the first place in the UN arena to sing
multistakeholderist paeans. Why not expose this extreme hypocrisy of
theirs, which is so easily done, they would not have words to come
back with, which, excuse my slipping into cynicism, I btw i suspect
is why most groups dont do it. we cant do such things to our
friends, right!<br>
<br>
In the CS advisory group to the OECD's CDEP, one person did propose
that it should seek greater multistakeholderism in CDEP's policy
making processes, but this proposal was made light of by others,
seeking focus on substantive issues instead!! Why such shyness with
the OECD, when the same groups are never short on reprimanding UN
bodies - extant or proposed, on this matter? <br>
<br>
The job of civil society is to speak up to the most powerful, not be
in convenient alliances with them. <br>
<br>
Also, CoE's Internet policy mechanism is "right now" seeking civil
society input into their IG strategy.... It makes policy frameworks
in a similar manner as OCED (but apparently with less formal
stakeholder systems). Why not tell them, this is what we think is
multistakholder policy making, and we would expect CoE to adopt it.
That is our input, or at least one of the inputs, to their IG
strategy (It is CoE's treaty on cyber crime that is often pushed
post facto as the 'gold standards' for developing countries to
accede to. A cursory search throws up another one on 'automatic
processing of individual data'. But somehow policy, even hard law
based, processes of the 'good countries' done in fully multi-lateral
ways seem to completely fall off civil society's radar.) )<br>
<br>
It is time for those who occupy the space of the global civil
society working in the IG area to engage with these uncomfortable
questions. They would not be able to retain global legitimacy if
they do not...<br>
<br>
parminder <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Sunday 07 February 2016 03:27 PM,
parminder wrote:<br>
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<font face="Verdana">Dear Tamir<br>
<br>
Thanks for your response, which is the most well argued and
comprehensive one that I have ever received for this question
that I have asked several times in the last many years. So
thanks again.<br>
<br>
There is another important aspect of your email that I would
like to respond to but let me first do so for<br>
<br>
</font>
<blockquote><font face="Verdana">"</font><font face="Verdana">Now,
it may be that the IT 4 Change vision for CIRP was nothing
like this, or that these elements could have been stripped
from the CIRP proposal -- and your account suggests this was
proposed at a later stage (perhaps too late?) -- but as
presented these command and control elements seemed as
integral if not primary functions. Most, if not all of the
commentary regarding the CIRP proposal related to this
particular aspect of the proposal, which is the fact that it
would bring about multi-lateral control as opposed to simply
creating yet one more policy-making venue."</font><br>
</blockquote>
<font face="Verdana"> I will come to IT for Change part the last
bec it is the least important thing here. <br>
<br>
The "command and control" aspect of CIRP that you point to
chiefly is about the ICANN oversight part (the treaty
facilitating aspect being common to OECD and CoE committees and
thus is symmetric ). Please note that the CIRP proposal clearly
says that it has picked CIRP's mandate items from the
institutional models suggested by the Working Group on IG's
report. This report clearly says that the oversight role is the
role currently undertaken by US Dept of Commerce. Obviously,
therefore the CIRP proposed only to take up that role which is
currently played by the US Dept of commerce.<br>
<br>
The question then that I have for you; how is ICANN working
under the oversight of US government not a 'command and control'
structure, and I hear it always referred to as a
multistakeholder structure, but if the same role was played
together by all countries it became a 'command and control'
structure? (The current IANA transition process not being
relevant here bec it was not envisaged at the time that CIRP was
proposed and then roundly criticised). <br>
<br>
Second part: "</font><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana">these
elements could have been stripped from the CIRP proposal --
and your account suggests this was proposed at a later stage
(perhaps too late?)" (from your email below.<br>
<br>
I have said this before, the proposal itself said, we are open
to discussing, the Indian gov rep at Nairobi IGF, immediately
after the proposal as made, said, we are open to discuss and
change it, and at the next CSTD meeting, India again said we
are open to change it and invited ideas. No response, other
than, the whole thing should simply be abandoned. Most
importantly, India actually separated the oversight part from
that for 'other public policy making' in its submission to the
UN Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation whose precise mandate
was to come up with an appropriate global Internet governance
related institutional architecture, esp for 'public policy
making' plus ICANN oversight. Civil society members were in
there in that WG, and those outside made written submissions,
over two rounds, but any proposal to have an OECD kind of
Internet related public policy mechanism remained fully
ignored, and considered as multilateralist and therefore
evil... <br>
<br>
So, I cannot see how you and others decide that it "was too
late"... The right to make the rules of game, and what is the
right time, what is the right way to propose a thing, and so
on, is one of the biggest forms of hegemonic power.... I dont
accept it. The proposal still stands today, you, and others,
need to comment on it as it is being proposed to you, as I am
proposing to you, and not take the cover of, that was the
wrong time, and the wrong way, and so on...<br>
</font><br>
As I said, the WG on enhanced cooperation is being
reconstituted, you and others here are global players in the IG
space by choice and profession; my question to you all is, what
is your response to my proposal (forget others) to develop a
Internet related public policy development mechanism inside the
UN "on the exact model" as it happens in the OECD. I will await
yours and other people's response. And if I do not get it, keep
asking this question. This is about the denial of the right of
self determination and right of democratic participation of the
huge majority of the world's population (non OECD countries). A
right, which in view is, even prior to all other rights, a right
which determines what rights are... <br>
<br>
Lastly, your comment on ITfC's positions: yes, we have always
asked for an OECD like Internet related policy mechanism in the
UN, in the exact model of how it works in the OECD, where it
gets called as a multistakeholder model. For ICANN oversight we
has for a different kind of model. Not only ITfC but JNC (Just
Net Coalition) has made similar demands (see our submissions to
the the NetMundial Conference)... But both IT for Change and JNC
get branded as pro - multilateralism and much of the dominant
civil society here by contrast as pro multi-stakeholderism,
while, as should be obvious from this discussion, the *real and
only difference* is that we refuse to work with US- and
OCED-centric 'global' policy and IG models and ask instead to
have all countries equally involved, while preserving the same
amount of multistakeholder participation as it exists in extant
models today. (I say this with full authority, and am ready to
stand by it.) But the fact that the mentioned labels have been
so successfully affixed and sustained speaks of the power of
hegemonic discourse, even within the so called civil society...
I think we need to be doing better than that. We need to be able
to discuss things opening, and provide answers to the questions
that get asked about our positions. If even civil society does
not do it, who would.<br>
<br>
parminder<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Sunday 07 February 2016 05:40 AM,
Tamir Israel wrote:<br>
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Dear Parminder,<br>
<br>
I also apologize for the delayed response, and appreciate your
detailed answer.<br>
<br>
I definitely think there is room for improvement in the OECD
policy-making process and particularly on how it manages
multi-stakeholder input -- I would not want to leave a contrary
impression. There have certainly been opportunities along the
way to improve this process (some missed, some not - it's most
often raised on a case by case basis, which has led to some
improvements over time, at least in my opinion).<br>
<br>
I agree that many/most UN bodies do not generate binding
documents or activities (the ITU being a key exception), but to
my recollection the opposition to CIRP revolved around those
elements of the proposal that <i>did</i> envision this type of
binding action, which is far different from what the OECD does.
<br>
<br>
Specifically at issue from the CIRP proposal as it was presented
in the UN:<br>
<ul>
<li>Coordinate and oversee the bodies responsible for
technical and operational functioning of the Internet,
including global standards setting;</li>
<li>Facilitate negotiation of treaties, conventions and
agreements on Internet-related public policies;</li>
<li>Undertake arbitration and dispute resolution, where
necessary;</li>
</ul>
All of these envision binding action. It may be true that some
branches of the OECD do, indeed, lead to binding treaty-making
but this is neither part of the CDEP's mandate nor has it ever
been something the committee has done historically in the
context of Internet policy. By contrast, facilitating treaties
was a key listed objective for the CIRP. Likewise, arbitration
and dispute resolution is not only an operationally binding
activity, but is typically only employed where there are hard
underlying legal obligations (ie treaties) between states that
can lead to disputes requiring adjudication.<br>
<br>
Finally, the proposal envisioned CIRP oversight of not just
ICANN, but all of the "bodies responsible for technical and
operational functioning of the Internet". This would include,
for example, the IETF and other technical standards bodies
alongside ICANN. <br>
<br>
The OECD multi-stakeholder model is not ideal, it is probably
closer to multi-lateral than most folks would like, except that
the civil society stakeholder group can decide not to endorse
any reports or policy instruments it generates. As these
instruments are not really binding anyways, that form of dissent
can be relatively meaningful because it undermines the
legitimacy of the policy instrument and legitimacy is really the
only currency it has. As a venue I, at least, have found it
worthwhile engaging in, even though as with all policy processes
it's had its ups and downs. Still, it's not ideal and wholly
unsuited to generating binding policy as opposed to just
generating policy. It is nowhere near robust enough for
generating treaties or overseeing all the technical communities
and ICANN.<br>
<br>
Now, it may be that the IT 4 Change vision for CIRP was nothing
like this, or that these elements could have been stripped from
the CIRP proposal -- and your account suggests this was proposed
at a later stage (perhaps too late?) -- but as presented these
command and control elements seemed as integral if not primary
functions. Most, if not all of the commentary regarding the CIRP
proposal related to this particular aspect of the proposal,
which is the fact that it would bring about multi-lateral
control as opposed to simply creating yet one more policy-making
venue.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Tamir<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/31/2016 10:13 AM, parminder
wrote:<br>
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<font face="Verdana">Dear Tamir<br>
<br>
A happy 2016 to you as well, and thanks for your engagement
with this important issue. <br>
Sorry for delay in coming back. Was preoccupied... <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 28 January 2016 09:52
PM, Tamir Israel wrote:<br>
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Dear Parminder,<br>
<br>
If I recall, objections to the 2011 multi-lateral,
inter-state Internet governance body actually arose from the
fact that the proposal did <i>not</i> follow the OECD
model. <br>
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<br>
I did some background work towards developing the 2011 CIRP
proposal , and it was quite independent, and in the open. IT
for Change gave a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.itforchange.net/sites/default/files/EC_statement-IT_for_Change2010.pdf">submission</a>
to 2010 UNDESA consultation on enhanced cooperation, and then
did a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.itforchange.net/ibsa_RiodeJaneiro_Sep2011">background
paper</a> for IBSA meeting in Rio de Janeiro (both are
public documents), which sought a UN Body on Internet policies
taking from the OECD model. This OECD model was specifically
discussed in both these papers. The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/india_un_cirp_proposal_20111026.pdf">mandate
of CIRP</a> was very similar to that of OECD Committees,
including the Committee on Digital Policies (except on one,
significant point to be discussed later). The stakeholder
consultation process of CIRP was exactly taken from the OECD
model, plus a very important additional element that "IGF will
provide inputs to the CIRP" (OECD having no such system and
thus being deficient to that extent in its multistakeholder
content)<br>
<br>
See the mandate of OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www2.oecd.org/OECDGROUPS/Bodies/ShowBodyView.aspx?BodyID=1837&BodyPID=8997&Lang=en&Book=">here</a>,
and that of its predecessor CICCP <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://webnet.oecd.org/OECDGROUPS/Bodies/ShowBodyView.aspx?BodyID=1837&BodyPID=7425&Lang=en&Book=">here</a>
. These committees were always supposed to make policy,
develop policy frameworks, and coordinate policies of their
members. Policy development is the central objective of OECD,
and this is written upfront on its <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/">Internet
economy page</a> 'The OECD focuses on the development of
better policies..."<br>
<br>
When OECD inter gov agreements and treaties are developed,
like they exist in areas of tax avoidance, anti-bribery, and
so on, the respective committees facilitate such agreement/
treaty development process.<br>
<br>
UN CIRP, as per India's proposal in 2011, was supposed to
basically be doing all this work. And, as can seen from a
reading of the proposal, with the same multistakeholder model,
only reinforcement through formation of an organic linkage
with the IGF and inviting its inputs. So, I will like to ask
you, how has India's CIRP proposal become a multilateral,
inter-state, IG body, while OECD's CDEP is a multistakeholder,
harmless body? That was my original question.<br>
<br>
Now, if you want to focus all your argument against UN CIRPs
on just one of its mandate, which was of oversight over ICANN,
lets discuss it. <br>
<br>
Firstly, when IT for Change proposed a OECD like model we
suggested just policy development like OECD does and not ICANN
oversight for this body.... But I can see that when India was
making a proposal to the UN, it had to keep in mind one of the
most contested global IG issue, of the US's unilateral
oversight over ICANN, and the express mandate of the WSIS that<big>
"<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big><span
style="font-weight: 400">all governments should
have an equal role and responsibility for
international Internet governance and for ensuring
the stability, security and continuity of the
Internet" (para 68), which directly speaks to
equal oversight role over ICANN, if there has to
be one. Now, India did not have time to make an
elaborate separate proposal for oversight
transition, and put that role under the proposed
new Committee for Internet Related Policies. In
doing so, it picked up the language from 2 Models
of IG architecture put forward by the
(multistakeholder) <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf">Working
Group on IG</a> . <br>
<br>
Further, do note that the India proposal as read
out in the UN clearly called<br>
<br>
"for the establishment of an openended working group under
the Commission on Science and Technology for Development for drawing up the detailed terms of reference for
CIRP, with a view to actualizing it within the next 18 months. We are open to the views and suggestions of
all
Member States, and stand ready to work with other delegations to carry forward this proposal, and thus seek tofill the serious gap in the implementation of the Tunis Agenda, by providing substance and content to the concept<br>
of Enhanced Cooperation enshrined in the Tunis Agenda"<br>
<br>
So, everyone was open for suggestions. One should
have just said, remove the oversight role from
this committee and the rest is ok... Within a few
months, at the next CSTD meeting, India again
said, tell us what issues you have with our
proposal and lets discuss them. No response. Then
in another few months, on its own, in its
submission to the CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation,
India separated the issue and proposed mechanism
for general Internet related public policy
development (as OECD does) and the oversight role,
on which they asked for a separate discussion and
possible mechanism. <br>
<br>
But their proposal remained as much of a taboo as
before, to Northern government and big business,
but also to the tech community and most of the
civil society... And this is the hypocrisy that I
point to.</span></big></font></big></font></big> <br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">
<br>
The OECD model is to produce non-binding soft law in a
multi-stakeholder context.</blockquote>
<br>
This is simple misuse of language, driven by partisan
hegemonic constructs, that people nilly willy fall prey to....
I have linked to OECD documents above... See the mandates and
activities of UN bodies, like <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.unesco.org/about-us/introducing-unesco">UNESCO</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.who.int/about/en/">WHO</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/about_us.html">UNDP</a>,
and if you are going for a committee (which is *not* the
dominant mode of UN working, it mostly functions through
separate bodies as listed) then maybe you can <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/index.html">see
this one</a> .... Most of these do more or less exactly the
same stuff as OECD committees do... How often have you seen
hard law coming out of the UN . And then OECD also produces
binding agreements... What and how is what OECD does 'soft'
and what UN does 'hard'... There is no IMHO basis for your
statement and claim. <br>
<br>
As for for your phrase 'in a multistakeholder context'
(referring to OECD), that is key to my question. How do call
the proposed UN CIRP be not multistakeholder and the working
of OECD committees multistakeholder??? I am sure you would
have read the CIRP proposal, but if you havent it is again <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/india_un_cirp_proposal_20111026.pdf">here</a>,
and has exactly the same stakeholder consultation mechanism as
OECD's CDEP. <br>
<br>
It is just not you who in your in your opening line of this
email denounced the proposed CIRP as multilateral inter-state
body, and are calling the OECD model as multilateral, when, I
repeat it for the hundredth time, both have, by design, the
same stakeholder participaiton model. Almost everyone does....
An ISOC/ tech community rep recently called the OECD process
as "multistakeholderism at work" ( <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.internetac.org/archives/category/contributions">http://www.internetac.org/archives/category/contributions</a>
). Such adulatory references, calling the OECD process,
multistakeholder, are commonplace.... But the same people
call a proposal form developing countries with the same
stakeholder participation model as multilateral, inter gov,
and so on...I think this is extremely unfair. And a great
example of hegemonic discourse at work, extremely efficiently.
<br>
<br>
<br>
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On digital issues, civil society has direct input into that
policy-making process, and this has been the case since the
Seoul Ministerial in 2009 </blockquote>
<br>
I am on OECD's CS advisory group's elist and fully know how
such inputting takes place, and how much of it gets
accepcted... But in any case, as mentioned, exactly the same
process was proposed for the UN CIRP, including UN funded
meetings of advisory groups preceding the inter gov council
meetings, as happens with OECD. <br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">(the
recent formulation of the Committee on Digital Economy which
you refer to was a change in name only, nothing changed
functionally with respect to the nature or scope of digital
issues undertaken or civil society's role therein). <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I know that formulation of CEDP was a change in name only, but
proposals were invited " to improve its working methods" ( <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/comisiones/mario-german-fromow-rangel/ocde.pdf"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/comisiones/mario-german-fromow-rangel/ocde.pdf">http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/comisiones/mario-german-fromow-rangel/ocde.pdf</a></a>
) while changing its name in 2014. What I want to know is
whether any civil society group asked for change in this
Committees stakeholder consultation processes to making it
'really multistakeholder', if the current procedures are not
considered so (which is the only excuse to decry UN CIRP
proposal). I know that nothing like this happened. Why?<br>
<br>
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<br>
The key to the OECD is that it generates lots of policy
reports or, at most, soft law instruments </blockquote>
<br>
As said, it makes as much policy as UN bodies do.. Using
language in such a partisan manner is IMHO not quite correct.
It is simply the hegemonic construction which powerful forces
work to make and sustain. <br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">--
nothing binding comes out of it. In this context, it's
useful for civil society to engage with other stakeholders
to attempt to resolve policy issues. We definitely do not
have the final say on these policies, nor do we have a veto
on par with state parties.</blockquote>
<br>
Exactly the same model was suggested for UN CIRP...<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">
But the OECD operates on a multi-stakeholder principle, </blockquote>
<br>
If it does, that UN CIRP was also a multistakeholder proposal,
of being exactly the same stakeholder participation design.<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">meaning
they will keep working until views of all member states and
of the four stakeholder groups (which include, as relevant:
the business community, the technical community, a trade
union community and on telecommunications and digital
issues, civil society). To date there has been only one
single occasion where a policy document was adopted by the
OECD over the sustained objections of civil society. <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
That was the single most important document produced by the
committee "Principles for Internet policy making"... On others
issues too I know, they listen but the inter gov committee
finally decides. And I am sure that much has been written in
OECD policy docs that does not pass full civil society
muster.... You are over-blowing the camaraderie. And if
there is indeed some kind of a 'temporary and limited
congruence' of libertarian civil society and tech community
with the Northern countries on Internet issues, that has a
different basis, and is essentially temporary and limited.
Such congruence often takes place between civil society and
developing country views in most global social, economic and
cultural polity issues. Lets not get into that discussion.
9But if you want to, I am happy to ).. <br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">
<br>
Even that policy documents, though, have no binding effect
on anyone. In practice, many, many OECD policies remain
largely unimplemented by OECD member states. They tend to
form more of a reference or normative statement that is at
most useful as one single input into domestic policy-making
processes (I note incidentally that I do a lot of national
policy development and that in my experience most OECD
policies tend to be more useful to civil society than to
other segments of society, for whatever that's worth).<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Every single thing is true of UN bodies as well... Please do
read in detail the mandates and working of the UN bodies that
I referenced and others (like UNCTAD), which I am sure you
have been reading about. <br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">
<br>
My understanding of the proposed 2011 UN governance body at
the time (and please correct me if I'm wrong) was wholly
different.</blockquote>
<br>
I hope my above references corrects it..... <br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">
It was to be based on a command and control model. </blockquote>
<br>
It was 80 percent OECD's Internet policy like body, and 20
percent had the problematic oversight role, which (1) pursuant
to Tunis Agenda references India needed to put somewhere in
its proposal, (2) India was always ready to discuss it, and
(3) in less than a year after the initial proposal, in its
proposal to WG on Enhanced Cooperation, India split the
proposal to separate the oversight mechanism issue... However,
the attitude to, and name calling vis a vis, its proposal for
a Un platform to develop Internet related policies, and
similar proposals by groups like mine, did not move an inch...
It was the same diabolical multilateral,, inter gov, proposal,
out to control the Internet... <br>
<br>
This is simply a pro rich country and anti developing country
view, which does not behove the global civil society. <br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">It
envisioned something similar to ICANN (which, unlike the
OECD, directly implements its policies by its control of the
root, etc), but with governments at the helm as opposed to
the stakeholder model. </blockquote>
<br>
Oversight of ICANN has been completely distinct from ICANN
proper since the WSIS, the WGIG report and the Tunis Agenda...
It is outrageous to suggest that CIRP proposal aimed to
replace ICANN. And even if there is a hurry to misunderstand
and mis-characterise proposals from developing country (given
their under-capacity to defend them), it is easy to see that
the wording on 'oversight' in the Indiam proposal came from
the WGIG report, where the distinctions between oversight and
actual ICANN operations was clearly made, over much diligent
discussions in an entirely multi-stakeholder fashion. <br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">Indeed,
one element of the proposal would have been to place ICANN
(and perhaps some of the other technical communities) under
the control of the new UN governance body. This is very
different from the OECD soft policy-development process.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Yes, you mean the 'oversight element', which issue has been
discussed in detail above, and to repeat, was removed by
subsequent Indian proposals.<br>
<br>
I am happy to discuss this further, and provide an further
information or clarification that you might require.<br>
<br>
And sorry for the long email..... I wanted to remove what has
become a deep rooted confusion, (to the extent I can :) )... <br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
parminder <br>
<blockquote cite="mid:56AA405B.2080901@cippic.ca" type="cite">
<br>
All the best (and happy 2016 !),<br>
Tamir<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/2016 8:59 AM, parminder
wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 28 January 2016
06:48 PM, Lea Kaspar wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Parminder, the assumption of the
contradiction seem like a non sequitur. Why would
interest to engage in a process like the OECD have to
imply a normative endorsement of the status quo?
Working with the system that we've currently got can
go hand in hand with efforts to make the system as a
whole better. Not to mention the value of damage
control.</div>
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<br>
Yes Lea, that can be... But does there exist any plan of
the engaged civil society to tell the forthcoming OECD
Ministerial that the model of Internet policy making that
they employ is really a inter-governmental (pluri or multi
lateral) one and not multistakeholder one, and as such not
really acceptable to civil society, even though we may be
working with you per force. And also ask these governments
how they brazenly run such a inter-gov policy system when
they criticise any similar effort by UN as being
distastefully inter-gov and multi-lateral, and say pious
things like that Internet is just not the kind of thing to
be governed in an inter-gov manner. Are we ready to make
such a statement at the Ministrial, while, ok, accepting
your logic, not stopping to engage with OECD's policy
processes, in a 'damage control' way, as you put it?<br>
<br>
All these civil society actors and groups were around in
2011 when they shouted down India's Internet policy
mechanism proposal which was deliberately shaped exactly
on the OECD's model as being inter-gov and multilateral,
and thus unthinkably bad, representing the worst things
that any human mind could ever come up with... <br>
<br>
In fact, it is just 2-3 years ago that OECD's Committee on
Digital Economy was formed, morphed from the earlier
committee on computers, communication and information
policy -- this happened much after the civil society's
raucous denouncement of India's UN proposal.... Did, at
that point when this committee was being formed, civil
society tell OECD that Internet cannot be governed in an
inter gov manner, and when they are forming this new
committee thy should make it genuinely
multistakeholder.... No, no one spoke a word.... I am
ready to be told that I am wrong. To repeat, not one word
was said, much less a statement made. it was not that
civil society asked for it, and they were refused, whereby
I may accept what you are saying... They never uttered a
single word.... Such is its pusillanimity in front of the
powerful, while the real job of civil society is to
challenge the most powerful. <br>
<br>
And now, in preparation for the forthcoming Ministerial,
when in the civil society advisory group to OECD's
committee, an odd voice recently spoke about whether
OECD's process is multistakeholder enough, the general
consensus was, leave that aside, lets focus on substantive
issues!!<br>
<br>
When we are in a discussion about the global policy stage,
suddenly no one can even think of any important enough non
ICANN-y Internet-related public policy issues at all - we
have spent years wondering whether any or enough of such
issues even exist. It is a real joke!.. Just shift the
scene, we are at the OECD, and such policy issues roll out
like no ones business - work in the Internet age, sharing
economy, economics of data, algorithmic economy, policy
implications of internet of things, big data and social
profiling ........... The list is unending. Civil society
itself actively keeps suggesting new policy areas and
engaging with them.<br>
<br>
People like Nick Ashton will actively argue at global
forums like this, that no, there is no need to have a
separate Internet or digital policies related body, and
all such areas can very well be dealt by policy bodies
looking at respective impacted domains (work, education,
governance, etc) ... But no one tells OECD's Digital
Economy Policy Committee that it is superfluous when OECD
has about 50 other committees dealing with every possible
area, where, by that logic , specific issues of Internet
impact could have been adequately dealt with. <br>
<br>
Lea, you really see nothing contradictory or amiss here!?<br>
<br>
parminder <br>
<br>
<br>
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cite="mid:CAJTVAjy9wD2rSAUDVbHL3UHxjv0kJmvNV3mJgm8Ta6eEiPaP_g@mail.gmail.com"
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<div>Warm wishes,</div>
<div>Lea</div>
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Carlos Afonso wrote:<br>
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<pre>Grande Parm,
"Global IG civil society" as a monolithic bloc? Could you elaborate?</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
Dear Carlos,<br>
<br>
Nice to hear from you!<br>
<br>
I should not have generalised. My
apologies. But the civil society section
that engages with OECD's Internet policy
processes is really a pretty big part of the
civil society groups dominant in the global
IG space. So, my question may be taken just
as being addressed to this quite big civil
society section, vis a vis their apparently
contradictory stand when they are at the
OECD (the club of the rich countries) vis a
vis when they are at the UN (a grouping of
all countries) .<br>
<br>
best regards, parminder <br>
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<pre>fraternal regards
--c.a.
On 1/28/16 10:00, parminder wrote:
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<pre>Thanks Carolina for compiling this information.
As global IG civil society preparesin full enthusiasm to participate in
the OECD ministerial on digital economy policy, I would ask what has
become my pet question...
Why would you not support the same model of Internet policy making if
all governments instead of just the 34 richest ones are involved, if the
stakeholder participation processes remain exactly the same as with this
OECD process? (And that would include your native country, Brazil.)
I cant make it simpler.
Can all this enthusiasm notbe considered a pro rich countries approach?
Not something that behoves global civil society, which is supposed to be
on the side of the weaker and marginalised, groups and people.
parminder
On Thursday 28 January 2016 07:18 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote:
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<pre>Hi all.
Today, we - at PK- have published a couple of short texts about what
is going on in preparation for the OECD Ministerial Meeting. The
Ministerial will take place in Cancun in June 2016.
We've also included information on how to participate. The most
important step is to become a member of CSISAC, the civil society
coalition that channels the participation and concerns of CS in the
OECD.
Best, Carol
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