Dear all,<br><br>As I commented to Imran, we can even say "at all levels, particularly at the regional and the international level", which will be perfectly in agreement with WSIS outcome documents.<br><br>In the implementation and follow-up, many countries governments did not want any language which may give basis to have "best practices" or peer reviews implemented, because in practice, performance evaluation comparing countries lead to political bargaining among and between them. In other words, countries governments were very keen to protect their space in national sovereignity terms. For example, read attached paras 85 and 100 of the TA.<br>
<br>I guess, in summary, we can make a call to have EC at all levels, and even spell out all the levels: local, national, regional and international. However, we can elaborate further on describing and designing EC, in detail, for the regional and international level, but my educated guess will be that as international CS we will not have the opportunity to do the same at the national and local level, which might need to interface with Governments at the Governments request and might need to be advocated at the national and local levels.<br>
<br>Another consideration that I thought when referring only to international level spelled out (while we can mention the regional level perfectly) and leaving all others within the phrase "at all levels" is that I thought the consultations are mainly concerned with the international level, because of the declared goal of EC in the TA about Governments being equal in the Internet Governance, although I recognize this is not the priority focus for CS.<br>
<br>I hope this clarifies my arguments,<br><br>Best,<br><br>Miguel<br><br><u>Annex</u><br><br><p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana">85.<span style="font-weight: 400;">
<b>Taking into consideration the leading role of governments</b> in partnership with
other stakeholders in implementing the WSIS outcomes, including the Geneva Plan
of Action, at the national level, </span>we encourage<span style="font-weight: 400;">
those governments that have not yet done so to elaborate, as appropriate,
comprehensive, forward-looking and sustainable national e-strategies, including
ICT strategies and sectoral e-strategies as appropriate</span></font><font size="3" face="Verdana"><sup><a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html#note2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1</span></a></sup></font><font size="2" face="Verdana">,
as an integral part of national development plans and poverty reduction
strategies, as soon as possible and before 2010.</font></font></p><p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">100.<span style="font-weight: 400;">
<b><u>At the national level</u>, based on the WSIS outcomes, </b></span><b>we encourage</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b>
governments,</b> with the participation of all stakeholders and bearing in mind the
importance of an enabling environment, to set up a national <i>implementation</i>
mechanism, in which:</span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left">National e-strategies, where appropriate, should be an
integral part of national development plans, including Poverty Reduction
Strategies, aiming to contribute to the achievement of internationally
agreed development goals and objectives, including the Millennium
Development Goals.
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<p align="left">ICTs should be fully mainstreamed into strategies for
Official Development Assistance (ODA) through more effective
information-sharing and coordination among development partners, and
through analysis and sharing of best practices and lessons learned from
experience with ICT for development programmes.
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<p align="left">Existing bilateral and multilateral technical assistance
programmes, including those under the UN Development Assistance
Framework, should be used whenever appropriate to assist governments in
their implementation efforts at the national level.
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<p align="left">Common Country Assessment reports should contain a
component on ICT for development.
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Miguel<br>
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Can you share with us the arguments why the national level was
intentionally left out of the international mechanism? Pls. I would
like to see emphasis also to the national and regional level. EC
should be done at the national, regional, and international level.
Not all Treaties conventions are good, and our countries should not
sign or follow those recommendation if its affects their own
citizens at the national or regional level. For example, it is
dangerous to see the Budapest Convention exported to other
countries, as it has serious implications for citizen's fundamental
rights. Despite the serious concerns that the Budapest Convention /
Council of Europe itself contain, the harm to third countries
outside Europe, for instance, Latin America is dangerous. While the
EU for instance has the Ecommerce Directive, The Data Protection
Directive, the E-Privacy Directive, Charter of Fundamental Rights,
and other check and balance in place etc, many countries lack of
these regulatory frameworks.<br>
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I know, it can be worst with the ITU (and the end of anonymity).
Please read: UN rejects international cybercrime treaty<br>
<a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/04/20/240973/UN-rejects-international-cybercrime-treaty.htm" target="_blank">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/04/20/240973/UN-rejects-international-cybercrime-treaty.htm</a><div class="im">
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of enhanced cooperation at WSIS turned around the narrow
issue of internationalising the oversight of Internet
naming and numbering functions, the Tunis Agenda expresses
this principle far more broadly to include other
substantive Internet related public policy issues that
require attention and resolution at <u>all levels,
particularly</u> the global level.<span> </span>It
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cooperation is to advance a people-centred, inclusive,
development-oriented and non-discriminatory Information
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at all levels, but the consultation is mainly towards
the global and to some extent to the regional level. The
national level was intentionally left out of the
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