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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Greetings</p>
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Disclaimer: I have been the Liaison for Civil Society at the
OECD-ICCP Committee since its creation until April 2010 when I
changed my job, and I move to EFF. I am sharing this information
with those who are interested to learn more about OECD.<br>
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The OECD is an international
organization of thirty countries that accept the principles of
representative
democracy and free market economy. The organization provides a
setting in which
governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common
problems;
identify good practices, and co-ordinate domestic and international
policies.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent:
0.5in;">The OECD-ICCP
Committee is the primary committee for OECD decision-making
concerning
specific Information Society policy. The OECD-ICCP publishes
books, statistics, working
papers and reference materials. Of particular interest to civil
society groups
in the IT field are the <i>OECD Communications Outloo</i><span
style="font-style: normal;">k and </span><i>OECD Information
Technology Outlook</i><span style="font-style: normal;">. These
reports contain forecasts and analysis of the
communications and information technology industries in OECD
member countries
and non-member economies. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent:
0.5in;">The OECD-ICCP
has also developed a series of policy guidelines of particular
interest to
civil society organizations working on Internet policy. These
initiatives
include the OECD Policy Guidance on Convergence and Next
Generation Networks, <span style="font-family: Times;"
lang="ES-TRAD">Access to Research Data, </span>Protecting and
Empowering Consumers in
Communication Services, Consumer Protection in E-commerce, Privacy
and Security
as well as recent recommendations in such areas as mobile
commerce, RFID,
access to public information, critical information infrastructure,
online
dispute resolution, among others. </p>
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It's false to think of OECD as governing all things Internet -it
does not and it can not. <br>
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- OECD does not try to cover all Internet policy issues (at least
for now), and it does not try to cover all aspects of the
Internet. The ICCP works on the economic aspect of policy
development for the issues that its member countries are
interested in working on. <br>
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- OECD sees itself as being very different in scope to IGF; it
does not see itself as engaging in IG or social issues; it does
not have norm-setting power (nor help us Treaties) lathough it's
policy reports are very influential). It does not see itself as
the exclusive voice on an issue; for instance, it defers to WIPO
on IP issues etc.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Why CSISAC
members (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://csisac.org/members.php">http://csisac.org/members.php</a>) decided to join CSISAC?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The main purpose
of the CSISAC is
to contribute constructively to the policy work of the OECD-ICCP
and to promote
the exchange of information between the OECD and the civil society
participants in the information technology field. Information from
the OECD will
provide civil society participants with a stronger empirical basis
to make
policy assessments; inputs into research and policy development
from civil
society will provide the OECD with the essential perspective of
stakeholders
"at the receiving end" of policy. Strengthening the relationship
between civil society and the OECD will lead to better-informed
and more widely
accepted policy frameworks.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
Roman";">The CSISAC includes the
CSISAC Membership, the CSISAC Steering Committee, and the CSISAC
Liaison</span> . The OECD Steering Committee reads as follows: <br>
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<p>Karen BANKS, Association For Progressive Communications</p>
<p>Anna FIELDER, Privacy International, Consumer Focus</p>
<p>Gwen HINZE, EFF</p>
<p>Jaiok KIM, Consumer Korea</p>
<p>Meryem MARZOUKI, EDRI</p>
<p>Rashmi RANGNATH from Public Knowledge <br>
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<p>Marc ROTENBERG, EPIC Executive Director</p>
<p>Cristos VELASCO, NACPEC</p>
<p>Tony VETTER, International Institute for Sustainable Development<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Working
Party on the
Information Economy (WPIE)</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
focuses on
digital content, ICT diffusion to business, ICT-enabled
offshoring, ICT skills
and employment and the publication of the OECD Information
Technology Outlook,
and ICTs and the Environment.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>CSISAC
issues</u></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">: Balanced
Intellectual Property Policies, Digital
Inclusion, Employment, ICT & The Environment, Access to
Knowledge, Privacy
& Transparency, Freedom of Expression, Pluralistic Media,
and Consumer
Protection.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Working
Party on
Information Security and Privacy (WPISP)</b><span
style="font-weight: normal;">
develops policy options to sustain trust, information security
and privacy in
the global networked society. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>CSISAC
issues</u></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">: Privacy
& Transparency, Consumer Protection,
and Internet Governance.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Working
Party on
Communications and Infrastructure Services Policy <span
style=""> </span>(WPCISP</b><b>)</b><span style="font-weight:
normal;"> reviews telecommunications and Internet policy
(regulatory reform, convergence of telecommunication, Internet,
cable
television and broadcasting networks).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>CSISAC
issues</u></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">: Balanced
Intellectual Property Policies, Privacy
& Data Protection, Consumer Rights, Internet Governance,
Network
Neutrality, and Digital Inclusion.</span></p>
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