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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#1F497D'>Ah, I see Katitza makes the same point I did about OECD, only
better. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#1F497D'>Sorry for the redundancy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Katitza Rodriguez
[mailto:katitza@eff.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Gwen Hinze; Meryem Marzouki; Anna Fielder<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [governance] Part 1 - About OECD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Greetings<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.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>k and <i>OECD
Information Technology Outlook</i>. These reports contain forecasts and
analysis of the communications and information technology industries in OECD
member countries and non-member economies. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.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
lang=ES-TRAD style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Why CSISAC members (<a
href="http://csisac.org/members.php">http://csisac.org/members.php</a>) decided
to join CSISAC?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ;","serif"'>The CSISAC includes the
CSISAC Membership, the CSISAC Steering Committee, and the CSISAC Liaison</span>
. The OECD Steering Committee reads as follows: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Karen BANKS, Association For Progressive Communications<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Anna FIELDER, Privacy International, Consumer Focus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Gwen HINZE, EFF<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Jaiok KIM, Consumer Korea<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Meryem MARZOUKI, EDRI<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Rashmi RANGNATH from Public Knowledge <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Marc ROTENBERG, EPIC Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Cristos VELASCO, NACPEC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Tony VETTER, International Institute for
Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The <b>Working Party on the
Information Economy (WPIE)</b> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u>CSISAC issues</u></b>: Balanced
Intellectual Property Policies, Digital Inclusion, Employment, ICT & The
Environment, Access to Knowledge, Privacy & Transparency, Freedom of
Expression, Pluralistic Media, and Consumer Protection.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The <b>Working Party on
Information Security and Privacy (WPISP)</b> develops policy options to sustain
trust, information security and privacy in the global networked society. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u>CSISAC issues</u></b>:
Privacy & Transparency, Consumer Protection, and Internet Governance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The <b>Working Party on Communications
and Infrastructure Services Policy (WPCISP)</b> reviews
telecommunications and Internet policy (regulatory reform, convergence of
telecommunication, Internet, cable television and broadcasting networks).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u>CSISAC issues</u></b>:
Balanced Intellectual Property Policies, Privacy & Data Protection,
Consumer Rights, Internet Governance, Network Neutrality, and Digital
Inclusion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The term “ICCP Committee” includes the Working
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