<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Sheetal for taking a lead on this. Having followed the process so far, our biggest input into the Digital Cooperation/TechEnvoy initiative may actually be in the working methods itself. While the multi-stakeholder principle is "kind of accepted", the daily implementation of it leaves much to be desired. <br><br></div><div>I think it is important that we entrench an open, inclusive, dialogue-oriented approach in the DigiCoop<br></div><div><br></div><div>Will definitely join the call</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>N<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:07 AM Michael J. Oghia via Governance <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Sheetal, all:<div><br></div><div>I find the proposal intriguing, and think it would be a good topic for a strategy/brainstorming session. Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Best,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael</font><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:32 PM Sheetal Kumar via Governance <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Following this email, an IGC member has proposed the following format for our discussion. Ayden has also shared the resource "
interplay between Internet infrastructure and human rights".</div><div><br></div><div>This is just a suggestion and we would love to hear your thoughts on the session - and hope you will be able to attend! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Sheetal<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
<span><ul><li><b> What is the 'public interest' internet? What would it look like?</b></li></ul></span><ol><li>What public values
should be prioritized? (e.g. economic and innovation VS personal data
protection and privacy</li><li>Where these public
values to be embodied?: Law and policies, terms and conditions
of digital companies, regulatory
standards, technical
governance (openness), else?</li></ol><span><ul><li><b>What are the main challenges to the public interest internet?</b></li></ul></span><ol><li>Internal
challenges within civil society</li><ol><li>Funding and
capacity</li><li>Collaboration
among CS: Who do what; collaboration mechanisms.</li><li>Legitimacy: of a
civil society organisation (CSO), of CS entities as a group in the eyes of CS
colleagues, of CS as a group in front of other stakeholder groups.</li></ol><li>External
challenges</li><ol><li>Polycentric
governance in IG field: CS where to go to participate in shaping the public
interest internet)</li><li>And with lack of
global leadership: Is the current leading role of Europe as a global regulator
enough? CS where to anchor standards when conducting national advocacy efforts?</li><li>Access to policy-making
at the national, international, and global level.</li><li>Shadowy governance
by major digital platforms</li><li>Regulatory capacity
of governments</li><li>The interests of
authorities to control the Internet </li></ol></ol><span><ul><li><b>Defining a long-term advocacy agenda</b></li></ul></span><ol><li>To strengthen
internal CS entities: increase the visibility of global IG CS mailing lists
like IGC, JNC; maybe to create a list of which CS organization do what, major
CS to offer courses or sources in those mailing lists to marginalized CS groups</li><li>To increase
collaboration (or at least consultation) and strengthen the collaboration mechanisms
among CS groups when participating in any policy-development process.</li><li>To develop a
policy ecosystem that is open to the participation of civil society, while at
the same time maintaining the independence of civil society.</li><li>To strengthen
global leadership in IG field</li></ol><ul><li><b>Opportunities (which CS do what and potential collaboration?)</b></li></ul><ol><li>International
multistakeholder forums: IGF+, regional and national IGF, Global Network
Initiative, etc?</li><li>Intergovernmental organisations:
ITU, OHCHR, WIPO, WTO, Council of Europe, OECD, etc?</li><li>Private sector
commercial: major digital platforms and telecommunication companies, etc?</li><li>Technical
standards organisations: IETF, ICANN, etc?</li><li>National
governments</li><li>Other
opportunities: Rightscon, etc?</li></ol>
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 at 16:33, Sheetal Kumar <<a href="mailto:sheetal@gp-digital.org" target="_blank">sheetal@gp-digital.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Dear all, <br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">With the global IGF approaching, please find below the information for our pre-event "Civil Society Coordination meeting: a Public Interest Internet discussion".</font>
</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-31-civil-society-coordination-meeting-a-public-interest-internet" target="_blank">https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-31-civil-society-coordination-meeting-a-public-interest-internet </a><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">It will take place on Tuesday, November 3rd from 15:10-16:40 GMT.<br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The event is centred around a discussion on the "public interest internet", and it feeds into a session at the IGF itself entitled "<a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-31-civil-society-coordination-meeting-a-public-interest-internet" target="_blank">Civil Society Coordination meeting: a Public Interest Internet discussion</a>". We have an amazing line-up of speakers for that event, so please do mark it in your calendars for Friday, 13th November, 2020, 14h to 15h GMT.</font>
</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Regarding the pre-event, please reply to this thread if you're planning to come and you'd like to participate. Please also indicate what aspects of the discussion you're most interested in, and the particular topics you think should be discussed in relation to the public interest. For example, what does it mean to promote and protect the public interest at the different 'layers' of the internet: code, content, infrastructure?<span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-m_1627481811902625695gmail-m_9070683716200328890gmail-m_-2189618639624630979gmail-m_4144058624931064246gmail-m_8478100966180668750gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"> What are the challenges at the moment, and what can be done?<br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-m_1627481811902625695gmail-m_9070683716200328890gmail-m_-2189618639624630979gmail-m_4144058624931064246gmail-m_8478100966180668750gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-m_1627481811902625695gmail-m_9070683716200328890gmail-m_-2189618639624630979gmail-m_4144058624931064246gmail-m_8478100966180668750gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0">I can then set up a pad to collect views and we can set up a call for those interested.<br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-m_1627481811902625695gmail-m_9070683716200328890gmail-m_-2189618639624630979gmail-m_4144058624931064246gmail-m_8478100966180668750gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-m_1627481811902625695gmail-m_9070683716200328890gmail-m_-2189618639624630979gmail-m_4144058624931064246gmail-m_8478100966180668750gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0">Bruna (cc'd) and I really look forward to your participation in what is a very important discussion!<br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><br><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-m_1627481811902625695gmail-m_9070683716200328890gmail-m_-2189618639624630979gmail-m_4144058624931064246gmail-m_8478100966180668750gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"></span></font>
</div><div><font size="2">Best</font></div><div><font size="2">Sheetal. </font><br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#073763"><b>Sheetal Kumar</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#073763">Senior Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL</font><div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258</font><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | <br></font><span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1">PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31 </font></span></span><span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1"><span><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">| </font></span>PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31</font></span></span><span><span><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">| </font></span><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span><br></span></span></div><div><br><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span></span></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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