[bestbits] Outcome of cyberspace conference in Seoul

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Very good question Pranesh.

At the time when the original principles were finalised (2011) there
were actually several developing countries present as observers,
including Brazil and South Africa, to mention a few. I doubt very much
they would have disagreed substantially with any of these in their final
form, but there were some concerns expressed by civil society at that
time that some of developing countries present shared. These were in the
following headings:

> 6. Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct; (self-regulation to enforce IP protection)
> 11. Promote creativity and innovation; (also around IP issues)

But by and large they thought the principles were fine. South Africa
liked them, but would not endorse them because they were not part of the
drafting.

Anriette

>
> Focussing on the policymaking principles outlined in the OECD communiqu:
> apart from process related issues of lack of representation of
> developing world governments, in terms of substance how would a
> statement of principles that had developing world participation look
> different?
>
> Which of the following policymaking principles would not find place if
> the same exercise had been undertaken by a more globally representative
> grouping, and what policymaking principles would potentially have been
> added?
>
> 1. Promote and protect the global free flow of information;
> 2. Promote the open, distributed and interconnected nature of the
Internet;
> 3. Promote investment and competition in high speed networks and services;
> 4. Promote and enable the cross-border delivery of services;
> 5. Encourage multi-stakeholder co-operation in policy development
processes;
> 6. Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct;
> 7. Develop capacities to bring publicly available, reliable data into
> the policy-making process;
> 8. Ensure transparency, fair process, and accountability;
> 9. Strengthen consistency and effectiveness in privacy protection at a
> global level;
> 10. Maximise individual empowerment;
> 11. Promote creativity and innovation;
> 12. Limit Internet intermediary liability;
> 13. Encourage co-operation to promote Internet security;
> 14. Give appropriate priority to enforcement efforts.
>
> Cheers,
> Pranesh
>

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