[bestbits] Open Consultation of the ITU CWG-Internet on IXPs

[Lea Kaspar]

Dear all,

In case of interest, please find below information about *public
consultations *held by the ITU's Council Working Group on Internet-related
public policy issues (CWG-Internet). The consultations are held on "the
challenges faced and [...] accepted best practices for the design,
installation and operation of IXPs."

Deadline for submissions: *August 28*.

Opening the CWG-Internet discussions to the public was one of the 'wins'
from the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, so if groups here have the
capacity to engage, this would be logical follow-up.

Warm wishes,
Lea

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sareidaki, Despoina <despoina.sareidaki at itu.int>
Date: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:40 PM
Subject: Open Consultation of the ITU CWG-Internet on IXPs
To: "Sareidaki, Despoina" <despoina.sareidaki at itu.int>
Cc: "CWG-Internet, ITU" <cwg-internet at itu.int>, "InternetPublicViews, ITU" <
internetpublicviews at itu.int>


Dear Sir/Madam,

We would like to bring to your attention that, following the instruction of
the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary conference, it was resolved that the ITU Council
Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues
(CWG-Internet)
<http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx> would
hold *regular
online and physical consultations, open to all stakeholders*. The goal of
the open consultations is to bring unique perspectives on topics related to
international Internet-related public policy issues. Relevant inputs from
the online open consultation will form the basis of discussion at the
physical open consultation meetings.

On 3 February 2015 the Council Working Group decided that Open
Consultations would be convened on the following issue:

“With a view to discussing the establishment of Internet Exchange Points
(IXPs) to advance connectivity, improve service quality and increase
network stability and resilience, fostering competition and reducing
interconnection costs, as proposed by Opinion 1 of WTPF-13 and consistent
with PP-14 Resolutions 101 and 102, *stakeholders are invited to elaborate
and exemplify on the challenges faced and identify widely accepted best
practices for the design, installation and operation of IXPs.*”

We kindly invite you to participate in this consultation by sending us your
inputs by *28 August 2015*, and we also look forward to seeing you at the
physical consultation meeting which will be held on *28 September 2015* at
the ITU HQ. Please also feel free to share this information with other
interested parties.

*To participate in the online open consultations, please click here:
http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx
<http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx>*


*For updates on the upcoming physical consultations and future work of the
CWG-Internet, please click here:
http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx
<http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx>*

We remain available to provide any additional clarifications.



Kind regards,





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*Despoina Sareidaki*

ITU, Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva , Switzerland

Tel :+41 22 730 6818

*despoina.sareidaki at itu.int <despoina.sareidaki at itu.int>*

www.itu.int

www.itu150.org
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