From parminder at itforchange.net Wed Jul 1 03:27:46 2015 From: parminder at itforchange.net (parminder) Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:57:46 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] [Steeringcommittee] Our position on NN Rules published : Net Neutrality: Europe Slips Into Reverse In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55939672.6030402@itforchange.net> Thanks Renata. Indian government too seems to be coming around to a good net neutrality (NN) position, that would be announced soon. see http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/net-neutrality-department-of-telecom-pushes-for-disallowing-telecom-companies-zero-rating-plans-in-its-report/articleshow/47873783.cms It seems that zero rating will be banned. However, there are indications that special public service content could be exempted. IT for Change's submission to the government committee on NN http://www.itforchange.net/ITfC_inputs_-_DOT_Committee_on_NN had made a distinction between zero rating as a practice done by telcos and appropriate 'positive discrimination' that would be decided and determined by law/policy and administered by the regulator. We consider it to be zero rating if the decision is in the hands of the telco, but appropriate 'positive discrimination' if it is determined and dictated by appropriate law/ policy and the telco has no discretion in it. We used two examples in our submission; essential public services (including democratic consultations) and community (Internet) radio. We are not able to accept that if, say, the government policy or law, as administered by the regulator, forces a 'free of data-charges' channel on all ISPs for essential pubic services and/ or community radio/media (we can discuss how and what will be considered community radio - there could be parametres as exist today in most countries), it should be opposed. But perhaps we need a discussion here on this issue. The issue of specialised services - rightly highlighted by WWW Foundation's blog - also needs to be discussed. The demarcation in this case too has to be clear, made at the public policy level and administered by the regulator, and not be a discretion of the ISPs, which would always be used to manipulate the NN nature of the Internet. That for us is the key principle. But further principles have to be defined so that 'specialised services' provision does not become a slippery slope. parminder On Wednesday 01 July 2015 01:43 AM, Renata Avila wrote: > Here our > position: http://webfoundation.org/2015/06/net-neutrality-europe-slips-into-reverse/ > > > Net Neutrality: Europe Slips Into Reverse > > > Web Foundation · June 30, 2015 > > * Web We Want > > Following a mammoth negotiating session that ended in the early hours > of this morning, the European Union (EU) has released their long > awaited rules on Net Neutrality. > > The EU Commissioner > ’s > tweet and an accompanying press release > proclaimed the > rules as strong protection for net neutrality, but we’re not so sure. > In fact, our initial response is one of disappointment. As others > have > pointed out, the proposals are unclear. At best they will lead to > disputes and confusion, and at worst they could see the creation of a > two-tier internet. If enacted, these rules would place European > companies and citizens at a disadvantage when compared to countries > such as Chile and the USA. > > The good news is, there is still time for decisive action. In the > coming days, the EU will debate and release clarifications on > important areas. Then, the full European parliament has to ratify the > text later this year. > > If you’re worried about the future of the Internet in Europe, send a > tweet to tell European lawmakers to stand up for true net neutrality! > > > We’re still digesting the details of the deal, but here are two points > of immediate concern to us: > > *1. “Specialised services” mean we could see the creation of internet > fast lanes. *The EU’s proposed deal allows so-called “specialised > services” – as long as they don’t interfere with the “open Internet”. > On the face of it, this sounds reasonable. The EU gives the example of > telesurgery – and we can all agree that doctors should be able to work > using the internet with a higher level of service in life-critical > situations. > > Unfortunately, though, opening the door to “specialised services” > creates a large grey area which is open to abuse. For instance, the EU > has suggested that Internet TV be classified as a specialised service. > So where do, say, educational videos on YouTube fit in? When does a > service become specialised? Also – we can’t imagine now what the > future will bring. What if the email, search or web of tomorrow is > classified as a “specialised service” that we have to pay more to > access? Opening up this can of worms is sure to lead to legal disputes > and ongoing uncertainty for everyone. > > Ultimately, the only way to stop this is to be bold and pass strong > net neutrality laws that preserve the Internet as it should be – an > open platform for innovation. If the EU is determined to press ahead > with exceptions for “specialised services”, such services should be > tightly defined after broad public consultation, and take place in > very limited exceptional circumstances, rather than becoming commonplace. > > *2. “Zero rated” services are to be allowed – with unclear > safeguards. *Zero-rating plans typically involve internet companies > and telecoms operators teaming up and offering a particular service or > bundle of services for free. The EU has decided to allow the practice > of zero rating, because “zero rating does not block competing > content”. That’s true, but misses the point that any rational person > will choose to get something for free, rather than pay for something > else presented as a close alternative. But in this case, the free > service could well be just a tiny slice of the open internet, with > content closely controlled by commercial interests, where the highest > bidder can pay to have individuals see their content for free. Or, it > could be something like a particular internet telephony or music > streaming service. > > As our founder and Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee said when he wrote on > this topic > in > February: /“Of course, it is not just about blocking and throttling. > It is also about stopping ‘positive discrimination’, such as when one > internet operator favours one particular service over another. If we > don’t explicitly outlaw this, we hand immense power to telcos and > online service operators. In effect, they can become gatekeepers – > able to handpick winners and the losers in the market and to favour > their own sites, services and platforms over those of others. This > would crowd out competition and snuff out innovative new services > before they even see the light of day. Imagine if a new start-up or > service provider had to ask permission from or pay a fee to a > competitor before they could attract customers? This sounds a lot like > bribery or market abuse…”/ > > Simply allowing zero rating on a blanket basis, with no clear > guidelines as to what it can be used for, and how it will be > regulated, seems like a retrograde step to us. The EU should ban zero > rating unless ‘free data’ can be used to access any part of the Open > Internet. > > /We’ll be following this topic closely in the weeks ahead. If you > agree with our concerns, send a tweet today! > / > > > > > _______________________________________________ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmalcolm at eff.org Fri Jul 3 02:02:13 2015 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 14:02:13 +0800 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [governance] update on NMI In-Reply-To: <6A131569FE024ACB9378C5604868C705@Toshiba> References: <6A131569FE024ACB9378C5604868C705@Toshiba> Message-ID: <55962565.50402@eff.org> Forwarding with permission. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [governance] update on NMI Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 09:29:01 +1000 From: Ian Peter Reply-To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org, Ian Peter To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org This is an update and some personal reflections on the NetMundial Initiative, which held its first full Coordination Council meeting on June 30 in Sao Paulo. As posted recently by Marilia, the communique document can be found at https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting and summarises most of the discussions. So below are some more personal comments. Please feel free to copy to other lists. The meeting was held in the same room as the original NetMundial conference which many of us attended (but partitioned to create a smaller room). In addition to the Council members, seats were available for observers as well as remote participation. The meeting was hosted and very well organised by CGI.br One feature of the meeting was the speeches by 2 high profile Chinese delegates attending for the first time (Lu Wei, Chinese Minister for Cyberspace, and Jack Ma, head of Alibaba). I would imagine transcripts as well as other documents will be available soon at www.netmundial .org, but some memories are Lu Wei definitely mentioned support for multistakeholderism, but China watchers might also want to check the transcript or recording for nuances of meaning here – he also mentioned sovereignty of course. This seems to a change of some sort for China to mention support for multistakeholderism, but I would imagine their interpretation of what this means might be somewhere within the wide range of interpretations already existing. But what I do read into this is an acknowledgement by China that it will work with the rest of the world in addressing internet issues. As always, the devil will be in the detail. Lu Wei ( and Jack Ma if my memory serves me correctly) used the phrase of the internet being “for the development of humankind” This particular phrase had a history dating back to the early 1980s and the Macbride Report of UNESCO (Many Voices One World) referring to pre-Internet new media – out of which the NWICO debates emerged. I was personally pleased to hear the phrase used in this context. There was an interesting discussion on human rights and internet governance between Lu Wei and Eileen Donahoe and Anriette Esterhuysen. Jack Ma gave a very interesting speech as well, referring to development and engagement of youth in particular. It appears that both China and Jack Ma on behalf of Alibaba have indicated strong support at this stage for the initiative. Fadi Chehade in his opening remarks produced some interesting diagrammatic interpretations of the state of internet governance – these are also available from www.netmundial.org. He also mentioned the role of Edward Snowden as a catalyst for the original NMI conference in Sao Paulo – remarks which I later took on board a little more extensively to thank Edward Snowden for his contribution and to note that, although there have since been a few small measures here and there to improve the pervasive nature of mass surveillance, there was still a lot of improvement needed in this area. The meeting adopted a few procedural documents – including strong support for consensus decision making. It also, through a fairly messy process hastily arranged, put in place 5 co-chairs – Jack Ma, Fadi Chehade, Virgilio Almeida, Eileen Donahoe, and Marilia Maciel. There was a lot of internal obsessive detail which we could discuss if people want to, but basically the intiative is still pretty new and raw and learning from its mistakes. Much of the meeting was devoted to internal process. There were also some pretty interesting side discussions – I (and others as well) deliberately raised the internet.org issue, particularly to feel out policy makers from industry and governments. While there were divided opinions, there were certainly a lot of people who hadn’t thought about it yet who need to, and some surprisingly strong opposition to the initiative from some industry players. I think the discussions were valuable, with some people having very scant knowledge of the issues which are being raised and likely to look into them further. Otherwise – my general impression is that NMI is getting some structure, and maybe some extra avenues of financial support as well . The terms of the inaugural council will run out in June 2016, and it is hard to know what will happen after that, if anything. The loss of product champion Fadi Chehade is likely to be a factor as well. That’s my initial reactions. I realise that many within civil society have strong (and in many cases appropriate) reservations about this initiative. But at the same time, I am glad that as these discussions continue civil society does have some presence in the discussions and the capacity to influence events via those who are participating. Ian Peter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For more information on the process and candidates, look here http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/HRC29.aspx -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jozef.halbersztadt at gmail.com Fri Jul 3 11:52:14 2015 From: jozef.halbersztadt at gmail.com (Halbersztadt Jozef (jothal)) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 17:52:14 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] UN new special rapporteur on Privacy! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Extremely competent guy. I haven't expected. On 3 July 2015 at 17:16, Carolina Rossini wrote: > The UN has named its special rapporteur on privacy, Joseph Cannataci from > Malta. > > For more information on the process and candidates, look > herehttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/HRC29.aspx > > -- > > Carolina Rossini > Vice President, International Policy > Public Knowledge > http://www.publicknowledge.org/ > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- jozef [dot] halbersztadt [at] gmail [dot] com Internet Society Poland http://www.isoc.org.pl pubkey&address: http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=0x6A332CA03C4ACB9A From kichango at gmail.com Sun Jul 5 04:48:23 2015 From: kichango at gmail.com (Mawaki Chango) Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 08:48:23 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, elected co-chairman of Global Internet Governance Alliance In-Reply-To: <20150702165537.158f4317@quill> References: <20150702165537.158f4317@quill> Message-ID: Perhaps the reading of the term "explanation" in this context by Sonigitu is itself part of the complexity of multicultural communication. Interestingly enough, while requesting an "explanation" may sound rough to some, the verbal form such as in "can you please explain" might sound fine. Otherwise, requesting a "clarification" might come across as more neutral... to more people? But then again, some might feel differently. Good luck! /Brought to you by Mawaki's droid agent On Jul 2, 2015 2:55 PM, "Norbert Bollow" wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:54:38 +0100 > Sonigitu Ekpe wrote: > > > Hello Nobert, > > > > It is great to have an opinion but it is wrong to request for an > > explanation from one who is not your subordinate. If am wrong correct > > me. > > I strongly disagree. [Or maybe you simply understood the word > "explanation" in "I'd be interested in an explanation of what you see as > awesome about this. (Or was the remark intended to be an expression of > irony???)" differently from how I meant it?] > > In fact there are various kinds of situations where requesting an > explanation is not only not wrong, but the appropriate step to take. > > For example, my recent request for an explanation was in a context of > intercultural communications, where it was not totally clear to me > whether a remark was meant as irony or not. So I think that there was > nothing wrong with requesting an explanation. The alternative would > have been to simply make an assumption of my own on how I think that > the remark was meant. > > More generally, there are many kinds of situations where communication > is not likely to achieve its objectives when requests for explanations > are not made or not honored. 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URL: From parminder at itforchange.net Mon Jul 6 03:47:28 2015 From: parminder at itforchange.net (parminder) Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:17:28 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] India Message-ID: <559A3290.3080508@itforchange.net> Some of you may haveread reports on India's new turn with regard to global IG, towards focussing on bilateral cooperation with the US. (Brazil too seems to be doing a similar thing.) It would certainly have a significant bearing on its how much energy it may correspondingly invest in UN based forums or possibilities, though the exact impact may be difficult to judge at this stage. As perhaps can be expected, I have written criticising this new turn as coming from lack of appreciation of the issues at stake. Please see below. http://thewire.in/2015/07/06/why-is-india-a-follower-in-cyberspace-when-it-can-lead/ Here are some voices from Indian civil society that see this new turn in a rather positive light. In fact I wrote partly in response to these two articles and quote them. http://thewire.in/2015/06/22/indias-new-multistakeholder-line-could-be-a-gamechanger-in-global-cyberpolitics/ http://thewire.in/2015/06/24/the-i-in-the-internet-must-also-stand-for-india/ As the real geo-economic contours of global Internet power become clearer, countries like India and Brazil will have to again change their tack, but they would have lost a lot of momentum. Very unfortunate for all developing countries, because without these leaders there is not much to be expected on global Internet governance for developing countries as a group. Among developing countries, China is the only one that is comfortably placed and knows what it is doing. This is due to its unique political and as well as economic control over its own Internet. China currently does not see great value in seeking strong global IG regimes, because it is anyway able to get all that it wants. Plus, in absence of strong global IG regimes, it is the Chinese domestic IG model that becomes increasingly more appealing to developing countries and China can help them with it, in the process drawing various kinds of advantages. There are news of a recent South Africa and China agreement which may go towards some such direction. parminder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ca at cafonso.ca Mon Jul 6 14:21:22 2015 From: ca at cafonso.ca (Carlos A. Afonso) Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:21:22 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil In-Reply-To: <558C2277.70406@riseup.net> References: <558C2277.70406@riseup.net> Message-ID: <559AC722.3040201@cafonso.ca> Dear people, I write this, as usual, in my personal capacity, now with the help of a few other colleagues. Personally I have nothing against "unconferences" or parallel meetings. Every group has the right to organize events on their own taking advantage of the occasion. However, the justifications for the "unconference" at the 10th IGF, as presented in the announcement message below, start from false premises. IGF is a UN event with special characteristics -- it is a pluralist space (unlike, for example, the recently proposed Internet Social Forum, which requires previous adherence to a letter of commitments, in practice excluding many groups and individuals from the dialogue). IGF is what the different stakeholders make of it, and organized civil society has always had space to propose and participate since the very first IGF in 2006. I recommend that the promoters of parallel events overview the more than 100 workshops approved for the upcoming IGF to conclude that the event is far from being "controlled by business and governments". The workshops' list (and descriptions) is here: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshop-proposals/list-of-published-workshop-proposals Here are some examples of workshops, among many others, which deal with issues of obvious interest to civil society, with multistakeholder participation (as required by IGF): No. 10 FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development No. 31 The “Right to be Forgotten” Rulings and their Implications No. 49 No Grey Areas – Against Sexual Exploitation of Children No. 60 Benchmarking ICT companies on digital rights No. 68 Can civil society impact Global Internet Governance? No. 96 #AfricanInternetRights: whose rights are these anyway? No. 134 Organising an Internet Social Forum - Occupy the Internet No. 152 Political dissent & online anonymity in developing countries No. 186 A multistakeholder and humanrights approach to cybersecurity No. 188 Spectrum allocations: challenges & opportunities at the edge No. 214 Internet interconnection under regulatory pressure No. 224 Civil Society and Information Controls in the Global South No. 226 Internet governance and Open Government Data initiatives No. 239 Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond: FLASH HELP! No. 242 The Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability Workshops might be flash sessions, panels or roundtables, lasting from 30 to 90 minutes. There are also the "dynamic coalitions", organized groups of people and entities working together on several crucial themes independently of the IGF (but stimulated by it and which hold meetings during the event): Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Safety Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on the Internet Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DC PR) Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things Youth Coalition on Internet Governance It is relevant to notice that most of the more than 100 workshops accepted this year were proposed by civil society organizations. Proposals by governments and intergovernmental organizations were just a few. Information on the proposing organizations is on the IGF Web site. Also, nearly half of the approved workshops were proposed by organizations from developing countries. The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG/IGF) recommends that in every workshop and main sessions there should be balanced participation of panelists, discussants and other invitees taking into account the diversity of nations, continents, sectors (government, business, civil society, technical/academic community), and gender. This diversity has been a relevant factor in approving the workshops, and the IGF secretariat will work together with workshops' organizers to make sure this directive is taken into account. I notice also that the promoters of the unconference call "on our participants to resist seeing the problems of the Internet as only technological and void of its materiality." It is quite possible that other forums or entities, according to their scopes and goals, treat the Internet from a purely technical point of view. This is certainly not the case of the IGF, created precisely as a dialogue for non-technical questions which do not find space in other forums. A rapid reading of the workshops' descriptions listed above illustrates this fact quite well. There are just a few approved workshops which limit themselves to technical issues. Nearly all try to consider social, cultural, economic and political aspects related to the development and use of the Internet, always with a multistakeholder approach. I strongly recommend that you all participate in the IGF, either remotely or in person, without excluding participation in other parallel events as you wish, of course. fraternal regards --c.a. On 06/25/2015 12:47 PM, willi uebelherr wrote: > > Dear friends, > > 2014 we had the Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul in Turkey. Now, > this year, this people organize it in Brasil. > > I think, this is the most important event in this year to the theme: > Internet Governance. > > many greetings, willi > Porto Alegre, Brasil > > > Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil > November 2015 > João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brasil > http://iuf.partidopirata.org/index-en.html > > Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil is for those of us who demand free, > secure, and open internet for all! > > We're organizing the Internet Ungovernance Forum on November 2015, for > everyone who demand that fundamental freedoms, openness, unity and net > neutrality remain the building blocks of the Internet. Our objective is > to talk about the true and real problems of the internet, how can we > solve them and to chart a path for action. > > Our forum will be in parallel to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) > 2015 which will also be held in João Pessoa in november. Interested > parties all around the world will join and follow this important event. > However, we see that at IGF the most urgent problems of the Internet do > not get proper attention. Due to its format, the main perpetrators of > many of the Internet's problems, for example the governments and > corporations, are getting representation in IGF that they don’t deserve. > Given these circumstances, we decided to take initiative to defend the > Internet as we know it and to create a parallel space to raise the > voices of civil society initiatives, activists and common people. > > For us, the most vital problems today are censorship and freedom of > speech; surveillance and privacy; excessive commercialization and > super-monopolies; protective, prohibitionist and conservative governance > approaches; awful governance examples as in the case of Brasil and the > list goes on. Further, we do not see any of these problems independent > of the greater political, social and economic contexts in which the > Internet and related digital infrastructures are embedded in. > > We want to reclaim the Internet as a fundamental infrastructure of our > societies, cities, education, health, work, media, communications, > culture and everyday activities. > > We call on our participants to resist seeing the problems of the > Internet as only technological and void of its materiality. From george.sadowsky at gmail.com Mon Jul 6 14:31:52 2015 From: george.sadowsky at gmail.com (George Sadowsky) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:31:52 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil In-Reply-To: <559AC722.3040201@cafonso.ca> References: <558C2277.70406@riseup.net> <559AC722.3040201@cafonso.ca> Message-ID: Carlos, Thank you for your comprehensive note and for being a voice of reason. IGF truly _is_ what different stakeholders make of it. George On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: > Dear people, > > I write this, as usual, in my personal capacity, now with the help of a > few other colleagues. > > Personally I have nothing against "unconferences" or parallel meetings. > Every group has the right to organize events on their own taking > advantage of the occasion. > > However, the justifications for the "unconference" at the 10th IGF, as > presented in the announcement message below, start from false premises. > IGF is a UN event with special characteristics -- it is a pluralist > space (unlike, for example, the recently proposed Internet Social Forum, > which requires previous adherence to a letter of commitments, in > practice excluding many groups and individuals from the dialogue). > > IGF is what the different stakeholders make of it, and organized civil > society has always had space to propose and participate since the very > first IGF in 2006. I recommend that the promoters of parallel events > overview the more than 100 workshops approved for the upcoming IGF to > conclude that the event is far from being "controlled by business and > governments". The workshops' list (and descriptions) is here: > > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshop-proposals/list-of-published-workshop-proposals > > Here are some examples of workshops, among many others, which deal with > issues of obvious interest to civil society, with multistakeholder > participation (as required by IGF): > > No. 10 FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development > No. 31 The “Right to be Forgotten” Rulings and their Implications > No. 49 No Grey Areas – Against Sexual Exploitation of Children > No. 60 Benchmarking ICT companies on digital rights > No. 68 Can civil society impact Global Internet Governance? > No. 96 #AfricanInternetRights: whose rights are these anyway? > No. 134 Organising an Internet Social Forum - Occupy the Internet > No. 152 Political dissent & online anonymity in developing countries > No. 186 A multistakeholder and humanrights approach to cybersecurity > No. 188 Spectrum allocations: challenges & opportunities at the edge > No. 214 Internet interconnection under regulatory pressure > No. 224 Civil Society and Information Controls in the Global South > No. 226 Internet governance and Open Government Data initiatives > No. 239 Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond: FLASH HELP! > No. 242 The Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability > > Workshops might be flash sessions, panels or roundtables, lasting from > 30 to 90 minutes. There are also the "dynamic coalitions", organized > groups of people and entities working together on several crucial themes > independently of the IGF (but stimulated by it and which hold meetings > during the event): > > Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability > Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Safety > Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values > Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on > the Internet > Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance > Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change > Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles > Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality > Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DC PR) > Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries > Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things > Youth Coalition on Internet Governance > > It is relevant to notice that most of the more than 100 workshops > accepted this year were proposed by civil society organizations. > Proposals by governments and intergovernmental organizations were just a > few. Information on the proposing organizations is on the IGF Web site. > Also, nearly half of the approved workshops were proposed by > organizations from developing countries. > > The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG/IGF) recommends that in every > workshop and main sessions there should be balanced participation of > panelists, discussants and other invitees taking into account the > diversity of nations, continents, sectors (government, business, civil > society, technical/academic community), and gender. This diversity has > been a relevant factor in approving the workshops, and the IGF > secretariat will work together with workshops' organizers to make sure > this directive is taken into account. > > I notice also that the promoters of the unconference call "on our > participants to resist seeing the problems of the Internet as only > technological and void of its materiality." It is quite possible that > other forums or entities, according to their scopes and goals, treat the > Internet from a purely technical point of view. This is certainly not > the case of the IGF, created precisely as a dialogue for non-technical > questions which do not find space in other forums. A rapid reading of > the workshops' descriptions listed above illustrates this fact quite > well. There are just a few approved workshops which limit themselves to > technical issues. Nearly all try to consider social, cultural, economic > and political aspects related to the development and use of the > Internet, always with a multistakeholder approach. > > I strongly recommend that you all participate in the IGF, either > remotely or in person, without excluding participation in other parallel > events as you wish, of course. > > fraternal regards > > --c.a. > > On 06/25/2015 12:47 PM, willi uebelherr wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> 2014 we had the Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul in Turkey. Now, >> this year, this people organize it in Brasil. >> >> I think, this is the most important event in this year to the theme: >> Internet Governance. >> >> many greetings, willi >> Porto Alegre, Brasil >> >> >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil >> November 2015 >> João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brasil >> http://iuf.partidopirata.org/index-en.html >> >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil is for those of us who demand free, >> secure, and open internet for all! >> >> We're organizing the Internet Ungovernance Forum on November 2015, for >> everyone who demand that fundamental freedoms, openness, unity and net >> neutrality remain the building blocks of the Internet. Our objective is >> to talk about the true and real problems of the internet, how can we >> solve them and to chart a path for action. >> >> Our forum will be in parallel to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) >> 2015 which will also be held in João Pessoa in november. Interested >> parties all around the world will join and follow this important event. >> However, we see that at IGF the most urgent problems of the Internet do >> not get proper attention. Due to its format, the main perpetrators of >> many of the Internet's problems, for example the governments and >> corporations, are getting representation in IGF that they don’t deserve. >> Given these circumstances, we decided to take initiative to defend the >> Internet as we know it and to create a parallel space to raise the >> voices of civil society initiatives, activists and common people. >> >> For us, the most vital problems today are censorship and freedom of >> speech; surveillance and privacy; excessive commercialization and >> super-monopolies; protective, prohibitionist and conservative governance >> approaches; awful governance examples as in the case of Brasil and the >> list goes on. Further, we do not see any of these problems independent >> of the greater political, social and economic contexts in which the >> Internet and related digital infrastructures are embedded in. >> >> We want to reclaim the Internet as a fundamental infrastructure of our >> societies, cities, education, health, work, media, communications, >> culture and everyday activities. >> >> We call on our participants to resist seeing the problems of the >> Internet as only technological and void of its materiality. > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits From ian.peter at ianpeter.com Mon Jul 6 20:06:51 2015 From: ian.peter at ianpeter.com (Ian Peter) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 10:06:51 +1000 Subject: [bestbits] Steering Committee Nominations Now Open Message-ID: <13E72386659E4AC6821138EEAA1B25D7@Toshiba> Nominations are now open for membership of the Best Bits Steering Committee. Any person who is a civil society subscriber of the Best Bits mailing list of over two months standing is able to nominate, using the nomination form available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lo_4zV9aOyKk0vTIrZHNuQuJoowUf8Toa3NPoRAxy34/viewform?usp=send_form. Nominations close at midnight UTC on Friday July 17. People nominating are required to supply the following information Name Gender Organisation affiliations (optional) Country of citizenship Country of residence Geographic region for which you would like to be considered Brief Biography (say 150 words) What do you think you could contribute as a member of BB steering committee? Please outline any potential conflicts of interest which might result from your being elected and how you would deal with these. Links to further information (optional) Nominations as they are received will be available for viewing at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17eg3aiIM03k56lTX5LyEeF-2RzphBYu7ekIXzThfqkU/edit#gid=835354023. Anyone with a philosophical objection to using Google docs may submit their nomination to me privately. However, the nomination will still appear publicly at the above url. At the completion of the nomination period, a voting procedure will be undertaken if necessary. I have been asked to conduct this process as an independent facilitator, in accordance with the draft procedures outlined at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upQz1JX8tnYFl2yJNaT9MuD2w3ZaPvUaNlT5U2hi6b8/edit#heading=h.fwu8ibolipad. If you are unsure about these details, please ask either here on list or by private email to me if more appropriate and I (and I hope others) will do our best to respond. More about Best Bits can be found at www.bestbits.net Nominations are now open! Please remember the closing time – midnight UTC, Friday July 17 Ian Peter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susan at chalmers.associates Tue Jul 7 02:58:36 2015 From: susan at chalmers.associates (Susan Chalmers) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 02:58:36 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil In-Reply-To: References: <558C2277.70406@riseup.net> <559AC722.3040201@cafonso.ca> Message-ID: +1, Carlos y George. Willi - I reckon the Unconference will be lovely and I plan to attend, at least in part, given commitments. As a MAG member who has given a lot of her free time to coordinating (for the first time) the drafting of guidelines for workshop proposals, and with the help of the community translating said guidelines into multiple languages (which I suspect led to the marked increase of proposals from first-timers and developing countries), I would say that the characterisation of the IGF in your email is not entirely on point. With that said, if the Ungovernance forum would like to distinguish itself from the IGF, then I'd suggest emphasizing the "bar camp style " of organization of the program (i.e. made on the day with those participants involved, all-inclusive) as opposed to making broad and sweeping statements about the integrity of the IGF. Let's be positive and collaborative here, not combative. :) Sincerely, Susan Susan Chalmers susan at chalmers.associates *CHALMERS* & ASSOCIATES http://chalmers.associates On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 2:31 PM, George Sadowsky wrote: > Carlos, > > Thank you for your comprehensive note and for being a voice of reason. > IGF truly _is_ what different stakeholders make of it. > > George > > > > On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: > > > Dear people, > > > > I write this, as usual, in my personal capacity, now with the help of a > > few other colleagues. > > > > Personally I have nothing against "unconferences" or parallel meetings. > > Every group has the right to organize events on their own taking > > advantage of the occasion. > > > > However, the justifications for the "unconference" at the 10th IGF, as > > presented in the announcement message below, start from false premises. > > IGF is a UN event with special characteristics -- it is a pluralist > > space (unlike, for example, the recently proposed Internet Social Forum, > > which requires previous adherence to a letter of commitments, in > > practice excluding many groups and individuals from the dialogue). > > > > IGF is what the different stakeholders make of it, and organized civil > > society has always had space to propose and participate since the very > > first IGF in 2006. I recommend that the promoters of parallel events > > overview the more than 100 workshops approved for the upcoming IGF to > > conclude that the event is far from being "controlled by business and > > governments". The workshops' list (and descriptions) is here: > > > > > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshop-proposals/list-of-published-workshop-proposals > > > > Here are some examples of workshops, among many others, which deal with > > issues of obvious interest to civil society, with multistakeholder > > participation (as required by IGF): > > > > No. 10 FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development > > No. 31 The “Right to be Forgotten” Rulings and their Implications > > No. 49 No Grey Areas – Against Sexual Exploitation of Children > > No. 60 Benchmarking ICT companies on digital rights > > No. 68 Can civil society impact Global Internet Governance? > > No. 96 #AfricanInternetRights: whose rights are these anyway? > > No. 134 Organising an Internet Social Forum - Occupy the Internet > > No. 152 Political dissent & online anonymity in developing countries > > No. 186 A multistakeholder and humanrights approach to cybersecurity > > No. 188 Spectrum allocations: challenges & opportunities at the edge > > No. 214 Internet interconnection under regulatory pressure > > No. 224 Civil Society and Information Controls in the Global South > > No. 226 Internet governance and Open Government Data initiatives > > No. 239 Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond: FLASH HELP! > > No. 242 The Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability > > > > Workshops might be flash sessions, panels or roundtables, lasting from > > 30 to 90 minutes. There are also the "dynamic coalitions", organized > > groups of people and entities working together on several crucial themes > > independently of the IGF (but stimulated by it and which hold meetings > > during the event): > > > > Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability > > Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Safety > > Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values > > Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on > > the Internet > > Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance > > Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change > > Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles > > Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality > > Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DC PR) > > Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries > > Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things > > Youth Coalition on Internet Governance > > > > It is relevant to notice that most of the more than 100 workshops > > accepted this year were proposed by civil society organizations. > > Proposals by governments and intergovernmental organizations were just a > > few. Information on the proposing organizations is on the IGF Web site. > > Also, nearly half of the approved workshops were proposed by > > organizations from developing countries. > > > > The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG/IGF) recommends that in every > > workshop and main sessions there should be balanced participation of > > panelists, discussants and other invitees taking into account the > > diversity of nations, continents, sectors (government, business, civil > > society, technical/academic community), and gender. This diversity has > > been a relevant factor in approving the workshops, and the IGF > > secretariat will work together with workshops' organizers to make sure > > this directive is taken into account. > > > > I notice also that the promoters of the unconference call "on our > > participants to resist seeing the problems of the Internet as only > > technological and void of its materiality." It is quite possible that > > other forums or entities, according to their scopes and goals, treat the > > Internet from a purely technical point of view. This is certainly not > > the case of the IGF, created precisely as a dialogue for non-technical > > questions which do not find space in other forums. A rapid reading of > > the workshops' descriptions listed above illustrates this fact quite > > well. There are just a few approved workshops which limit themselves to > > technical issues. Nearly all try to consider social, cultural, economic > > and political aspects related to the development and use of the > > Internet, always with a multistakeholder approach. > > > > I strongly recommend that you all participate in the IGF, either > > remotely or in person, without excluding participation in other parallel > > events as you wish, of course. > > > > fraternal regards > > > > --c.a. > > > > On 06/25/2015 12:47 PM, willi uebelherr wrote: > >> > >> Dear friends, > >> > >> 2014 we had the Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul in Turkey. Now, > >> this year, this people organize it in Brasil. > >> > >> I think, this is the most important event in this year to the theme: > >> Internet Governance. > >> > >> many greetings, willi > >> Porto Alegre, Brasil > >> > >> > >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil > >> November 2015 > >> João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brasil > >> http://iuf.partidopirata.org/index-en.html > >> > >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil is for those of us who demand free, > >> secure, and open internet for all! > >> > >> We're organizing the Internet Ungovernance Forum on November 2015, for > >> everyone who demand that fundamental freedoms, openness, unity and net > >> neutrality remain the building blocks of the Internet. Our objective is > >> to talk about the true and real problems of the internet, how can we > >> solve them and to chart a path for action. > >> > >> Our forum will be in parallel to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) > >> 2015 which will also be held in João Pessoa in november. Interested > >> parties all around the world will join and follow this important event. > >> However, we see that at IGF the most urgent problems of the Internet do > >> not get proper attention. Due to its format, the main perpetrators of > >> many of the Internet's problems, for example the governments and > >> corporations, are getting representation in IGF that they don’t deserve. > >> Given these circumstances, we decided to take initiative to defend the > >> Internet as we know it and to create a parallel space to raise the > >> voices of civil society initiatives, activists and common people. > >> > >> For us, the most vital problems today are censorship and freedom of > >> speech; surveillance and privacy; excessive commercialization and > >> super-monopolies; protective, prohibitionist and conservative governance > >> approaches; awful governance examples as in the case of Brasil and the > >> list goes on. Further, we do not see any of these problems independent > >> of the greater political, social and economic contexts in which the > >> Internet and related digital infrastructures are embedded in. > >> > >> We want to reclaim the Internet as a fundamental infrastructure of our > >> societies, cities, education, health, work, media, communications, > >> culture and everyday activities. > >> > >> We call on our participants to resist seeing the problems of the > >> Internet as only technological and void of its materiality. > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Any person who is a civil society subscriber of the Best Bits mailing list of over two months standing is able to nominate, using the nomination form available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lo_4zV9aOyKk0vTIrZHNuQuJoowUf8Toa3NPoRAxy34/viewform?usp=send_form. Nominations close at midnight UTC on Friday July 17. People nominating are required to supply the following information Name Gender Organisation affiliations (optional) Country of citizenship Country of residence Geographic region for which you would like to be considered Brief Biography (say 150 words) What do you think you could contribute as a member of BB steering committee? Please outline any potential conflicts of interest which might result from your being elected and how you would deal with these. Links to further information (optional) Nominations as they are received will be available for viewing at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17eg3aiIM03k56lTX5LyEeF-2RzphBYu7ekIXzThfqkU/edit?usp=sharing. Anyone with a philosophical objection to using Google docs may submit their nomination to me privately. However, the nomination will still appear publicly at the above url. At the completion of the nomination period, a voting procedure will be undertaken if necessary. I have been asked to conduct this process as an independent facilitator, in accordance with the draft procedures outlined at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upQz1JX8tnYFl2yJNaT9MuD2w3ZaPvUaNlT5U2hi6b8/edit#heading=h.fwu8ibolipad. If you are unsure about these details, please ask either here on list or by private email to me if more appropriate and I (and I hope others) will do our best to respond. More about Best Bits can be found at www.bestbits.net Nominations are now open! Please remember the closing time – midnight UTC, Friday July 17 Ian Peter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Organisations and individuals are eligible for applying for Practitioner Research & Learning Grants. We invite proposals of a cost up to £25,000 for research and learning projects, of a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 12 months. For more, click here: http://www.makingallvoicescount.org/practitioner-research-learning-grants/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmalcolm at eff.org Tue Jul 7 17:50:56 2015 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:50:56 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil In-Reply-To: References: <558C2277.70406@riseup.net> <559AC722.3040201@cafonso.ca> Message-ID: <559C49C0.7010200@eff.org> I am not involved with the Ungovernance Forum and agree with Carlos, George and Susan that it overstates its case a little. However I also think that before jumping on the defensive too much, we should acknowledge that its criticisms do represent a widely held view within civil society, amongst those who find IGF meetings to be irrelevant junkets at best, and at worst a captured and reactionary platform for opposing real change. Regardless of how open the IGF may be to hosting workshops with diverse views, for many activists its resistance to developing the capacity to propose policy solutions (as merely the first step towards change) renders all that for naught. You can agree with it or not, but that such a view is held is not even debatable - I hear it all the time, and it's what prevents the IGF community from growing much beyond the insiders who inhabit it at present. And that's a real problem for the IGF that only it can solve - and that its MAG should bear closely in mind when considering the current proposals for incremental change such as the validation of outputs from dynamic coalitions, and the planned deliberative poll. On 6/07/2015 11:58 pm, Susan Chalmers wrote: > +1, Carlos y George. > > Willi - I reckon the Unconference will be lovely and I plan to attend, > at least in part, given commitments. > > As a MAG member who has given a lot of her free time to coordinating > (for the first time) the drafting of guidelines for workshop > proposals, and with the help of the community translating said > guidelines into multiple languages > > (which I suspect led to the marked increase of proposals from > first-timers and developing countries), I would say that the > characterisation of the IGF in your email is not entirely on point. > > With that said, if the Ungovernance forum would like to distinguish > itself from the IGF, then I'd suggest emphasizing the "bar camp style > " of organization > of the program (i.e. made on the day with those participants involved, > all-inclusive) as opposed to making broad and sweeping statements > about the integrity of the IGF. > > Let's be positive and collaborative here, not combative. :) > > Sincerely, > Susan > > > > > Susan Chalmers > susan at chalmers.associates > > *CHALMERS* & ASSOCIATES > http://chalmers.associates > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 2:31 PM, George Sadowsky > > wrote: > > Carlos, > > Thank you for your comprehensive note and for being a voice of > reason. IGF truly _is_ what different stakeholders make of it. > > George > > > > On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Carlos A. Afonso > wrote: > > > Dear people, > > > > I write this, as usual, in my personal capacity, now with the > help of a > > few other colleagues. > > > > Personally I have nothing against "unconferences" or parallel > meetings. > > Every group has the right to organize events on their own taking > > advantage of the occasion. > > > > However, the justifications for the "unconference" at the 10th > IGF, as > > presented in the announcement message below, start from false > premises. > > IGF is a UN event with special characteristics -- it is a pluralist > > space (unlike, for example, the recently proposed Internet > Social Forum, > > which requires previous adherence to a letter of commitments, in > > practice excluding many groups and individuals from the dialogue). > > > > IGF is what the different stakeholders make of it, and organized > civil > > society has always had space to propose and participate since > the very > > first IGF in 2006. I recommend that the promoters of parallel events > > overview the more than 100 workshops approved for the upcoming > IGF to > > conclude that the event is far from being "controlled by > business and > > governments". The workshops' list (and descriptions) is here: > > > > > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshop-proposals/list-of-published-workshop-proposals > > > > Here are some examples of workshops, among many others, which > deal with > > issues of obvious interest to civil society, with multistakeholder > > participation (as required by IGF): > > > > No. 10 FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development > > No. 31 The “Right to be Forgotten” Rulings and their Implications > > No. 49 No Grey Areas – Against Sexual Exploitation of Children > > No. 60 Benchmarking ICT companies on digital rights > > No. 68 Can civil society impact Global Internet Governance? > > No. 96 #AfricanInternetRights: whose rights are these anyway? > > No. 134 Organising an Internet Social Forum - Occupy the Internet > > No. 152 Political dissent & online anonymity in developing countries > > No. 186 A multistakeholder and humanrights approach to cybersecurity > > No. 188 Spectrum allocations: challenges & opportunities at the edge > > No. 214 Internet interconnection under regulatory pressure > > No. 224 Civil Society and Information Controls in the Global South > > No. 226 Internet governance and Open Government Data initiatives > > No. 239 Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond: FLASH HELP! > > No. 242 The Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability > > > > Workshops might be flash sessions, panels or roundtables, > lasting from > > 30 to 90 minutes. There are also the "dynamic coalitions", organized > > groups of people and entities working together on several > crucial themes > > independently of the IGF (but stimulated by it and which hold > meetings > > during the event): > > > > Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability > > Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Safety > > Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values > > Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the > Media on > > the Internet > > Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance > > Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change > > Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles > > Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality > > Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DC PR) > > Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries > > Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things > > Youth Coalition on Internet Governance > > > > It is relevant to notice that most of the more than 100 workshops > > accepted this year were proposed by civil society organizations. > > Proposals by governments and intergovernmental organizations > were just a > > few. Information on the proposing organizations is on the IGF > Web site. > > Also, nearly half of the approved workshops were proposed by > > organizations from developing countries. > > > > The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG/IGF) recommends that in > every > > workshop and main sessions there should be balanced participation of > > panelists, discussants and other invitees taking into account the > > diversity of nations, continents, sectors (government, business, > civil > > society, technical/academic community), and gender. This > diversity has > > been a relevant factor in approving the workshops, and the IGF > > secretariat will work together with workshops' organizers to > make sure > > this directive is taken into account. > > > > I notice also that the promoters of the unconference call "on our > > participants to resist seeing the problems of the Internet as only > > technological and void of its materiality." It is quite possible > that > > other forums or entities, according to their scopes and goals, > treat the > > Internet from a purely technical point of view. This is > certainly not > > the case of the IGF, created precisely as a dialogue for > non-technical > > questions which do not find space in other forums. A rapid > reading of > > the workshops' descriptions listed above illustrates this fact quite > > well. There are just a few approved workshops which limit > themselves to > > technical issues. Nearly all try to consider social, cultural, > economic > > and political aspects related to the development and use of the > > Internet, always with a multistakeholder approach. > > > > I strongly recommend that you all participate in the IGF, either > > remotely or in person, without excluding participation in other > parallel > > events as you wish, of course. > > > > fraternal regards > > > > --c.a. > > > > On 06/25/2015 12:47 PM, willi uebelherr wrote: > >> > >> Dear friends, > >> > >> 2014 we had the Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul in > Turkey. Now, > >> this year, this people organize it in Brasil. > >> > >> I think, this is the most important event in this year to the > theme: > >> Internet Governance. > >> > >> many greetings, willi > >> Porto Alegre, Brasil > >> > >> > >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil > >> November 2015 > >> João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brasil > >> http://iuf.partidopirata.org/index-en.html > >> > >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil is for those of us who > demand free, > >> secure, and open internet for all! > >> > >> We're organizing the Internet Ungovernance Forum on November > 2015, for > >> everyone who demand that fundamental freedoms, openness, unity > and net > >> neutrality remain the building blocks of the Internet. Our > objective is > >> to talk about the true and real problems of the internet, how > can we > >> solve them and to chart a path for action. > >> > >> Our forum will be in parallel to the Internet Governance Forum > (IGF) > >> 2015 which will also be held in João Pessoa in november. Interested > >> parties all around the world will join and follow this > important event. > >> However, we see that at IGF the most urgent problems of the > Internet do > >> not get proper attention. Due to its format, the main > perpetrators of > >> many of the Internet's problems, for example the governments and > >> corporations, are getting representation in IGF that they don’t > deserve. > >> Given these circumstances, we decided to take initiative to > defend the > >> Internet as we know it and to create a parallel space to raise the > >> voices of civil society initiatives, activists and common people. > >> > >> For us, the most vital problems today are censorship and freedom of > >> speech; surveillance and privacy; excessive commercialization and > >> super-monopolies; protective, prohibitionist and conservative > governance > >> approaches; awful governance examples as in the case of Brasil > and the > >> list goes on. Further, we do not see any of these problems > independent > >> of the greater political, social and economic contexts in which the > >> Internet and related digital infrastructures are embedded in. > >> > >> We want to reclaim the Internet as a fundamental infrastructure > of our > >> societies, cities, education, health, work, media, communications, > >> culture and everyday activities. > >> > >> We call on our participants to resist seeing the problems of the > >> Internet as only technological and void of its materiality. > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net > . > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Joao Caribe Em 06/07/2015, às 15:21, Carlos A. Afonso escreveu: > Dear people, > > I write this, as usual, in my personal capacity, now with the help of a > few other colleagues. > > Personally I have nothing against "unconferences" or parallel meetings. > Every group has the right to organize events on their own taking > advantage of the occasion. > > However, the justifications for the "unconference" at the 10th IGF, as > presented in the announcement message below, start from false premises. > IGF is a UN event with special characteristics -- it is a pluralist > space (unlike, for example, the recently proposed Internet Social Forum, > which requires previous adherence to a letter of commitments, in > practice excluding many groups and individuals from the dialogue). > > IGF is what the different stakeholders make of it, and organized civil > society has always had space to propose and participate since the very > first IGF in 2006. I recommend that the promoters of parallel events > overview the more than 100 workshops approved for the upcoming IGF to > conclude that the event is far from being "controlled by business and > governments". The workshops' list (and descriptions) is here: > > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshop-proposals/list-of-published-workshop-proposals > > Here are some examples of workshops, among many others, which deal with > issues of obvious interest to civil society, with multistakeholder > participation (as required by IGF): > > No. 10 FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development > No. 31 The “Right to be Forgotten” Rulings and their Implications > No. 49 No Grey Areas – Against Sexual Exploitation of Children > No. 60 Benchmarking ICT companies on digital rights > No. 68 Can civil society impact Global Internet Governance? > No. 96 #AfricanInternetRights: whose rights are these anyway? > No. 134 Organising an Internet Social Forum - Occupy the Internet > No. 152 Political dissent & online anonymity in developing countries > No. 186 A multistakeholder and humanrights approach to cybersecurity > No. 188 Spectrum allocations: challenges & opportunities at the edge > No. 214 Internet interconnection under regulatory pressure > No. 224 Civil Society and Information Controls in the Global South > No. 226 Internet governance and Open Government Data initiatives > No. 239 Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond: FLASH HELP! > No. 242 The Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability > > Workshops might be flash sessions, panels or roundtables, lasting from > 30 to 90 minutes. There are also the "dynamic coalitions", organized > groups of people and entities working together on several crucial themes > independently of the IGF (but stimulated by it and which hold meetings > during the event): > > Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability > Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Safety > Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values > Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on > the Internet > Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance > Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change > Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles > Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality > Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DC PR) > Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries > Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things > Youth Coalition on Internet Governance > > It is relevant to notice that most of the more than 100 workshops > accepted this year were proposed by civil society organizations. > Proposals by governments and intergovernmental organizations were just a > few. Information on the proposing organizations is on the IGF Web site. > Also, nearly half of the approved workshops were proposed by > organizations from developing countries. > > The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG/IGF) recommends that in every > workshop and main sessions there should be balanced participation of > panelists, discussants and other invitees taking into account the > diversity of nations, continents, sectors (government, business, civil > society, technical/academic community), and gender. This diversity has > been a relevant factor in approving the workshops, and the IGF > secretariat will work together with workshops' organizers to make sure > this directive is taken into account. > > I notice also that the promoters of the unconference call "on our > participants to resist seeing the problems of the Internet as only > technological and void of its materiality." It is quite possible that > other forums or entities, according to their scopes and goals, treat the > Internet from a purely technical point of view. This is certainly not > the case of the IGF, created precisely as a dialogue for non-technical > questions which do not find space in other forums. A rapid reading of > the workshops' descriptions listed above illustrates this fact quite > well. There are just a few approved workshops which limit themselves to > technical issues. Nearly all try to consider social, cultural, economic > and political aspects related to the development and use of the > Internet, always with a multistakeholder approach. > > I strongly recommend that you all participate in the IGF, either > remotely or in person, without excluding participation in other parallel > events as you wish, of course. > > fraternal regards > > --c.a. > > On 06/25/2015 12:47 PM, willi uebelherr wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> 2014 we had the Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul in Turkey. Now, >> this year, this people organize it in Brasil. >> >> I think, this is the most important event in this year to the theme: >> Internet Governance. >> >> many greetings, willi >> Porto Alegre, Brasil >> >> >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil >> November 2015 >> João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brasil >> http://iuf.partidopirata.org/index-en.html >> >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil is for those of us who demand free, >> secure, and open internet for all! >> >> We're organizing the Internet Ungovernance Forum on November 2015, for >> everyone who demand that fundamental freedoms, openness, unity and net >> neutrality remain the building blocks of the Internet. Our objective is >> to talk about the true and real problems of the internet, how can we >> solve them and to chart a path for action. >> >> Our forum will be in parallel to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) >> 2015 which will also be held in João Pessoa in november. Interested >> parties all around the world will join and follow this important event. >> However, we see that at IGF the most urgent problems of the Internet do >> not get proper attention. Due to its format, the main perpetrators of >> many of the Internet's problems, for example the governments and >> corporations, are getting representation in IGF that they don’t deserve. >> Given these circumstances, we decided to take initiative to defend the >> Internet as we know it and to create a parallel space to raise the >> voices of civil society initiatives, activists and common people. >> >> For us, the most vital problems today are censorship and freedom of >> speech; surveillance and privacy; excessive commercialization and >> super-monopolies; protective, prohibitionist and conservative governance >> approaches; awful governance examples as in the case of Brasil and the >> list goes on. Further, we do not see any of these problems independent >> of the greater political, social and economic contexts in which the >> Internet and related digital infrastructures are embedded in. >> >> We want to reclaim the Internet as a fundamental infrastructure of our >> societies, cities, education, health, work, media, communications, >> culture and everyday activities. >> >> We call on our participants to resist seeing the problems of the >> Internet as only technological and void of its materiality. > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t -- João Carlos R. Caribé Consultor Skype joaocaribe (021) 4042 7727 (021) 9 8761 1967 From avri at acm.org Tue Jul 7 20:03:28 2015 From: avri at acm.org (Avri Doria) Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 20:03:28 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] [discuss] [governance] Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil In-Reply-To: <559C49F0.50000@eff.org> References: <558C2277.70406@riseup.net> <559AC722.3040201@cafonso.ca> <559C49F0.50000@eff.org> Message-ID: <559C68D0.5090602@acm.org> Hi, I am on the MAG this year, and I think that things like the Ungovernance Forum are important to the overall well being of the IGF. Though it will change a bit at a time, the IGF changes slowly. A though I think we are making progress, it needs to be pushed. The alternative and complementary programs that are being initiated around the IGF enrich the IGF and can only motivate us to do a better job. Something that will always be needed. I also support the work of the DCs and hope that we start to see output from these that becomes useful input to other efforts. It may be a first step and still a small one, but we are trying to make it possible. I think finally getting around to some of the improvements the CSTD WG on IGF Improvements recommended is a good thing, if a little late. I think there is a new spirit in the MAG, and though at times we might still be slow to make or accept changes and stuck in the status quo, we are trying and I think improving. As for the deliberative panel, I am curious to see what they come up with. I think that even if we can't all support, or agree with, each and every activity that shows up around the IGF, we should celebrate the fact that they are happening. I do. avri On 07-Jul-15 17:51, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > I am not involved with the Ungovernance Forum and agree with Carlos, > George and Susan that it overstates its case a little. However I also > think that before jumping on the defensive too much, we should > acknowledge that its criticisms do represent a widely held view within > civil society, amongst those who find IGF meetings to be irrelevant > junkets at best, and at worst a captured and reactionary platform for > opposing real change. Regardless of how open the IGF may be to > hosting workshops with diverse views, for many activists its > resistance to developing the capacity to propose policy solutions (as > merely the first step towards change) renders all that for naught. > > You can agree with it or not, but that such a view is held is not even > debatable - I hear it all the time, and it's what prevents the IGF > community from growing much beyond the insiders who inhabit it at > present. And that's a real problem for the IGF that only it can solve > - and that its MAG should bear closely in mind when considering the > current proposals for incremental change such as the validation of > outputs from dynamic coalitions, and the planned deliberative poll. > > On 6/07/2015 11:58 pm, Susan Chalmers wrote: >> +1, Carlos y George. >> >> Willi - I reckon the Unconference will be lovely and I plan to >> attend, at least in part, given commitments. >> >> As a MAG member who has given a lot of her free time to coordinating >> (for the first time) the drafting of guidelines for workshop >> proposals, and with the help of the community translating said >> guidelines into multiple languages >> >> (which I suspect led to the marked increase of proposals from >> first-timers and developing countries), I would say that the >> characterisation of the IGF in your email is not entirely on point. >> >> With that said, if the Ungovernance forum would like to distinguish >> itself from the IGF, then I'd suggest emphasizing the "bar camp style >> " of organization >> of the program (i.e. made on the day with those participants >> involved, all-inclusive) as opposed to making broad and sweeping >> statements about the integrity of the IGF. >> >> Let's be positive and collaborative here, not combative. :) >> >> Sincerely, >> Susan >> >> >> >> >> Susan Chalmers >> susan at chalmers.associates >> >> *CHALMERS* & ASSOCIATES >> http://chalmers.associates >> >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 2:31 PM, George Sadowsky >> > wrote: >> >> Carlos, >> >> Thank you for your comprehensive note and for being a voice of >> reason. IGF truly _is_ what different stakeholders make of it. >> >> George >> >> >> >> On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Carlos A. Afonso > > wrote: >> >> > Dear people, >> > >> > I write this, as usual, in my personal capacity, now with the >> help of a >> > few other colleagues. >> > >> > Personally I have nothing against "unconferences" or parallel >> meetings. >> > Every group has the right to organize events on their own taking >> > advantage of the occasion. >> > >> > However, the justifications for the "unconference" at the 10th >> IGF, as >> > presented in the announcement message below, start from false >> premises. >> > IGF is a UN event with special characteristics -- it is a pluralist >> > space (unlike, for example, the recently proposed Internet >> Social Forum, >> > which requires previous adherence to a letter of commitments, in >> > practice excluding many groups and individuals from the dialogue). >> > >> > IGF is what the different stakeholders make of it, and >> organized civil >> > society has always had space to propose and participate since >> the very >> > first IGF in 2006. I recommend that the promoters of parallel >> events >> > overview the more than 100 workshops approved for the upcoming >> IGF to >> > conclude that the event is far from being "controlled by >> business and >> > governments". The workshops' list (and descriptions) is here: >> > >> > >> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshop-proposals/list-of-published-workshop-proposals >> > >> > Here are some examples of workshops, among many others, which >> deal with >> > issues of obvious interest to civil society, with multistakeholder >> > participation (as required by IGF): >> > >> > No. 10 FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development >> > No. 31 The “Right to be Forgotten” Rulings and their Implications >> > No. 49 No Grey Areas – Against Sexual Exploitation of Children >> > No. 60 Benchmarking ICT companies on digital rights >> > No. 68 Can civil society impact Global Internet Governance? >> > No. 96 #AfricanInternetRights: whose rights are these anyway? >> > No. 134 Organising an Internet Social Forum - Occupy the Internet >> > No. 152 Political dissent & online anonymity in developing >> countries >> > No. 186 A multistakeholder and humanrights approach to >> cybersecurity >> > No. 188 Spectrum allocations: challenges & opportunities at the >> edge >> > No. 214 Internet interconnection under regulatory pressure >> > No. 224 Civil Society and Information Controls in the Global South >> > No. 226 Internet governance and Open Government Data initiatives >> > No. 239 Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond: FLASH HELP! >> > No. 242 The Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability >> > >> > Workshops might be flash sessions, panels or roundtables, >> lasting from >> > 30 to 90 minutes. There are also the "dynamic coalitions", >> organized >> > groups of people and entities working together on several >> crucial themes >> > independently of the IGF (but stimulated by it and which hold >> meetings >> > during the event): >> > >> > Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability >> > Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Safety >> > Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values >> > Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the >> Media on >> > the Internet >> > Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance >> > Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change >> > Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles >> > Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality >> > Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DC PR) >> > Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries >> > Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things >> > Youth Coalition on Internet Governance >> > >> > It is relevant to notice that most of the more than 100 workshops >> > accepted this year were proposed by civil society organizations. >> > Proposals by governments and intergovernmental organizations >> were just a >> > few. Information on the proposing organizations is on the IGF >> Web site. >> > Also, nearly half of the approved workshops were proposed by >> > organizations from developing countries. >> > >> > The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG/IGF) recommends that >> in every >> > workshop and main sessions there should be balanced >> participation of >> > panelists, discussants and other invitees taking into account the >> > diversity of nations, continents, sectors (government, >> business, civil >> > society, technical/academic community), and gender. This >> diversity has >> > been a relevant factor in approving the workshops, and the IGF >> > secretariat will work together with workshops' organizers to >> make sure >> > this directive is taken into account. >> > >> > I notice also that the promoters of the unconference call "on our >> > participants to resist seeing the problems of the Internet as only >> > technological and void of its materiality." It is quite >> possible that >> > other forums or entities, according to their scopes and goals, >> treat the >> > Internet from a purely technical point of view. This is >> certainly not >> > the case of the IGF, created precisely as a dialogue for >> non-technical >> > questions which do not find space in other forums. A rapid >> reading of >> > the workshops' descriptions listed above illustrates this fact >> quite >> > well. There are just a few approved workshops which limit >> themselves to >> > technical issues. Nearly all try to consider social, cultural, >> economic >> > and political aspects related to the development and use of the >> > Internet, always with a multistakeholder approach. >> > >> > I strongly recommend that you all participate in the IGF, either >> > remotely or in person, without excluding participation in other >> parallel >> > events as you wish, of course. >> > >> > fraternal regards >> > >> > --c.a. >> > >> > On 06/25/2015 12:47 PM, willi uebelherr wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear friends, >> >> >> >> 2014 we had the Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul in >> Turkey. Now, >> >> this year, this people organize it in Brasil. >> >> >> >> I think, this is the most important event in this year to the >> theme: >> >> Internet Governance. >> >> >> >> many greetings, willi >> >> Porto Alegre, Brasil >> >> >> >> >> >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil >> >> November 2015 >> >> João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brasil >> >> http://iuf.partidopirata.org/index-en.html >> >> >> >> Internet Ungovernance Forum Brasil is for those of us who >> demand free, >> >> secure, and open internet for all! >> >> >> >> We're organizing the Internet Ungovernance Forum on November >> 2015, for >> >> everyone who demand that fundamental freedoms, openness, unity >> and net >> >> neutrality remain the building blocks of the Internet. Our >> objective is >> >> to talk about the true and real problems of the internet, how >> can we >> >> solve them and to chart a path for action. >> >> >> >> Our forum will be in parallel to the Internet Governance Forum >> (IGF) >> >> 2015 which will also be held in João Pessoa in november. >> Interested >> >> parties all around the world will join and follow this >> important event. >> >> However, we see that at IGF the most urgent problems of the >> Internet do >> >> not get proper attention. Due to its format, the main >> perpetrators of >> >> many of the Internet's problems, for example the governments and >> >> corporations, are getting representation in IGF that they >> don’t deserve. >> >> Given these circumstances, we decided to take initiative to >> defend the >> >> Internet as we know it and to create a parallel space to raise the >> >> voices of civil society initiatives, activists and common people. >> >> >> >> For us, the most vital problems today are censorship and >> freedom of >> >> speech; surveillance and privacy; excessive commercialization and >> >> super-monopolies; protective, prohibitionist and conservative >> governance >> >> approaches; awful governance examples as in the case of Brasil >> and the >> >> list goes on. Further, we do not see any of these problems >> independent >> >> of the greater political, social and economic contexts in >> which the >> >> Internet and related digital infrastructures are embedded in. >> >> >> >> We want to reclaim the Internet as a fundamental >> infrastructure of our >> >> societies, cities, education, health, work, media, communications, >> >> culture and everyday activities. >> >> >> >> We call on our participants to resist seeing the problems of the >> >> Internet as only technological and void of its materiality. >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >> . >> > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >> . >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt > PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 > OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD > > Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: > https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss at 1net.org > http://1net-mail.1net.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca Wed Jul 8 09:02:12 2015 From: roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 09:02:12 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] FW: CIVICUS statement on release of State of Civil Society Report 2015 (with key insights on resourcing for civil society) Message-ID: > > > > > > > State of Civil Society Report 2015 > View this in your browser > =b4767c1de4> > > > > > > > > > > > From Ebola to the bombing of Gaza, civil society was the first responder to > humanitarian emergencies during the last year, but faces dire threats and a > funding crisis around the world, says a new report. > > ³During the last year civil society was everywhere, doing great work often at > the frontline of the world¹s challenges, but at the same time having to stave > off threats to its very existence,² said Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, the > CIVICUS Secretary-General on launching the organisation¹s 2015 State of Civil > Society Report. > > CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations, says that in > addition to the work it does on pressing global challenges, such as poverty, > inequality and climate change, civil society also finds itself at the > frontlines of response when it comes to humanitarian emergencies, including > those caused by conflicts and disasters. > > In addition to the Ebola crisis and natural disasters in Nepal and Vanuatu, > civil society has, in the last year, also been called on to respond to a range > of conflicts, including in Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, Gaza, Central African > Republic and South Sudan. > > ³Despite the incredible work that civil society does, it remains under attack. > In 2014 alone, we documented serious violations of `civic space¹ ­ the > freedoms of expression, association and assembly ­ in a staggering 96 > countries around the world. Taking the size of these countries into account, > it means that 6 out of 7 humans lived in countries where their civic freedoms > were under threat.² > > ³To make matters worse, organisations that need funds the most, largely based > in the Global South, receive only a fraction of the billions of dollars of > funding that goes to the sector. It¹s an untenable situation. 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The project is funded by the Economic and Social >Research Council, the major public funding body for the social sciences >in the UK and is led by Professor Alison Harcourt. > >Job title: Associate Research Fellow >Institution name: University of Exeter >Deadline for applications: 16/08/2015 >Direct weblink to the full job >description:https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107 >GF.open?VACANCY_ID=508429CiVU&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA > >Any question about the content of this job, pls contact Alison Harcourt > A.Harcourt at ex.ac.uk > >Best regards, > >Claudio >Professor Claudio M. Radaelli | Director, Centre for European Governance >| Dept. of Politics | University of Exeter| Amory Building, Room A236F| >Rennes Drive >Exeter| EX4 4RJ| United Kingdom > >Phone: ++ 44 (0) 1392 723-176 >C.Radaelli at exeter.ac.uk > From ian.peter at ianpeter.com Sat Jul 11 00:29:18 2015 From: ian.peter at ianpeter.com (Ian Peter) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:29:18 +1000 Subject: [bestbits] REMINDER - Re: Steering Committee Nominations Now Open In-Reply-To: <13E72386659E4AC6821138EEAA1B25D7@Toshiba> References: <13E72386659E4AC6821138EEAA1B25D7@Toshiba> Message-ID: <0402BB069AAD4EF3911FA22942630F36@Toshiba> First reminder - a week to go till nominations close! Please consider standing – self nominations are fine! From: Ian Peter Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 10:06 AM To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net Subject: [bestbits] Steering Committee Nominations Now Open Nominations are now open for membership of the Best Bits Steering Committee. Any person who is a civil society subscriber of the Best Bits mailing list of over two months standing is able to nominate, using the nomination form available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lo_4zV9aOyKk0vTIrZHNuQuJoowUf8Toa3NPoRAxy34/viewform?usp=send_form. Nominations close at midnight UTC on Friday July 17. People nominating are required to supply the following information Name Gender Organisation affiliations (optional) Country of citizenship Country of residence Geographic region for which you would like to be considered Brief Biography (say 150 words) What do you think you could contribute as a member of BB steering committee? Please outline any potential conflicts of interest which might result from your being elected and how you would deal with these. Links to further information (optional) Nominations as they are received will be available for viewing at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17eg3aiIM03k56lTX5LyEeF-2RzphBYu7ekIXzThfqkU/edit#gid=835354023. Anyone with a philosophical objection to using Google docs may submit their nomination to me privately. However, the nomination will still appear publicly at the above url. At the completion of the nomination period, a voting procedure will be undertaken if necessary. I have been asked to conduct this process as an independent facilitator, in accordance with the draft procedures outlined at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upQz1JX8tnYFl2yJNaT9MuD2w3ZaPvUaNlT5U2hi6b8/edit#heading=h.fwu8ibolipad. If you are unsure about these details, please ask either here on list or by private email to me if more appropriate and I (and I hope others) will do our best to respond. More about Best Bits can be found at www.bestbits.net Nominations are now open! 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From: Ian Peter Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 10:06 AM To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net Subject: [bestbits] Steering Committee Nominations Now Open Nominations are now open for membership of the Best Bits Steering Committee. Any person who is a civil society subscriber of the Best Bits mailing list of over two months standing is able to nominate, using the nomination form available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lo_4zV9aOyKk0vTIrZHNuQuJoowUf8Toa3NPoRAxy34/viewform?usp=send_form. Nominations close at midnight UTC on Friday July 17. People nominating are required to supply the following information Name Gender Organisation affiliations (optional) Country of citizenship Country of residence Geographic region for which you would like to be considered Brief Biography (say 150 words) What do you think you could contribute as a member of BB steering committee? Please outline any potential conflicts of interest which might result from your being elected and how you would deal with these. Links to further information (optional) Nominations as they are received will be available for viewing at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17eg3aiIM03k56lTX5LyEeF-2RzphBYu7ekIXzThfqkU/edit#gid=835354023. Anyone with a philosophical objection to using Google docs may submit their nomination to me privately. However, the nomination will still appear publicly at the above url. At the completion of the nomination period, a voting procedure will be undertaken if necessary. I have been asked to conduct this process as an independent facilitator, in accordance with the draft procedures outlined at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upQz1JX8tnYFl2yJNaT9MuD2w3ZaPvUaNlT5U2hi6b8/edit#heading=h.fwu8ibolipad. If you are unsure about these details, please ask either here on list or by private email to me if more appropriate and I (and I hope others) will do our best to respond. More about Best Bits can be found at www.bestbits.net Nominations are now open! Please remember the closing time – midnight UTC, Friday July 17 Ian Peter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. 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Whichever of these you are, Making All Voices Count is offering grants that you might be interested in. Making All Voices Count is inviting applications for research, evidence-building and learning grants, under two streams of funding: Practitioner Research & Learning Grants and Research Grants . http://www.makingallvoicescount.org/news/making-all-voices-count-research-an d-learning-grants-call-for-proposals/ ---------------------- Becky Lentz, PhD Associate Professor of Communication Studies Department of Art History/Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, W-265 Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5 Phone 514.398.4995 Fax 514.398.8557 Email: becky.lentz at mcgill.ca http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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IT security firms publish yearly reports that generally show the security of cyberspace to be poor and often getting worse, but, as argued in this paper by Jardine, the level of security in cyberspace is actually far better than the picture we’re given. Currently, numbers on the occurrence of cybercrime are almost always depicted in either absolute numbers or year-over-year terms. To get a more accurate picture of the security of cyberspace, cybercrime statistics — including mobile vulnerabilities, malicious web domains, zero-day exploits and web-based attacks, among others — need to be expressed as a proportion of the growing size of the Internet. Jardine also offers policy recommendations for the improvement of IT security. It would be greatly appreciated if you shared the link to this new research paper with your colleagues via your social networks. For those of you on Twitter, we have simplified the sharing process by drafting the following Tweet: *[New Report] Global cyberspace safer than You think: real trends in cybercrime by @ehljardine: http://ow.ly/PABYA cc: @OurInternetGCIG* Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards, Samantha *[image: Description: ~sig_logo]* * Samantha Bradshaw, MA Research Associate, Global Security & Politics* *Global Commission on Internet Governance Secretariat *Centre for International Governance Innovation Centre pour l’innovation dans la gouvernance internationale 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 6C2 tel +1.519.885.2444 ext. 7203 | fax +1.519.885.5450 *www.cigionline.org * -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In the past year, WG3 conducted research on how to increase transparency about government requests to ICT companies for user information or content restriction, specifically in national security and law enforcement contexts. (A draft executive summary of that research can be found here .) WG3 will build on this work under its new mandate from fall 2015-spring 2016. The group will focus on 1) the development of models and best practices for government transparency reporting in this context, and on 2) company and government transparency about the laws, policies and processes in which these requests are made and received. The Group will consist of up to 15 selected individuals who will join the Working Group Co-chairs alongside FOC country members. Members participate in their individual capacity and will be expected to participate regularly in conference calls, online collaboration on projects, and in-person meetings when possible. *Deadline for applications: COB 5th August 2015.* For more information about the call, including details on how to apply, please visit the FOC website . With best wishes Charles *Charles Bradley* Head of Strategy and Operations | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Development House, 56–64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT T: +44 (0)20 7549 0337 | M: +44 (0)7852 535222 | Skype: charles.globalpartners gp-digital.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had called for a just and equal global Internet environment and regarded China as the "key factor to the success of global Internet governance," said Fadi Chehade, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Rousseff had suggested he find Chinese partners for cooperation, Chehade said. To establish a multiple-stakeholder platform, Chehade said that dialogues among different partners should be improved, the platform should be transparent and just, and all stakeholders should be able to equally participate in global Internet governance. GIGA is co-sponsored by ICANN, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee and the World Economic Forum to provide a platform for the discussion of Internet governance solutions. -- Lorena Jaume-Palasí ∙ Coordinator, Global Internet Governance Arbeitsgruppe Internet & Gesellschaft Co:llaboratory e.V. www.intgovforum.de ∙ www.collaboratory.de ∙ Newsletter ∙ Facebook ∙ Twitter ∙ Youtube -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca Wed Jul 15 07:31:04 2015 From: roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:31:04 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Consider applying to host a 2015 ACLS Public Fellow Message-ID: ACLS Public Fellows: Information for Potential Host Organizations The program description below is for information purposes only. The application materials for organizations wishing to host a 2016 Public Fellow will be posted in August. ACLS invites applications from organizations wishing to host a 2015 ACLS Public Fellow. Fellows selected in the 2014-15 competition will join hosting organizations in two-year staff positions in mid-summer or early fall of 2015. The ACLS Public Fellows program is an innovative, career-launching initiative that allows talented humanities PhDs to gain valuable experience in areas such as arts management, communications, public administration, policy, and digital media. Please note: This program aims to demonstrate the wide applicability of the PhD outside academia. Semi-academic positions, often referred to as ³alt-ac² positions, that are located on university campuses or that combine administrative responsibilities with teaching and/or research, are outside the purview of the program. ACLS partners with a diverse group of organizations each competition year. Host organizations are selected based on their capacity to offer rewarding, career-building work that will foster the fellow¹s professional development. Besides a challenging and substantive portfolio, hosts must provide mentorship, networking opportunities, and other career advancement activities. Hosts also cover modest administrative costs associated with hosting a fellow and pay a modest one-time placement fee, which defrays costs associated with running the fellowship competition. Past and current fellows have undertaken significant roles within their host organizations, such as overseeing major digital initiatives; managing the research and publication of major reports on state, national, and international policy issues; and creating and administering institutional outreach and development campaigns. Please review the listings of our first four cohorts of fellows, whose diverse backgrounds and advanced training have made them integral to their host organization¹s operations. 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Every year representatives of cultural institutions and private sector, administration and the media, artists, activists, politicians and academics meet in Warsaw to discuss the influence of copyright law on the circulation of cultural goods, new business models for authors' remuneration, use of technologies in social activism, importance of copyright in the context of human rights, modern education, innovation. The fourth edition of the conference will present an opportunity to continue the dynamic debate characterized by high standards of communication and openness to the input from all interested parties in a neutral and friendly conference space encouraging participants from all over the world to network and share ideas. The last three editions attracted over 1100 participants and 150 speakers from Iceland, France, Finland, Norway, US, Romania, Belgium, Ukraine, Belarus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom and Poland. We are happy to announce that our special guest this year will be* Lev Manovich*, theoretician and critic of new media, visual artist, professor at City University of New York and founder of the Software Studies Initiative, author of the worldwide known book *The Language of New Media*. Please submit your presentation proposals in the form of an abstract of *no more than 1800 characters* under one of the enlisted thematic tracks that characterize this year's conference: CopyArt Models of Remuneration Copyright and Education Technology and Innovation Copyright and Human Rights Technologies in Social Activism Copyright Enforcement Future of Copyright Copyright Debate Submit your proposal at: https://copycamp.pl/en/contact/register-speaker/. *Please note: *your presentation should not exceed 10 minutes.* Please find more information at: http://copycamp.pl/en/ Strategic Partners: *Association of Authors ZAiKS, ZIPSEE and Google.* Partner: *Coalition for Open Education.* CopyCamp is part of the Future of Copyright project conducted by the Modern Poland Foundation. CopyCamp Coordinator: Marta Skotnicka ( marta.skotnicka at nowoczesnapolska.org.pl) We would be grateful for spreading this information among your colleagues and associates! Best regards, Jarosław Lipszyc _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org https://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/mailman/listinfo/irp -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Thu Jul 16 10:34:21 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:34:21 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: Second issue of Digital Watch newsletter is out! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephanie Borg Psaila Date: Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 7:53 AM Subject: Second issue of Digital Watch newsletter is out! To: igcbp at diplomacy.edu Dear colleagues, The second issue of the *Digital Watch * newsletter is out. The newsletter provides updates on Internet governance and digital policy developments, with a special focus on Geneva. This month's newsletter features: - The top digital policy developments related to human rights, cybersecurity, and Internet governance on *page 1*. - The main events and developments in Geneva, on *page 2*. - The Actors in Internet governance section, on *page 3*, features the Internet Society, and Mexican diplomat Maria Victoria Romero Caballero, who received the Geneva Internet Platform’s first award to a leading digital diplomat. - A comprehensive digest of developments in digital politics is on *pages 4-5*: from cybersecurity to online privacy and data protection, from net neutrality to the IANA transition process. - The WSIS+10 overall review process is our issue in focus on *pages 6-7*. What are the main updates so far? The timeline includes major events and the process of drafting resolutions leading up the high-level meeting in December. - After watching many demonstrations of verbal dexterity in the digital policy events in May and June (WSIS Forum, CSTD, WSIS+10, ICANN), and inspired by the wonderful Geneva Perception team's cookbook on International Geneva, our speech cooks have come up with a recipe for writing a digital policy speech, on *page 8*, guaranteed to satisfy all appetites and keep your audience coming back for more. Enrich this recipe with your suggestions . Missed the first issue? View it or download it here . The *Digital Watch *newsletter is published by the Geneva Internet Platform, an initiative of the Swiss authorities operated by DiploFoundation. 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Best wishes, Anja ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: WSIS Team Date: 8 July 2015 at 04:25 Subject: WSIS Flash Special Issue - WSIS+10 UNGA Overall Review - Guidelines for Written Submissions To: Anja Kovacs You are subscribed as anja at internetdemocracy.in | View this email online [image: WSIS Flash] Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes by the United Nations General Assembly WSIS Flash Special Issue: July 2015 Guidelines for Written Submissions [image: WSIS+10 UNGA High-Level Meeting] This note describes the process and parameters for written submissions during the first phase of the General Assembly’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) review. Per General Assembly resolution 68/302 and the roadmap for the review process prepared by the co-facilitators, member states and observer states and all relevant stakeholders are invited at this stage to provide inputs on the desired elements and content of a “non-paper” that will be released at the end of August 2015 and eventually developed into the final outcome document to be adopted in December 2015. The non-paper will capture stakeholder perspectives on progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, and on potential information and communications technology gaps and areas for continued focus, as well as challenges, including bridging the digital divide, and harnessing information and communications technologies for development. Submission deadline: 31 July 2015 *Some guiding questions for your submissions are listed below:* 1. To what extent has progress been made on the vision of the people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society in the ten years since the WSIS? 2. What are the challenges to the implementation of WSIS outcomes? 3. What should be the priorities in seeking to achieve WSIS outcomes and progress towards the Information Society, taking into account emerging trends? 4. What are general expectations from the WSIS + 10 High Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly? 5. What shape should the outcome document take? *Particular attention should also be paid to the points listed below: * - Submissions are now invited from member states and observer states and relevant stakeholders from the following five categories (i) Non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, (ii) Organizations accredited to the World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005), (iii) Organizations accredited to the WSIS Forum held from 2011 to 2015, (iv) Organizations with observer status with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and (v) Attendees of the UNESCO WSIS+10 - ICT4D Conference or the UNESCO WSIS - Connecting the Dots Conference. - As stated in the General Assembly resolution 68/302 , the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is submitting its report through ECOSOC to the GA on the ten-year review of progress made in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes, which can be accessed here . - You may wish to consider the outcomes of the recent WSIS+10 reviews by UNESCO and ITU and build upon these. You can find more information about these reviews by following this unpan3.un.org link . - Submissions will be accepted in *ONLY* official United Nations languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). - Submissions should (i) adhere to the specific themes of WSIS; (ii) be clear, concise, and simple; and (iii) be accurate in facts and figures. - Only one written statement per organization can be submitted. - Submissions should not be critical of a UN Member State or Government leader/s and should not make critical generalizations of a group or persons/countries/organizations. - Related to format and structure: use generic fonts and formatting, indicate the start of a new paragraph with a double line break, do not number the paragraphs, proofread and spell check, and avoid abbreviations and acronyms, as well as footnotes, and consult UN terminology . - All submissions will be made public on the WSIS Overall Review website at: http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/ . *Click here to download the official submission form and email it to the address * *UNGAWSISReview at un.org* * no later than 31 July 2015.* Further information: unpan3.un.org/wsis10/submissionguidelines You have received this newsletter as part of your engagement with the WSIS Process. The WSIS Flash provides monthly updates on the WSIS Implementation Process, to stop receiving these emails please unsubscribe. www.wsis.org | wsis-info at itu.int -- Dr. Anja Kovacs The Internet Democracy Project +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs www.internetdemocracy.in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ian.peter at ianpeter.com Fri Jul 17 16:41:01 2015 From: ian.peter at ianpeter.com (Ian Peter) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:41:01 +1000 Subject: [bestbits] DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL JULY 24 Re: Best Bits Steering Committee Nominations Now Open In-Reply-To: References: <13E72386659E4AC6821138EEAA1B25D7@Toshiba> <0402BB069AAD4EF3911FA22942630F36@Toshiba> Message-ID: <836A3A90DC244DD4BC9A4D74251843CF@Toshiba> I note that, with just a couple of hours to go, there are insufficient candidates to proceed with a Best Bits Steering Committee election. Accordingly, please note that the deadline has been extended until midnight UTC, Friday July 24, to allow for late candidates. I urge you all to give consideration to this; self nominations are fine. If at the new closing date there are still insufficient candidates, I will be referring the matter back to the existing Steering Committee to decide on next steps. So please give the notice some thought, and consider nominating. Like any other organisation, Best Bits needs people prepared to put in effort to be able to meet its objectives. Ian Peter (independent facilitator for this process) From: Ian Peter Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 10:06 AM To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net Subject: [bestbits] Steering Committee Nominations Now Open Nominations are now open for membership of the Best Bits Steering Committee. Any person who is a civil society subscriber of the Best Bits mailing list of over two months standing is able to nominate, using the nomination form available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lo_4zV9aOyKk0vTIrZHNuQuJoowUf8Toa3NPoRAxy34/viewform?usp=send_form. Nominations close at midnight UTC on Friday July 17. 24 People nominating are required to supply the following information Name Gender Organisation affiliations (optional) Country of citizenship Country of residence Geographic region for which you would like to be considered Brief Biography (say 150 words) What do you think you could contribute as a member of BB steering committee? Please outline any potential conflicts of interest which might result from your being elected and how you would deal with these. Links to further information (optional) Nominations as they are received will be available for viewing at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17eg3aiIM03k56lTX5LyEeF-2RzphBYu7ekIXzThfqkU/edit#gid=835354023. Anyone with a philosophical objection to using Google docs may submit their nomination to me privately. However, the nomination will still appear publicly at the above url. At the completion of the nomination period, a voting procedure will be undertaken if necessary. I have been asked to conduct this process as an independent facilitator, in accordance with the draft procedures outlined at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upQz1JX8tnYFl2yJNaT9MuD2w3ZaPvUaNlT5U2hi6b8/edit#heading=h.fwu8ibolipad. If you are unsure about these details, please ask either here on list or by private email to me if more appropriate and I (and I hope others) will do our best to respond. More about Best Bits can be found at www.bestbits.net Nominations are now open! Please remember the new closing time – midnight UTC, Friday July 24 Ian Peter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Klein* Internet Policy Advisor, Multilateral Affairs (EB/CIP/MA) International s & Information Policy U.S. Department of State Office: +1-202-647-5205 Mobile: +1-202-256-3847 This email is UNCLASSIFIED. *From:* Klein, Micaela N *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2015 4:17 PM *To:* ITAC at LMLIST.STATE.GOV; ITU-D at LMLIST.STATE.GOV; ITU-T at LMLIST.STATE.GOV *Cc:* Zoller, Julie N; Sepulveda, Daniel A *Subject:* [ITAC] Open Consultation for CWG-Internet Now Available Good morning, For everyone’s awareness, the online consultation for the October meeting of the ITU Council Working Group on International Internet Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet) is now open to all stakeholders. As decided at the February 2015 meeting of the CWG-Internet, the topic of the consultation is as follows: "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*." The deadline for submissions is *August 28th*. To submit inputs or for further information, please visit the following link: http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx For some background, the Plenipotentiary Conference 2014 instructed the ITU Council to revise its Resolution 1344 to direct the Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet), limited to Member States, with open consultation to all stakeholders, and to conduct such open consultation according to specific guidelines. As a result the ITU Council in its 2015 session resolved that the CWG-Internet should hold both open online consultation and physical open consultation meetings, with remote participation, within a defined period prior to each CWG-Internet meeting. ITU Council also resolved that all relevant inputs received in the open consultation will be available to the CWG-Internet and all other stakeholders on a dedicated publicly accessible webpage of the CWG-Internet website. Relevant inputs from the open online consultation on the topic(s) decided by the CWG-Internet will form the basis of discussion at the physical open consultation meetings and all relevant responses will be submitted to the CWG-Internet for consideration of the issues chosen for its next meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Micaela *Micaela N. Klein* Internet Policy Advisor, Multilateral Affairs (EB/CIP/MA) International Communications & Information Policy U.S. Department of State Office: +1-202-647-5205 Mobile: +1-202-256-3847 This email is UNCLASSIFIED. *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The deadline is 31 July. > More information below. > > Best wishes, > Anja > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: WSIS Team > Date: 8 July 2015 at 04:25 > Subject: WSIS Flash Special Issue - WSIS+10 UNGA Overall Review - > Guidelines for Written Submissions > To: Anja Kovacs > > > You are subscribed as anja at internetdemocracy.in | View this email > online > > [image: WSIS Flash] > > > Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes by the United > Nations General Assembly > > > WSIS Flash Special Issue: July 2015 > Guidelines for Written Submissions [image: WSIS+10 UNGA > High-Level Meeting] > > > This note describes the process and parameters for written submissions > during the first phase of the General Assembly’s World Summit on the > Information Society (WSIS) review. Per General Assembly resolution 68/302 > > and the roadmap > > for the review process prepared by the co-facilitators, member states and > observer states and all relevant stakeholders are invited at this stage to > provide inputs on the desired elements and content of a “non-paper” that > will be released at the end of August 2015 and eventually developed into > the final outcome document to be adopted in December 2015. The non-paper > will capture stakeholder perspectives on progress made in the > implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information > Society, and on potential information and communications technology gaps > and areas for continued focus, as well as challenges, including bridging > the digital divide, and harnessing information and communications > technologies for development. > > Submission deadline: 31 July 2015 > > *Some guiding questions for your submissions are listed below:* > > > 1. To what extent has progress been made on the vision of the > people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society in > the ten years since the WSIS? > 2. What are the challenges to the implementation of WSIS outcomes? > 3. What should be the priorities in seeking to achieve WSIS outcomes > and progress towards the Information Society, taking into account emerging > trends? > 4. What are general expectations from the WSIS + 10 High Level Meeting > of the United Nations General Assembly? > 5. What shape should the outcome document take? > > > *Particular attention should also be paid to the points listed below: * > > > - Submissions are now invited from member states and observer states > and relevant stakeholders from the following five categories (i) > Non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and > Social Council, (ii) Organizations accredited to the World Summit on the > Information Society held in Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005), (iii) > Organizations accredited to the WSIS Forum held from 2011 to 2015, (iv) > Organizations with observer status with the United Nations Conference on > Trade and Development, and (v) Attendees of the UNESCO WSIS+10 - ICT4D > Conference or the UNESCO WSIS - Connecting the Dots Conference. > - As stated in the General Assembly resolution 68/302 > , > the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is > submitting its report through ECOSOC to the GA on the ten-year review of > progress made in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes, which can be > accessed here > > . > - You may wish to consider the outcomes of the recent WSIS+10 reviews > by UNESCO and ITU and build upon these. You can find more information about > these reviews by following this unpan3.un.org link > . > > - Submissions will be accepted in *ONLY* official United Nations > languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). > - Submissions should (i) adhere to the specific themes of WSIS; (ii) > be clear, concise, and simple; and (iii) be accurate in facts and figures. > - Only one written statement per organization can be submitted. > - Submissions should not be critical of a UN Member State or > Government leader/s and should not make critical generalizations of a group > or persons/countries/organizations. > - Related to format and structure: use generic fonts and formatting, > indicate the start of a new paragraph with a double line break, do not > number the paragraphs, proofread and spell check, and avoid abbreviations > and acronyms, as well as footnotes, and consult UN terminology > > . > - All submissions will be made public on the WSIS Overall Review > website at: http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/ > > . > > > *Click here > > to download the official submission form and email it to the address * > *UNGAWSISReview at un.org* * no later than 31 July > 2015.* > > Further information: unpan3.un.org/wsis10/submissionguidelines > > > You have received this newsletter as part of your > engagement with the WSIS Process. 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This paper draws on international relations theory to argue that the emergence of contention in Internet governance entails a twofold shift in the nature of the problems posed by Internet governance: first, cooperation problems have emerged where few previously existed; and second, existing coordination problems have become increasingly difficult to manage as a result of a rapidly increasing number of players and heightened distributional consequences. The paper provides four complementary explanations for the shift in the underlying problem structure: extrinsic uncertainty, changing market conditions, declining US dominance in the Internet governance system and social processes of institutional change and regime complex formation. It would be greatly appreciated if you shared the link to this new research paper with your colleagues via your social networks. For those of you on Twitter, we have simplified the sharing process by drafting the following Tweet: *What’s causing contention in global #InternetGovernance? New @OurInternetGCIG report explores: http://ow.ly/PU2H5 * The authors of the report can be found on Twitter at the following usernames: @sbradshaww @LauraDeNardis @fenhampson @ehljardine and @mraymondonir. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 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The top submissions with receive cash stipends. We are hoping that you will share this announcement with any students or post-doctoral scholars that might be interested in submitting a short case study. Submissions will be due September 15, 2015, and the full details about the competition and submission are available here: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/98897 . The Berkman Center, in collaboration with the Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC), recently examined twelve diverse examples of multistakeholder governance groups. Through this writing competition, we are seeking submissions that will add to this list and help us help us explore other globally diverse and unique real-world examples. A sample case study (based on the NoC case study about Switzerland¹s fiber optic cable deployment) is available for reference here . From the submitted case studies, we will select the top three. First place will receive a cash stipend of $4000; second place will receive $3000; and third place will receive $2000. Additional awards for honorable mentions may be given at the discretion of the Berkman Center. These cash stipends are made possible by a generous Google Research Grant awarded to the Berkman Center. In addition, the top case studies will be published as part of a forthcoming Berkman Center report on mulstistakeholder governance groups. We believe this is a great opportunity for students to contribute to our understanding of how these governance groups operate and what makes them successful. We hope you¹ll help us publicize this opportunity and let students know about this competition. If you have any questions, please contact me (rbudish at cyber.law.harvard.edu ). 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The beta version of the NETmundial Solutions Map, a tool designed to support information sharing and collaboration across Internet governance issues, is now open for content contributions. Best wishes, Marília -- *Marília Maciel* Pesquisadora Gestora - Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law School http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts DiploFoundation associate - www.diplomacy.edu PoliTICs Magazine Advisory Committee - http://www.politics.org.br/ Subscribe "Digital Rights: Latin America & the Caribbean" - http://www.digitalrightslac.net/en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best wishes, Marília -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Student Writing Competition: Case Studies on Multistakeholder Models Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:46:24 -0400 From: Ryan Budish To: CC: Dear Friends: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society is excited to announce a student writing competition to identify innovative multistakeholder governance groups and help us understand the conditions under which they are most effective. We are seeking original papers (8 to 12 pages, single spaced) that help us better understand innovative, globally diverse governance groups. The top submissions with receive cash stipends. We are hoping that you will share this announcement with any students or post-doctoral scholars that might be interested in submitting a short case study. Submissions will be due September 15, 2015, and the full details about the competition and submission are available here: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/98897. The Berkman Center, in collaboration with the Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC), recently examined twelve diverse examples of multistakeholder governance groups. Through this writing competition, we are seeking submissions that will add to this list and help us help us explore other globally diverse and unique real-world examples. A sample case study (based on the NoC case study about Switzerland’s fiber optic cable deployment) is available for reference here . From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Thu Jul 23 10:37:48 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:37:48 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: Online Training Programs, an Update on "Semme3ni" & 800 Resources on Tech for Change In-Reply-To: <73878885813_1437655408_126678326@a2plmmworker06.prod.iad2.gdg> References: <73878885813_1437655408_126678326@a2plmmworker06.prod.iad2.gdg> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mohamad at Social Media Exchange Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 8:43 AM Subject: Online Training Programs, an Update on "Semme3ni" & 800 Resources on Tech for Change To: Carolina Rossini للقراءة باللغة العربية Happy Eid from SMEX! We hope you’ve had a relaxing summer so far. Now that the Eid is over, we’re getting back to business at Like Tweet in [image: smex-emailnews-header] للقراءة باللغة العربية [image: intropic] Moroccan lights by John Olav Eikenes on Flickr Happy Eid from SMEX! We hope you’ve had a relaxing summer so far. Now that the Eid is over, we’re getting back to business at SMEX. See what we're up to this month, and if you see an opportunity or an event that might interest someone you know, don't forget to share it. [image: 6725710603 bc7a1a38f6 z] Script writing after carrying out interviews, by David Brewer on Flickr New Digital Advocacy Course for Sudanese We have teamed up with the Sudanese Development Initiative (SUDIA) to deliver an eight-week online advocacy and digital safety course localized for advocates working in Sudan. Topics such as writing SMART goals, developing strong messages, and choosing appropriate digital tactics will be covered. The course will be delivered in Arabic on our updated online learning platform NetHawwal and will run from August 15 through October 15. For more information about the course, commitments, and fees, please visit our website and share this opportunity with your Sudanese network. The deadline to apply is *July 31, 2015.* Still Time to Apply for Citizen and Community Media Course Owing to the Eid holiday, we have extended the deadline to apply for our new online course in digital journalism. *The new deadline is July 31. We especially encourage applications from women journalists or bloggers to apply.* Remember, you don’t have to be a working journalist, but you do need to submit links to digital work you’ve done. *Pro Tip: Your chances of being selected will increase if you submit a personal video like this one. * So apply now and visit our website for more information about the course. Has Samme3ni Stopped Singing? How did the Ministry of Telecommunications react to the “Samme3ni” issue that we shared with you last month? And why hasn't the problem been fully resolved? Find out more in the follow-up story on our blog. 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Deadline to apply August 16. *Middle East Cyber Security Conference * will take place at the Golden Tulip Seeb Hotel in Muscat, Oman; September 15-16. [image: delicious] [image: email] [image: facebook] [image: flickr] [image: twitter] [image: wordpress] [image: 1px] ©2015 Social Media Exchange | Musuem street, Badaro, Beirut, Lebanon | info at smex.org | www.smex.org Web Version Subscribe Forward Unsubscribe Powered by *Mad Mimi*®A GoDaddy® company -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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George Sadowsky Chair, CEO Search Committee From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Thu Jul 23 11:46:36 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:46:36 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [IRPCoalition] ICANN looking for a new CEO In-Reply-To: <55B10B6A.6040706@irpcharter.org> References: <55B10B6A.6040706@irpcharter.org> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRPCoalition Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 11:42 AM Subject: [IRPCoalition] ICANN looking for a new CEO To: "irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" < irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org> Dear all FYI, job description and with that updated profile of ICANN itself as below https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en best IRPC -- Internet Rights and Principles Coalition UN Internet Governance Forum http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/dynamiccoalitions/72-ibr Homepage: www.internetrightsandprinciples.org Twitter: @netrights Listserv; https://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/mailman/listinfo/irp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org https://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/mailman/listinfo/irp -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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However, in recent years, > increased expertise and expanding local financial resources have grown the > capacity of Southern CSOs to engage in advocacy directly. Moreover, both > Southern governments and international policymakers have become more > responsive to Southern CSOs, changing the political environment. As a result, > Southern CSOs increasingly have the ability and opportunity to undertake > transnational activism without the aid of Northern partners. This panel > examines the scope of this independent advocacy, the conditions that > facilitate it, and the dynamics that influence its effectiveness. My contribution to this panel will be a paper that serves as the basis for a larger research project examining ways in which southern NGOs have deviated from the long-standing pattern of using northern NGOs as intermediaries, representatives, sponsors, or spokespeople for their work. Both research and experience by activists and advocates indicate that those relationships tend to create a hierarchy or power dynamic that can allow northern NGOs to retell southern stories or restate southern policy interests in ways that may not fully reflect southern interests. At this stage, I am trying to identify appropriate case studies in which southern NGOs exhibit maximal independence. The most important criterion is that southern partners in this research be speaking for themselves and not allowing any northern NGO to speak on their behalf. An exception to this may be work in coalitions, but only if the southern NGOs are peers with the northern NGOs in the coalition, have full power in setting the coalition agenda, and participate actively in coalition advocacy efforts. In this regard, it would be very helpful if these southern NGOs are not receiving significant amounts of funding from any one northern NGO because this can also signal a situation in which northern NGOs are still running the show, but cherry-picking southern NGOs to act as surrogates. If your organization, network, collective, or group reflects these characteristics, and if you think that knowledge generated by this research may benefit your work, please feel free to contact me off-list. Thank you, B. Lentz ---------------------- Becky Lentz, PhD Associate Professor of Communication Studies Department of Art History/Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, W-265 Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5 Phone 514.398.4995 Fax 514.398.8557 Email: becky.lentz at mcgill.ca http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ian Peter From: Ian Peter Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 6:41 AM To: Ian Peter ; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net Subject: [bestbits] DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL JULY 24 Re: Best Bits Steering Committee Nominations Now Open I note that, with just a couple of hours to go, there are insufficient candidates to proceed with a Best Bits Steering Committee election. Accordingly, please note that the deadline has been extended until midnight UTC, Friday July 24, to allow for late candidates. I urge you all to give consideration to this; self nominations are fine. If at the new closing date there are still insufficient candidates, I will be referring the matter back to the existing Steering Committee to decide on next steps. So please give the notice some thought, and consider nominating. Like any other organisation, Best Bits needs people prepared to put in effort to be able to meet its objectives. 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This paper examines zero-rating practices on a global scale, focusing on their effects in five countries to add to the growing international net neutrality debate. The following can be attributed to Carolina Rossini, Vice President of International Policy at Public Knowledge: “The zero-rating debate is one of the toughest issues out there, and has called into question various issues related to net neutrality and competition policy. Countries have changed their clear-cut laws to accommodate some practices. These zero-rating models include a variety of goals, ranging from marketing to adding more clients to your network to providing public services related information to connecting more people to the Internet. However, we need to get past the rhetoric of good intentions and look at the facts to inform policymakers. This is necessary so we can foster innovation and promote the public interest as we move forward with strong net neutrality rules around the globe.” The following can be attributed to Taylor Moore, Google Policy Fellow at Public Knowledge: “Admittedly, before the case studies I was unaware of the global significance of these issues. However, its significance and multifaceted nature are illustrated by the variation in each country's response to net neutrality and zero-rating. I think that these case studies will not only contribute to the ongoing debate of these subjects, but will also aid in future formulations of policy considerations. Going forward, I think that Public Knowledge’s approach of analyzing the global response will be beneficial.” You may view this paper here . -- -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy and Strategy * *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini *Save the Date! 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What has been largely lacking is an examination of the role of internal INGO characteristics. We address this by examining INGOs’ legitimacy standards: how INGOs understand themselves to be doing the right thing and seek to convey that righteousness to others. Drawing on the literature from business ethics and organizational behavior, we show that organizations’ self-selected standards of legitimacy are key drivers of behavior. Using an analysis of 57 American INGO websites, we identify 11 legitimacy types and examine their usage. We find that while most INGOs make a series of technical legitimacy claims that seem designed to attract donors, they simultaneously employ additional legitimacy standards that do not seem to be externally dictated. These additional standards generally prioritize adherence to a cause rather than stakeholder input. The findings suggest that challenges to INGO representivity or responsiveness result not only from external pressures, but also from INGOs’ own choice of values. Résumé Les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) internationales sont souvent critiquées pour leur échec à représenter de manière adéquate ou à collaborer avec les milieux populaires. Cependant, la plupart des explications données à ce problème se concentrent sur des facteurs externes aux organisations, par exemple la pression économique qui privilégie les intérêts des donateurs. L’analyse du rôle que jouent les caractéristiques des ONG internationales est quant à elle inexistante. Nous corrigeons cela en examinant les standards de légitimité des ONG internationales, c’est-à-dire la manière dont ces organisations se convainquent qu’elles prennent les bonnes décisions et cherchent à porter cette vérité aux autres. À partir de la littérature portant sur l’éthique des affaires et le comportement organisationnel, nous montrons que les standards de légitimité choisis par les organisations sont les éléments clé qui dictent leur comportement. Grâce à une analyse de 57 sites web d’ONG internationales américaines, nous avons identifié 11 types de légitimités et examiné leur usage : nous avons découvert qu’alors que la plupart des ONG internationales exposent une série de revendications de légitimité d’ordre technique qui semblent destinées à attirer les donateurs, elles font simultanément appel à d’autres standards de légitimité qui ne semblent pas dictés de l’extérieur. Ces autres standards donnent en général plus d’importance à l’adhésion à une cause qu’à la contribution des parties prenantes. Ce constat suggère que les défis posés à la représentativité ou à la réactivité des ONG internationales résultent non seulement de pressions externes, mais aussi des choix de valeurs propres à ces organisations. Zusammenfassung Internationale nicht-staatliche Organisationen werden häufig dafür kritisiert, dass sie die primären Stakeholder nicht angemessen repräsentieren oder nicht ausreichend auf sie eingehen. Doch konzentriert man sich in den Erklärungen für diesen Schwachpunkt meist auf außerhalb der Organisation liegende Faktoren, zum Beispiel den wirtschaftlichen Druck, aufgrund dessen Spenderinteressen bevorzugt werden. Was bislang größtenteils fehlt, ist eine Untersuchung der Rolle interner Merkmale der internationalen nicht-staatlichen Organisationen. Wir gehen auf diesen Punkt ein, indem wir die Legitimitätsstandards der Organisationen betrachten, d. h. wie die internationalen nicht-staatlichen Organisationen von sich selber glauben, dass sie richtig handeln und wie sie versuchen, diese Rechtschaffenheit anderen zu vermitteln. Beruhend auf der Literatur zur Geschäftsethik und zu organisationalen Verhaltensweisen zeigen wir, dass die von den Organisationen selbst gewählten Legitimitätsstandards wichtige Einflussfaktoren für ihr Verhalten darstellen. Anhand einer Analyse von 57 Websites amerikanischer internationaler nicht-staatlicher Organisationen identifizieren wir 11 Legitimitätstypen und untersuchen ihre Anwendung. Wir kommen zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Mehrheit der Organisationen zwar das Vorhandensein einer Reihe technischer Legitimitäten behauptet, die scheinbar zur Werbung von Spendern konzipiert sind, gleichzeitig jedoch zusätzliche Legitimitätsstandards anwendet, die nicht von externen Faktoren bestimmt zu sein scheinen. In der Regel haben diese zusätzlichen Standards die Verfolgung eines Zwecks gegenüber der Beachtung von Stakeholderinteressen Priorität. Die Ergebnisse lassen darauf schließen, dass die Schwierigkeiten im Zusammenhang mit der Repräsentativität oder Reaktionsfähigkeit der internationalen nicht-staatlichen Organisationen nicht nur auf externen Druck, sondern auch auf die eigenen Werte der Organisationen zurückzuführen sind. Resumen Las organizaciones no gubernamentales internacionales (INGO, del inglés International nongovernnmental organizations) son criticadas con frecuencia por no lograr representar ni comprometerse de manera adecuada con las partes interesadas de base. Sin embargo, la mayoría de las explicaciones de este fallo se han centrado en factores externos a las organizaciones, por ejemplo, presiones económicas que dan preferencia a los intereses del donante. Lo que ha estado faltando ampliamente es un examen del papel de las características internas de las INGO. Abordamos esto examinando los estándares de legitimidad de las INGO: cómo las INGO entienden por sí mismas que están haciendo lo correcto y tratan de transmitir dicha rectitud a otros. Basándonos en el material publicado sobre ética empresarial y comportamiento organizativo, mostramos que los estándares autoseleccionados de legitimidad de las organizaciones son impulsores claves del comportamiento. Utilizando un análisis de 57 páginas Web de INGO americanas, identificamos 11 tipos de legitimidad y examinamos su uso. Encontramos que mientras que las INGO realizan una serie de reivindicaciones de legitimidad técnicas que parecen diseñadas para atraer a donantes, emplean simultáneamente estándares de legitimidad adicionales que no parecen estar dictados externamente. Estos estándares adicionales dan prioridad generalmente a la adhesión a una causa en lugar de a la participación de las partes interesadas. Los hallazgos sugieren que los retos con respecto a la represen-tatividad o a la reactividad de las INGO no resultan solamente de presiones externas, sino también de la propia elección de valores de las INGO. Chinese 国 际非政府组织(INGOs)常因其未能充分地代表或接触草根利益相关者而遭受批评。然 而,大多数解释将此缺点归因于该种组织的外部因素,例如该种组织的经 济压力使得捐献 者利益获得了特权。然而,对INGO的内在特性进行检视以从中寻找原因的工作,却非常有 限。 针对此种情况,我们检视了INGO的合法性标准,即对于自己正从事正确的事情,并寻 求将此正义传达给其他人,INGO是如何理解的。通过回顾关于商业道德 与组织行为的文 献,我们试图说明,组织自我选择的合法性标准是其行为的主要驱动力。我们对57个美 国INGO网站进行了分析,总结出11种合法性类型,并 检视其应用情况。我们发现:大多 数INGO都会技术性地提出一系列的合法性声明,这些声明似乎是专为吸引捐献者而设计 的;但同时,他们还采纳额外合法性标 准,而这些标准似乎并非为外部因素所驱动的。这 些额外的标准一般以对某项事业或使命的坚持为优先考虑因素,而不是优先考虑利益相关 者的贡献。我们的研究结 果显示,INGO的代表性或回应性并不单单来自外部压力,而且还 受INGO自身价值选择的影响。 Japanese 非 政府間国際機構 (INGO) は、市民の利害関係者の業務の取り組みと適切な提示の失 敗のために頻繁に批判されている。しかし、この欠点に関する説明ではほとんど組織 の外部の要因、例 えば特権的な資金提供者の利益への経済的な圧力に焦点を当てる。 大きく欠落していることは、内部のINGOの特性における役割の検討である。INGOの正 当性の基準を調べることによって、どのようにINGOが自分たちの活動の正当性を理解 して、他者正当性を伝えることを求めているか、という問題を明らかに する。企業倫 理と組織行動からの文献を利用して、正当性のある組織の自己選択の基準は行動にお ける主要な推進力となる。57アメリカINGOのウェブサイ トの分析を使用して、11 種 類の正当性を識別してその使用率を調べる。ほとんどの INGOが資金提供者を誘致する ために設計された技術的な正当性の主張に対して、同時に外部から決定されていない 追加の正当性のある基準を採用している。 これら追加の標準は一般に、利害関係者の 資金よりもむしろ原因への順守を優先する。外部からの圧力からだけでなく INGOの提 示もしくは応答性の結果の問題は外部から決定されていない追加の正当性の基準だけ でなく、INGO　の価値の選択が生じることがわかった。 Arabic كثيرا ما تم إنتقاد المنظمات الغير حكومية الدولية (INGOs) لعدم تمثيل كاف أو المشاركة مع أصحاب المصلحة على مستوى القاعدة. مع ذلك فإن معظم تفسيرات هذا القصور ركزعلى العوامل الخارجية للمنظمات ، مثل الضغوط الاقتصادية التي تمنح إمتيازلمصالح الجهات المانحة. ما كان مفتقدا˝ إلى حد كبير هو دراسة دور الخصائص الداخلية للمنظمات الغير حكومية الدولية (INGOs). نعالج هذا من خلال دراسة المعايير الشرعية للمنظمات الغير حكومية الدولية (INGOs): كيف فهمت المنظمات الغير حكومية الدولية (INGOs)أنفسها لكي تفعل الشيء الصحيح و تسعى إلى نقل ذلك الورع للآخرين. بالإعتماد على الأدب من أخلاقيات العمل و السلوك التنظيمي ، نحن نبين أن المعايير التي تختارها المنظمات الشرعية ذاتيا˝ هي الدوافع الرئيسية للسلوك. بإستخدام تحليل 57 مواقع إليكترونية لمنظمات دولية غير حكومية (INGOs) أمريكية ، نحن نحدد 11 نوع من الشرعية ونفحص إستخدامها. نجد أن في حين أن معظم المنظمات الغير حكومية الدولية (INGOs) تقوم بفعل سلسلة من مطالبات تقنية شرعية التي تبدو أنها مصممة لجذب المانحين ، أنها توظف في وقت واحد المعايير الشرعية الإضافية التي لا يبدو أن أوامرها تأتي من الخارج. إعطاء الأولوية لهذه المعايير الإضافية عموما˝ للتمسك بالسبب بدلا˝ من مساهمات أصحاب المصلحة. تشير النتائج إلى أن التحديات التي تواجه المنظمات الغير حكومية الدولية (INGOs) من ناحية تمثيلها أو نتيجة الإستجابة ليس فقط من الضغوط الخارجية ، لكن أيضا˝ من الإختيار الخاص بالمنظمات الغير حكومية الدولية (INGOs) للقيم. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca Thu Jul 30 14:39:46 2015 From: roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:39:46 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Call for Submissions BEAUTIFUL RISING: A Global Toolbox for Changemakers (Beautiful Rising, a partnership between ActionAid and Beautiful Trouble) Message-ID: Beautiful Rising will be a modular toolkit of creative activism assembled by activists, organizers and troublemakers across the global south1 and launching spring 2016. If you’re involved in innovative, creative activism and want to work with us to document your successes (and failures!) for others to learn from them, we want to hear from you. We are seeking pitches for short, focused entries (ranging from 200 to 1,000 words) on the following: * * * stories of change and resistance — both successes and failures that illustrate the tools, tactics and principles of effective, creative activism (for example, activists in Uganda smuggling pigs into Parliament * * * * effective tactics of creative activism (flash mobs, divestment, creative distruption, pots-and-pans protests, etc.) * * * * insightful principles of creative activism (design guidelines of movement building and action planning) * * * * useful tools for strategic campaigning and action planning (e.g. pillars of power, points of intervention, etc.) * * * * big ideas about how the world works and how we change it (direct action, neoliberalism, hegemony, etc.). How to contribute If you are interested in contributing, please fill out this simple form or email your idea to dave at beautifultrouble.org before October 31, 2015 and we’ll follow up. If your pitch is accepted, we’ll work closely with you through an intensive, collaborative editing process. Contributors of published, longer-form modules will be paid for their work. If you know someone who would have valuable stories and ideas to contribute, or some topic that should be included in the toolbox, please share this call for submissions with them, or send those suggestions our way and we’ll follow up. About the project “Like art, revolution is an important dimension of uniquely human activity, a form of species-constitutive behavior that contains its own grammar and logic.” —George N. Katsiaficas, Asia’s Unknown Uprisings, Vol. II Beautiful Rising is convening front-line activists and movements from across the global south to distill the most effective approaches and latest innovations in creative activism. The Beautiful Rising toolbox will launch in spring 2016 in a range of online and offline/print formats. Beautiful Rising, a partnership between ActionAid and Beautiful Trouble, is working directly with activists in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Middle East/North Africa region, and has convened an Advisory Network of leading practitioners in social movement activism and technology. We aim to showcase the best examples of creative activism at work in the majority world, partnering directly with grassroots activists to help them illuminate the principles, practices and tactics of effective creative activism they have developed — and to disseminate the resulting toolkit to change-makers worldwide. 1. 2. 3. Following Vijay Prashad, we use the term global south provisionally, to refer “not to geographical space but to a concatenation of protests against neoliberalism” (The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, AK Press, 2003.) ↩ 4. About the initiating organizations: ActionAid is an international organization based in Johannesburg that works with over 15 million people in 45 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice. Beautiful Trouble is a book , web toolbox , and international network of artist-activist trainers whose mission is to make grassroots movements more creative and more effective. For more information, contact project manager Søren Warburg at swa(at)ms.dk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From josh at accessnow.org Fri Jul 31 10:30:28 2015 From: josh at accessnow.org (Josh Levy) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:30:28 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Facebook's Internet.org numbers don't add up Message-ID: Hi all - As you probably saw, this week Facebook did a bunch of outreach touting the impact of Internet.org in its first year. It cited some numbers that we found questionable, and also failed to address ongoing concerns about Net Neutrality, zero rating, privacy, and security. So, today I published a short response to the numbers problem and the continued lack of attention to our concerns: https://medium.com/@levjoy/this-week-facebook-announced-a-new-phase-for-internet-org-c289ea73e61c Please check it out and share if you can! Thanks, Josh Levy -- *Josh Levy* Advocacy Director Access | accessnow.org tel: + 1 917 609 6523 | @levjoy PGP: 0x84C9F275 Fingerprint: B56A D510 3142 2364 69C7 3961 A0A3 67A5 84C9 F275 *Join the Access team - *we're hiring ! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From parminder at itforchange.net Thu Jul 2 01:13:50 2015 From: parminder at itforchange.net (parminder) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:43:50 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, elected co-chairman of Global Internet Governance Alliance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5594C88E.80703@itforchange.net> On Thursday 02 July 2015 04:04 AM, Lorena Jaume-Palasi wrote: > > FYI > http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm > > SAO PAULO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Jack Ma, founder of China's ecommerce > giant Alibaba, was elected co-chairman of the Global Internet > Governance Alliance (GIGA) at the first general meeting of GIGA > council held here Tuesday. > > "This election signifies trust in China's Internet, and how China > governs its Internet," said Ma. > Very interesting! Just jogging my memory but wasnt China's Internet related attitude the original reason for so much opposition to UN based IG system. But one reckons it is always all right when you come, as they say in India, suited-booted, and are the rich and the elite. A clear proof that anti UN attacks were not against 'dangers to Internet freedom' but against people and democracy . Against the latter taking control of how the Internet and its associated digital technologies will evolve. The powerful are always ready to make deals with other powerful and that was always what the MetMundial Initiative was about. It is the worst thing to happen to the global IG scene ever. A complete and largely formal take over of global IG by the elite - political as well as economic. A largely transparent cooptation in the IG arena of the elite from the developing countries by that of the developed ones. This potent allaince is going to be much harder to fight than just the Northern elite. The only more unfortunate thing has been that a large party of civil society, especially its so called leaders, have merrily gone along, god knows for what. > The meeting was set to discuss key issues related to international > cooperation on Internet governance while highlighting China's role. > > Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had called for a just and equal > global Internet environment and regarded China as the "key factor to > the success of global Internet governance," said Fadi Chehade, > president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > (ICANN). > > Rousseff had suggested he find Chinese partners for cooperation, > Chehade said. > > To establish a multiple-stakeholder platform, Chehade said that > dialogues among different partners should be improved, the platform > should be transparent and just, and all stakeholders should be able to > equally participate in global Internet governance. > And of course the customary multistakeholder blabber to go with it - the increasingly worn out and crumbling fig leaf. parminder > GIGA is co-sponsored by ICANN, the Brazilian Internet Steering > Committee and the World Economic Forum to provide a platform for the > discussion of Internet governance solutions. > > > > -- > > Lorena Jaume-Palasí ∙ Coordinator, Global Internet Governance > Arbeitsgruppe > > Internet & Gesellschaft Co:llaboratory e.V. > > www.intgovforum.de ∙ www.collaboratory.de > ∙ Newsletter > ∙ Facebook > ∙ Twitter ∙Youtube > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here is the consolidated information: *ICG Webinars*: - Dates: 6 August at 19:00 UTC & 7 August at 11:00 UTC - Announcement: https://www.ianacg.org/iana-stewardship-transition-coordination-group-icg-to-host-webinars-in-conjunction-with-call-for-public-comment/ *ICG Public Comment Process*: announced today! - Dates: 31 July until 8 September at 23:59 UTC - Announcement: https://www.ianacg.org/icg-announces-call-for-public-comment-on-iana-stewardship-transition-proposal/ - Public Comment page and document: https://www.ianacg.org/calls-for-input/combined-proposal-public-comment-period/ *CCWG-Accountability Webinars*: - Dates: 4 August at 19:00 UTC & 7 August at 07:00 UTC - RSVP: acct-staff at icann.org - Announcement: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-30-en *CCWG-Accountability Public Comment Process*: expected to be published on 3 August. 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Please also see the below media release for further information. I am happy to answer any questions that you may have on or off list. Thanks much! Sincere regards, Susan *Call for proposals to renew website and database for the Friends of the IGF project.* On behalf of the Friends of the IGF project, Chalmers & Associates is welcoming proposals from web design and development teams for a new website and database for the Friends of the IGF project (FoIGF), athttp://friendsoftheigf.org The Request For Proposals is available here . Launched during the IGF2013, the FolGF website is a searchable database of transcripts, video, agendas, and reports from the annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF), stretching back to the first IGF in 2006. The website allows the user to search across IGF sessions by speaker name, keyword, meeting, day, and other criteria. Project Lead Susan Chalmers says it is time to take the website to the next level. Friends of the IGF is about improving access to the important discussions at the annual Internet Governance Forum, Ms Chalmers says. “The present website represents our pilot effort at organizing the content of IGF discussions over the past ten years into a searchable database. But opportunities for improvement in several areas remain in order for the resource to reach its true potential." “Imagine the possibilities for awareness raising, education, and research in Internet Governance if one could easily search across the entire record of the IGF. We could build upon previous discussions much more effectively, which could help us on the way to build possible solutions to problems at a faster pace. The FoIGF website has the potential to be an incredible capacity-building tool.” “We are looking for a passionate and dedicated team to rebuild the website and database that hosts the living archive of IGF discussions. We are appealing in particular to those with backgrounds in semantic search, content enrichment, and in building archival databases.” A request for funding for this project of $100,000USD has been lodged with the NETmundial Initiative, which is developing a platform to facilitate the public funding of community-based proposals that help create solutions for Internet governance issues. The target delivery date for the website is November 2015, in time for the IGF2015 in João Pessoa, Brazil. The proposal deadline is *August 10th.* *Contact: **Sasha Borissenko, *Corporate and Communications Manager *sasha [at] chalmers.associates* Susan Chalmers susan at chalmers.associates *CHALMERS* & ASSOCIATES http://chalmers.associates -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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See https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting On 1 July 2015 at 18:34, Lorena Jaume-Palasi wrote: > > FYI > http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm > > SAO PAULO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Jack Ma, founder of China's ecommerce giant > Alibaba, was elected co-chairman of the Global Internet Governance Alliance > (GIGA) at the first general meeting of GIGA council held here Tuesday. > > "This election signifies trust in China's Internet, and how China governs > its Internet," said Ma. > > The meeting was set to discuss key issues related to international > cooperation on Internet governance while highlighting China's role. > > Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had called for a just and equal global > Internet environment and regarded China as the "key factor to the success > of global Internet governance," said Fadi Chehade, president of the > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). > > Rousseff had suggested he find Chinese partners for cooperation, Chehade > said. > > To establish a multiple-stakeholder platform, Chehade said that dialogues > among different partners should be improved, the platform should be > transparent and just, and all stakeholders should be able to equally > participate in global Internet governance. > > GIGA is co-sponsored by ICANN, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee > and the World Economic Forum to provide a platform for the discussion of > Internet governance solutions. > > > -- > > Lorena Jaume-Palasí ∙ Coordinator, Global Internet Governance > Arbeitsgruppe > > Internet & Gesellschaft Co:llaboratory e.V. > > www.intgovforum.de ∙ www.collaboratory.de ∙ Newsletter > > ∙ Facebook ∙ Twitter ∙ > Youtube > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mariliamaciel at gmail.com Thu Jul 2 09:47:35 2015 From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 10:47:35 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, elected co-chairman of Global Internet Governance Alliance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Tracy, There was no change in the name of NMI coordinating council. Both news refer to the same meeting. Maybe there was noise in translation, as Norbert suggested. Best wishes! Marília On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google < tracyhackshaw at gmail.com> wrote: > Is GIGA the new name of the NETmundial Initiative Coordinating Council or > is it something different? Same meeting date. Same location. > > See > https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting > > > > On 1 July 2015 at 18:34, Lorena Jaume-Palasi > wrote: > >> >> FYI >> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm >> >> SAO PAULO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Jack Ma, founder of China's ecommerce >> giant Alibaba, was elected co-chairman of the Global Internet Governance >> Alliance (GIGA) at the first general meeting of GIGA council held here >> Tuesday. >> >> "This election signifies trust in China's Internet, and how China governs >> its Internet," said Ma. >> >> The meeting was set to discuss key issues related to international >> cooperation on Internet governance while highlighting China's role. >> >> Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had called for a just and equal global >> Internet environment and regarded China as the "key factor to the success >> of global Internet governance," said Fadi Chehade, president of the >> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). >> >> Rousseff had suggested he find Chinese partners for cooperation, Chehade >> said. >> >> To establish a multiple-stakeholder platform, Chehade said that dialogues >> among different partners should be improved, the platform should be >> transparent and just, and all stakeholders should be able to equally >> participate in global Internet governance. >> >> GIGA is co-sponsored by ICANN, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee >> and the World Economic Forum to provide a platform for the discussion of >> Internet governance solutions. >> >> >> -- >> >> Lorena Jaume-Palasí ∙ Coordinator, Global Internet Governance >> Arbeitsgruppe >> >> Internet & Gesellschaft Co:llaboratory e.V. >> >> www.intgovforum.de ∙ www.collaboratory.de ∙ Newsletter >> >> ∙ Facebook ∙ Twitter ∙ >> Youtube >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- *Marília Maciel* Pesquisadora Gestora - Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law School http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts DiploFoundation associate - www.diplomacy.edu PoliTICs Magazine Advisory Committee - http://www.politics.org.br/ Subscribe "Digital Rights: Latin America & the Caribbean" - http://www.digitalrightslac.net/en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nb at bollow.ch Thu Jul 2 10:55:37 2015 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 16:55:37 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, elected co-chairman of Global Internet Governance Alliance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20150702165537.158f4317@quill> On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:54:38 +0100 Sonigitu Ekpe wrote: > Hello Nobert, > > It is great to have an opinion but it is wrong to request for an > explanation from one who is not your subordinate. If am wrong correct > me. I strongly disagree. [Or maybe you simply understood the word "explanation" in "I'd be interested in an explanation of what you see as awesome about this. (Or was the remark intended to be an expression of irony???)" differently from how I meant it?] In fact there are various kinds of situations where requesting an explanation is not only not wrong, but the appropriate step to take. For example, my recent request for an explanation was in a context of intercultural communications, where it was not totally clear to me whether a remark was meant as irony or not. So I think that there was nothing wrong with requesting an explanation. The alternative would have been to simply make an assumption of my own on how I think that the remark was meant. More generally, there are many kinds of situations where communication is not likely to achieve its objectives when requests for explanations are not made or not honored. On the other hand, it is also possible for requests for explanations to hinder rather than help the objectives which the communication process is intended to achieve or help achieve. That will depend very much on many aspects of the situation, but I don't see how whether someone is my subordinate or not would enter into it, except that for a subordinate I would in regard to some topic areas have the right to not only request but in fact demand an explanation. Greetings, Norbert From gabriel at isoc-gauteng.org.za Thu Jul 2 23:42:25 2015 From: gabriel at isoc-gauteng.org.za (=?utf-8?Q?Gabriel=20Ramokotjo=20|=20Internet=20Society=20Gauteng?=) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 03:42:25 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Reminder! DNSSEC Workshop Message-ID: ISOC Gauteng Invitation ** DNSSEC Hands-On Training ------------------------------------------------------------ The Internet Society Gauteng Chapter in collaboration with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is pleased to invite you to attend a hands-on DNS/DNSSEC training workshop presented by world renowned authority experts in the field. 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