[bestbits] Strategy Meeting on Catalyzing Reform of Trade Negotiation Processes

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Dear Best Bits participants,

Following on from the discussions at our meeting in João Pessoa, EFF
would like to invite interested experts to a express their interest in
attending an event on the reform of trade negotiation processes in
Brussels on 27 and 28 January 2016.  Limited travel support is available
for those in need.

With the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and regardless of
opinions on its overall merits, there is broad agreement from all sides
(consumers, industry, and even other government agencies), that the
process by which these agreements are negotiated is completely
inappropriate for developing global policies that impact on the digital
and online environment, for which a much more transparent, inclusive and
multi-stakeholder process is required.

This strategy meeting on catalyzing reform of trade negotiation
processes will be to bring together experts to develop concrete
strategies to generate actionable strategies for reclaiming
Internet-related public policy development from closed, captured trade
negotiation processes. Strategies to be considered may involve
catalyzing reforms to the procedural norms of multilateral trade
negotiations, and/or redirecting Internet-related policy discussions
away from trade negotiations to more open and inclusive fora.

To express your interest in attending, please visit our meeting website
at https://www.eff.org/event/trade-reform-meeting.  Numbers are limited,
and shortlisting of participants as well as funding support will be
based on their expertise and willingness to contribute.  You may feel
free to circulate this information to interested colleagues and
contacts, but on the above proviso that we are seeking those with proven
expertise to contribute to this effort.

Further information will be added soon, but we welcome your expressions
of interest now.

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jmalcolm at eff.org

Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161

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