AW: [governance] another example of enhanced cooperation

[Kleinwächter, Wolfgang]

Mc Tim
 
I am just back from one week lecturing in Moscow and can confirm that Russia is at the eve of a new approach (and a new wave?) to the Internet. President elect Medwedjew joint the Russian Internet Forum last week and told the crowd that the first thing he is doing in the morning is checking his e-Mail. He signalled a very positive approach to the Internet by his new administration but underlined also the need to "fight against the evil" and to improve the "regulatory framework". 
 
The IISI - the new ICANN partner - was just recently established and is seen as a key institution in Russian Internet community. There are a lot of  other initiatices. Among others, the Moscow Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) of the Foreign Office has started a new research project on the Internet, supported with some millions by the government.  What I observed was, inter alia, a booming blogger scene, a very popular social network called "classmate" (copying more or less facebook), new generation mobile phones everywhere but still little concern about privacy and freedom of expression on the end user side. Even graduate students had nearly no knowledge about RFID. But compared with the "good old times" of the communist system the Internet in Russia offers at the moment an incredible space for freedom of expression for ordinary Internet users, in particular if you contrast this with national television. But it remains to be seen how this is going on in the future with a .rf domain in cyrillic. 
 
Wolfgang 

 
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Von: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com]
Gesendet: Mo 14.04.2008 07:53
An: Governance
Betreff: [governance] another example of enhanced cooperation



http://www.turk.internet.com/haber/yazigoster.php3?yaziid=20680

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany: The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Lomonosov Moscow State University
Institute of Information Security Issues (IISI) have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on increasing
awareness on Internet issues inside Russia.

"Formalizing how ICANN can work together with IISI will help both
organizations reach out to the broader Russian Internet community and
build increased awareness of issues like Internationalized Domain
Names, IPv6 uptake, cybersecurity and domain name development," said
Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO. "This MoU is mutually
beneficial since it will ensure both organizations have a direct
connection into what is happening in the global Internet."

The goal of the MoU is cooperation and information sharing on issues
related to Internet governance, IP addresses, and the Domain Name
System (DNS). To make this happen ICANN and the IISI will work to:

Promote the exchange of information in the field of Internet policy,
and Internet security;
Promote the exchange of publications and documentation on current
activities of each party;
Support the organization of workshops and conferences, and;
Investigate the possibility of organizing joint seminars and projects.
"Together we found very constructive common language and understanding
of the issues facing both organizations," said Vladislav Petrovich
Sherstyuk, IISI's director. "IISI is looking forward to the next
concrete steps, and I am confident in the positive results to come."

The MoU was signed at the Second International Forum on Partnership
Among State, Business Community And Civil Society In Ensuring
Information Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. This year the
organizers of the meeting include IISI, ICANN, the International
Academy for Sustainable Development and Technologies at the University
of Karlsruhe, and the German-Russian Forum The George C. Marshall
European Center for Security Studies is also participating in the
event.

A copy of the signed MoU, which was approved by the ICANN Board on 23
January 2008, will be available on the ICANN website.

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Cheers,

McTim
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