[governance] workshop deadline: April 30

Sun Mar 30 05:36:58 EDT 2008

We need to continue this discussion on IGC sponsored workshops. 

My suggestions...

> 2- "Critical Internet resources"
> or whatever this may me called. Adam's proposing "Arrangements for
> Internet governance", but I'm afraid this title may be misleading. I
> think the idea is the same, however)

Istn this too generic as stated here. I could not understand what would
'arrangements for IG' stand for. 

On the other hand, Meryem, in this list of 3 you did not include the
proposal for a workshop on nonprofit/ public/ welfare aspect of the Internet
and its implications for IG. Some support for this workshop has been
expressed, and some discussion taken place. The last was about naming it
something like

"Coexistence of commercial and non-profit spaces on the Internet
-- implications for IG"

But I think it will need some more work... Meanwhile it is interesting to
note that Council or Europe in its recent resolution (at
https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CM/Rec(2008)6 ) further expound the
'public value' aspect of the Internet that it has been speaking about for
some time now.

To quote

" Aware of the public service value of the Internet, understood as peoples
significant reliance on the Internet as an essential tool for their everyday
activities (communication, information, knowledge, commercial transactions,
entertainment) and the resulting legitimate expectation that Internet
services be accessible, affordable, secure, reliable and ongoing and
recalling in this regard Recommendation Rec(2007)16 of the Committee of
Ministers on measures to promote the public service value of the Internet."

I think this is an important 'higher level' issue for IG that CS must push.
And therefore a workshop on this issue of public value or publicness of the
Internet will be useful. 

> 3- "Technical and contractual means of law enforcement and control:
> revising the competence of jurisdictions?"
> This may be rewritten, but I hope you get the idea.

There is good agreement on a workshop roughly around this topic, but again
this needs more work. I suggest something like - "IG and global jurisdiction
- political, legal, contractual, technical and private means/instruments'. I
know this is spectacularly inelegant, but just contributing this as a
general idea of what its content can be. 

And we may do a place-holder for present - with something shorter and
crisper - and expound the idea further as we prepare the final format and
title for the workshop.

Parminder 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meryem Marzouki [mailto:marzouki at ras.eu.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:12 PM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] workshop deadline: April 30
> 
> Hi Parminder and all,
> 
> Le 25 mars 08 à 13:50, Parminder a écrit :
> >
> > As proposed earlier I do think we should submit a few strong
> > proposals...
> >
> > I had given a call for IGC sponsored workshop proposals on 12th
> > March. We
> > have little time left to the 30th, so lets get on with it.
> 
> Note it's April 30, not March 30. But still, not that much time to
> achieve this:)
> 
> > We saw discussions on two possible topics, in the last few weeks
> > (pl point
> > out if any other has figured, and I haven't mentioned it here)
> 
> I share Bill's and your suggestion to concentrate on 2-3 well defined
> IGC workshops, with co-sponsorship possibilities for other workshops.
> 
> I support these three themes, for IGC workshops:
> 
> 1- "Role and Mandate of IGF" (follow-up of last year workshop)
> 
> 2- "Critical Internet resources"
> or whatever this may me called. Adam's proposing "Arrangements for
> Internet governance", but I'm afraid this title may be misleading. I
> think the idea is the same, however)
> 
> 3- "Technical and contractual means of law enforcement and control:
> revising the competence of jurisdictions?"
> This may be rewritten, but I hope you get the idea. The point is that
> if we organize a workshop on "cross-country jurisdiction issues", I'm
> afraid we'll fall into years-old very specific and technical legal
> debates, while not addressing the main point w.r.t. Internet
> governance, which is how technical and contractual means are used to
> circumvent national laws (sovereignty issue but also breaches of the
> rule of law), to circumvent or overcome the competence of
> jurisdiction issue, as well as to insidiously establish non legal
> standards. Thus, it's a wider topic.
> Re: technical means, we touch on the issue of IPR as well as on
> content regulation through filtering
> Re: contractual means, we can deal with notice and take down
> procedures, etc. (most recent example of such case: Network Solutions
> - as host provider, not as registrar - suspending the
> fitnathemovie.com website, see: http://newsroom.networksolutions.com/
> 2008/network-solutions-statement-on-fitnathemoviecom/)
> It seems to me that this would allow, more generally, to discuss all
> the issues synthetized in Willie's message (http://lists.cpsr.org/
> lists/arc/governance/2008-03/msg00147.html).
> 
> Best,
> Meryem
> 
> >
> > Roughly put they are
> >
> > - cross-country jurisdiction issues in IG
> >
> > - Commercial or welfare-based nature of the Internet -
> > Implications for IG
> >
> > And we do certainly want to make our last year's workshop on 'role and
> > mandate of the IGF' into an annual affair.
> >
> > And as Adam suggests, the issues we proposed in Feb for main themes
> > can be
> > rehashed as IGC sponsored workshops. These are
> >
> > 1. Enhanced Cooperation - What Was Meant By the Tunis Agenda, and
> > What Is
> > the Status of It
> >
> > 2. Network Neutrality - Ensuring Openness in All Layers of the
> > Internet
> >
> > 3. A Development Agenda for Internet Governance
> >
> > 4. Transparency and Inclusive Participation in Internet Governance
> >
> > (detailed text as per caucus's consensus statement to Feb
> > consultations is
> > given below)
> >
> > Parminder
> >
> >
> > 1. Enhanced Cooperation - What Was Meant By the Tunis Agenda, and
> > What Is
> > the Status of It
> >
> > Tunis Agenda speaks of the need for 'enhanced cooperation' for global
> > Internet policy making. There are different views about what
> > exactly is
> > meant by this term, and what processes will/ can constitute 'enhanced
> > cooperation'. IGF is the right forum to deliberate on the meaning and
> > possibilities of this term, through wide participation of all
> > stakeholders
> > in the multi-stakeholder spirit of the WSIS.  It is quite possible
> > that such
> > an open discussion pushes the process of 'enhanced cooperation'
> > forward,
> > which at present seems to be caught in a kind of a limbo, or at
> > least some
> > degree of confusion.
> >
> > 2. Network Neutrality - Ensuring Openness in All Layers of the
> > Internet
> >
> > Network neutrality has been an important architectural principle
> > for the
> > Internet. This principle is under considerable challenge as
> > Internet becomes
> > the mainstream communication platform for almost all business and
> > social
> > activities. These challenges are most manifest in the physical
> > layer, but
> > also increasingly in the content and application layers. This
> > session will
> > examine the implication of this principle, and its possible
> > evolutionary
> > interpretations, for Internet policy in different areas.
> >
> >
> > 3. A Development Agenda for Internet Governance
> >
> > Development is a key focus of the Tunis Agenda and its mandate for
> > the IGF.
> > Development also was listed as a cross-cutting theme of the Athens
> > and Rio
> > conferences, but neither featured a main session that devoted
> > significant,
> > focused attention to the linkages between Internet governance
> > mechanisms and
> > development.  However, at Rio a workshop was organized by civil
> > society
> > actors in collaboration with the Swiss Office of Communications and
> > other
> > partners from all stakeholder groupings on, "Toward a Development
> > Agenda for
> > Internet Governance."  The workshop considered the options for
> > establishing
> > a holistic program of analysis and action that would help mainstream
> > development considerations into Internet governance decision making
> > processes.
> >
> > Attendees at this workshop expressed strong interest in further
> > work on the
> > topic being pursued in the IGF.  Hence, we believe the Development
> > Agenda
> > concept should be taken up in a main session at Hyderabad, and that
> > this
> > would be of keen interest to a great many participants there.  We also
> > support the Swiss government's proposal to consider establishing a
> > multi-stakeholder Working Group that could develop recommendations
> > to the
> > IGF on a development agenda.
> >
> > 4. Transparency and Inclusive Participation in Internet Governance
> >
> > The WSIS principles hold that Internet governance processes "should be
> > multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of
> > governments, the private sector, civil society and international
> > organizations." Governments invoked these principles throughout the
> > WSIS
> > process, and in the Tunis Agenda mandated the IGF to, "promote and
> > assess,
> > on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet
> > Governance processes."  Nevertheless, the IGF has not held any
> > follow-up
> > discussion on how to pursue this key element of its mandate.  The
> > Internet
> > Governance Caucus has consistently advocated programmatic activity
> > in this
> > arena, and hence welcomes the Swiss government's statement that
> > implementation of the WSIS principles should be added as a cross-
> > cutting
> > issue at the core of all IGF discussions.  To help kick-start that
> > cross-cutting consideration, we propose that a main session in
> > Hyderabad
> > concentrate on two WSIS principles of general applicability for which
> > progress in implementation can be most readily
> > assessed: transparency, and inclusive participation.  The session
> > could
> > consider patterns of practice across Internet governance
> > mechanisms, and
> > identify generalizable lessons concerning good or best practices.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:37 PM
> >> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> >> Subject: [governance] workshop deadline: April 30
> >>
> >> Deadline for the submission of proposals for workshops, best practice
> >> forums and open forums is 30 April 2008. Not many weeks away. Details
> >> in the MAG meeting report
> >> <http://www.intgovforum.org/Feb_igf_meeting/MAG.Summary.
> >> 28.02.2008.v2.pdf>
> >> and most of the relevant information copied below.
> >>
> >> Issues the caucus recommended in contributions for the last
> >> consultation have not all be included. It would not hurt to quickly
> >> re-submit those comments (amended to take account of the MAG's
> >> report).
> >>
> >> Again, if you organized a workshop in Rio and have not yet submitted
> >> a report, please do so. (about 80 events in Rio and
> >> <http://www.intgovforum.org/rio_reports/rio_reports.html> not many
> >> have submitted a report, which if anyone really cares about the IGF
> >> producing outcomes, is a bit silly.)
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Draft Programme Outline
> >>
> >> General programming principles:
> >> * Two days with general themes and main sessions focused on specific
> >> issues and not general overviews.
> >> * Some workshops could be held on themes defined by the MAG (main
> >> workshops), but organized by others who respond to a call for
> >> proposals.
> >> * Main workshops, which are linked to the main sessions and workshops
> >> on the four Athens themes, are not to be held in parallel to main
> >> sessions.
> >> * Other workshops may be held in parallel to the main sessions,
> >> depending on the quantity and quality of the proposals.
> >> * All organizers of events (workshops, best practices etc) will be
> >> asked to commit themselves to submit a report on their event.
> >> Non-submission of a report will disqualify the organizer for the
> >> following year.
> >> * Preference will be given in 2008 to those who did submit a report
> >> for 2007. (Submission of reports is still possible and encouraged.)
> >> * No official meetings starting after 1800 hours.
> >> * No official meetings during the lunch-break between 1300-1400
> >> hours.
> >> * Further efforts will be made to enable remote participation
> >> * Efforts will be made to publish the proceedings of the meeting also
> >> in other formats.
> >>
> >> 3 December
> >> Curtain raiser, tutorials, workshops Opening ceremony/Opening session
> >>
> >> 4 December
> >> Theme:
> >> Universalization of the Internet - How to reach the next billion
> >> (alternate title: Expanding the Internet)
> >> 1100 - 1300: Low cost sustainable access
> >> 1400 - 1600: Multilingualization
> >> 1630 - 1830: Implications for development policy
> >>
> >> Host Country Reception
> >>
> >> 5 December
> >> Theme: Managing the Internet (alternate title: Using the Internet)
> >> 1100 - 1300: Critical Internet resources
> >> 1400 - 1600: Arrangements for Internet governance
> >> 1630 - 1830: Global cooperation for Internet security and stability
> >>
> >> 6 December
> >> 0900 - 1100: Taking stock and the way forward
> >> 1130 - 1300: Debate
> >> 1400 - 1600: Emerging issues
> >> 1630 - 1800: Closing Ceremony
> >>
> >> Notes from the discussion:
> >>
> >> The discussion on the two schedules and on possible topics took on
> >> the character of a brain storming session that would provide a
> >> starting point for discussion in the MAG and the wider IGF community.
> >>
> >> Some of the points that were brought out include:
> >> * The planning for 2008 should take into account the Chairman's
> >> Summary of the Rio meeting and look at the lessons learned and issues
> >> raised in the previous meetings.
> >> * Possible focused topics for "Low cost sustainable access" could
> >> include the role of entrepreneurship in providing low cost
> >> sustainable access with a special focus on entrepreneurship and
> >> India's success.
> >> * The scope of "Managing the Internet" topic could focus on
> >> international, national or local management of the Internet or the
> >> relationship among the three levels.
> >> * Possible focused topics for "Critical Internet resources" include:
> >> * Enabling growth and innovation
> >> * Capacity building
> >> * The role of public private partnership in managing the Internet
> >> * Transition from IPv4 to IPv6
> >> * Governance issues in promoting the adoption of IPv6
> >> * Topics beyond IP addressing
> >> * Possible Debate topics:
> >> * IPR and innovation for development
> >> * Privacy and protection of children
> >> * Relationship between security and privacy
> >> * The "Taking Stock and the Way Forward" session could include an
> >> evaluation of the IGF in regard to its mandate
> >>
> >> * Other comments:
> >> * Freedom of Expression should have a dedicated session, though there
> >> was a question whether the IGF was the appropriate forum to discuss
> >> this issue.
> >> * Should the topic on innovations be discussed under
> >> * Emerging Issues
> >> * Universalization of the Internet.
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