[governance] Sharing article on "end-to-end networking" and "openness" for distribution and feeding into IGF Workshops and Activities

[Fouad Bajwa]

Dear Colleagues,

Again this year, a number of factors contribute towards preventing my
physical participation in the IGF process, third time in a row that
include lack of funding and support, country situation (Pakistan) and
immediate work liabilities continuing on issues related to IPR,
Openness, Free and Open Source Software and Strategic Technology
Management.

However, I am sending a small article/paper for your review as an
attached .pdf document. I wrote this sometime ago and I would like to
personally request you all to use it in whatever way it can be used,
all in the context of Internet Governance and its process as well as
issue risks identification and mitigation in the area of "end-to-end
networking". Also the same is freely available to be either used as a
capacity building tool, working paper on the issue of Openness in
Internet Governance, a document to distribute to participants of any
or a particular workshop or for use by the members of this forum. A
brief for convenience is as follows and you are free to contact me on
any discussion within this context or to share any other perspectives
from the overall domain.

Title: The Trouble Makers Reloaded

Introduction
The pressing statements related to the Internet Governance debate
regarding future IG regimes to preserve the key principle of Internet
architecture - "end-to-end networking" are based on a number of issues
that effect not only the countries in general but also have a huge
impact on the various stakeholders as outlined in the Internet
Governance Working Definition both technical as well as with relevance
to the legal or regulatory frameworks.

Conclusion:
End-to-end connectivity initiated the possibilities for equitable
distribution of resources and access for all. It also affects various
political and developmental aspects of developed and developing
nations and some cases disrupting the current regulatory frameworks in
practice. Huge investment in international connectivity will continue
to deprive developing nations of investment and funds for supporting
their real socio-economic development issues unless they develop their
own Internet Backbones either by themselves or by establishing
international cooperation with like minded developed or developing
nations. Thus end-to-end networking and net neutrality are critical to
promoting freedom of expression, access to knowledge while encouraging
the stable and secure functioning of the Internet by taking the
Internet Governance debate to a new level of intervention and
interest.


Don't forget to visit
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/oecd_2008_seoul.xhtml

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Regards.
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Fouad Bajwa
Researcher and Advisor
Internet Governance
FOSS Advocate
(Free and Open Source Software)
Pakistan.
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