[governance] EC on IG

[Milton L Mueller]

Nice summary, bill. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch]
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:20 PM
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> Subject: [governance] EC on IG
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There's a Communications from the EC today that may be of interest.
> 
> Internet governance: the next steps
> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/internet_gov/docs/communica
> tion/comm2009_277_fin_en.pdf
> 
> Two notable bits:
> 
> First, the EC refers to the JPA as if it's ending and that's a done
> deal.  Whether that's due to private assurance, disregard for the
> positions of various DC actors, strategic discourse, or whatever, who
> knows.  In any event, so moving on, it's time to talk about IANA:
> 
> "The indication by the US government in 2006 that the current
> agreement should be the last
> such agreement with ICANN was largely welcomed by the international
> community
> (including the EU). At the same time, the US government has
> consistently indicated that it
> will maintain effective control of the coordination of key global
> naming and addressing
> functions and this is likely to mean that the problem regarding the
> 'unilateral oversight' of
> such resources will remain unresolved."
> 
> Second, multistakeholderism is a nice thing that should be
> "encouraged" in discussion forums like the IGF.  ICANN, in contrast,
> involves "private-sector leadership," which "must be maintained."  And
> public policy and ICANN's external accountability are for governments
> to deal with:
> 
> "As regards external accountability, the current arrangements for
> unilateral oversight in regard to ICANN and IANA need to be replaced
> with an alternative mechanism to ensure that ICANN has multilateral
> accountability."
> 
> "At the same time, public policies for key global Internet resources
> (especially those that require global coordination) need to be based
> on multilateral intergovernmental cooperation."
> 
> So unless I'm missing something, the civil society kids are invited to
> chat and enjoy in the back seat and leave the driving to the adults in
> the front.  One big happy family, all in our respective roles and
> responsibilities...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill
> 
> PS: The EC also released a communication on the Internet of the things.
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> Centre for International Governance
> Graduate Institute of International and
>    Development Studies
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