[governance] Report Public Hearing
Vanda Scartezini
vanda at uol.com.br
Tue May 5 13:06:51 EDT 2009
Hi all
Looks like the idea of have just governments to oversee the internet
brings the real possibility to have, from ICANN side, just business
activities and , in other words - destroying the stakeholder model we so
hard defended , back at the first IGF movements.
I can not agree with the idea of have governments ( whatever the
composition they find to do this) in a superior stage - this is United
Nations model and so far I haven't see it can work properly. ICANN community
was expecting to run from DoC, for what? to be catch by 12 or 20 others?
The only thing we will get is more bureaucracy and less civil society
participation.
Time to move.
Vanda Scartezini
POLO Consultores Associados
& IT Trend
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From: carlton.samuels at gmail.com [mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.com] On Behalf
Of Carlton Samuels
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 9:09 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Ian Peter
Subject: Re: [governance] Report Public Hearing
Ian,
This appears to be a message for the flagpole to see who salutes but even at
this stage, I share your concern.
As I read it, the EU Commissioner's construct emphatically channel a rump of
the G20 as supplanting and increasing the role of the GAC in the current
ICANN dispensation at the expense of civil society actors, including the
At-Large.
Hopefully those from civil society groups in Brussels will make the case for
a more inclusive role for civil society.
Carlton Samuels
The University of the West Indies ALS and member, LACRALO
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
This is an interesting if predictable development. One concern I would have
if it developed is that a fully privatised ICANN taking recommendations from
a G12 (with or without the end of the JPA) leaves civil society input to the
unpredictable channels of NCUC and ALAC, both of which could disappear in
any future review that views ICANN as an industry regulator.
Interested in other thoughts here. This might gather speed with governments
as a sensible step forward - and although Reding sees this as a replacement
for JPA, G12 might as well exist with or without JPA as an alternative to
GAC for higher level governmental involvement.
Interested in what others think about this or what impressions those
attending this meeting might have about the chance of this gathering
momentum. In any case I am concerned about the civil society role in such a
model.
Ian Peter
On 5/05/09 7:33 AM, "jlfullsack" <jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
Dear all
In order to save a great amount of carbon dioxyde emission for the "public"
to travel to Brussels for attending the May 6th Hearing, EU Commissioner
Viviane Reding has already worked out the Meeting (draft) Report and
proposes it for possible minor amendments and endorsement (see below) by the
"invited partipants".
As Meryem would say : Enjoy !
Jean-Louis Fullsack
IP/09/696
Brussels, 4 May 2009
Internet Governance: EU Commissioner Reding calls for full privatisation and
full accountability of ICANN as of 1 October
In a video posted on her website this morning, Viviane Reding, EU-
Commissioner for Information Society and Media, called for greater
transparency and accountability in Internet Governance as of October 2009.
Key decisions related to Internet Governance, like top level domains and
managing the internet's core directory, are currently made by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a private not-for profit
corporation established in California. So far, ICANN has been operating
under an agreement with the US Department of Commerce. However, this
agreement expires on 30 September this year. For the time after,
Commissioner Reding today outlined a new governance model for the internet.
This would include a fully private and accountable ICANN, accompanied by an
independent judicial body, as well as a "G12 for Internet Governance" ^ a
multilateral forum for governments to discuss general internet governance
policy and security issues.
"I trust that President Obama will have the courage, the wisdom and the
respect for the global nature of the internet to pave the way in September
for a new, more accountable, more transparent, more democratic and more
multilateral form of Internet Governance," said EU Commissioner Viviane
Reding in her Internet video message this morning. "The time to act is now.
And Europe will be ready to support President Obama in his efforts."
Reding stressed that "a moment of truth will come on 30 September this year,
when the current agreement between ICANN and the US Government expires. This
opens the door for the full privatisation of ICANN; and it also raises the
question of to whom ICANN should be accountable, as from 1 October."
ICANN deals with some of most sensitive issues related to Internet
Governance, such as top level domains or management of the internet address
system that ensures that millions of computers can connect to each other.
ICANN was established in 1998 in California, under an agreement with the US
government.
"Accountability of ICANN is a must," said Reding. "The Clinton
administration's decision to progressively privatize the internet's domain
name and addressing system is the right one. In the long run, it is not
defendable that the government department of only one country has oversight
of an internet function which is used by hundreds of millions of people in
countries all over the world."
EU Commissioner Reding also outlined how a new model of Internet Governance
could be shaped after 30 September. It could include in particular the
following:
* A fully privatised and independent ICANN complying with the best
standards of corporate governance, in particular with those on financial
transparency and internal accountability, and subject to effective judicial
review.
* A multilateral forum where governments can discuss general internet
governance policy issues, such as a "G12 for Internet Governance" ^ an
informal group of government representatives that meets at least twice a
year and can make, by majority, recommendations to ICANN where appropriate.
This group would provide swift reaction in case of threats to the
stability, security and openness of the internet. To be geographically
balanced, this "G-12 for Internet Governance" would include two
representatives from each North America, South America, Europe and Africa,
three representatives from Asia and Australia, as well as the Chairman of
ICANN as a non-voting member. International Organisations with competences
in this field could be given observer status.
On 6 May, the European Commission will host a first public hearing in
Brussels to give Europe's Internet Community a chance to voice their
expectations for the future of Internet Governance.
Background
For many years, the European Union has played a major role in international
discussions on Internet Governance. The European Commission has repeatedly
called for a system of internet governance fully entrusted to the private
sector without government interference in the internet's day-to-day
management (see IP/06/1297
<http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1297&format=H
TML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr>
<http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1297&form
at=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr> ) and has been
supporting an open multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on internet governance
and development (IP/06/1491
<http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1491&format=H
TML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en>
<http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1491&form
at=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en> ). The European
Commission also participates in the Governmental Advisory Committee
<http://gac.icann.org/> <http://gac.icann.org/> of the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), whose main purpose is to advise
ICANN on public policy aspects of its coordination activities.
Commissioner Reding's video message is available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/video/index_en.htm
<http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/video/index_en.htm>
<http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/video/index_en.htm>
Further information on the public hearing on Internet Governance, organised
by the European Commission on 6 May in Brussels will be available at the
following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/internet_gov/index_en.htm
<http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/internet_gov/index_en.htm>
<http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/internet_gov/index_en.htm>
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