[governance] Report Public Hearing
Ian Peter
ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Tue May 5 17:24:13 EDT 2009
So here is our dilemma -
Firstly, to most of us the concept of an ICANN with US Govt unilateral
rights through JPA is the wrong model for the future. Here civil society and
government are united and indeed most of the world. We all agree something
should change, and IGF¹s establishment basically attests to that.
In the absence of a clear proposal of a better way to do things, governments
inevitably will return to the way they usually do things in this space
some model of government oversight worked out with industry, and all is
well. That¹s what we see being proposed now. Over time that probably sees
civil society input reduced or dispensed with.
If we are not happy with that model, we really have to be clear about what
we think is the appropriate alternative. So let me ask the question -
Is ICANN as is without the JPA an appropriate governance structure? Is it a
multistakeholder model we would support?
I suspect we have differing views here. I have heard it expressed that ICANN
is basically a conclave of siloed interest groups.
So what is multistakeholder and if it was applied to ICANN as a governance
structure what would it look like and how would it be different? or is
multistakeholder a term of convenience and what we are seeking something
entirely different?
I think we need to be clear here.
Ian Peter
On 6/05/09 3:06 AM, "Vanda Scartezini" <vanda at uol.com.br> wrote:
> 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 haven¹t 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
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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&forma
>> t=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr>
>> <http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1297&f
>> ormat=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&forma
>> t=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en>
>> <http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1491&f
>> ormat=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en> ). The
>> European Commission also participates in the Governmental Advisory Committee
>> <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>
>>
>>
>> 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>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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