[governance] Report Public Hearing

Wed May 6 08:50:44 EDT 2009

Fouad,

'End' of JPA Oct. 1 is a possibility; probability (in my opinion) is a continuation.

Before and after Oct. 1 there will be lots of discussions, hence the EU/Reding move to advocate sticking to deadline and completing privatization/liberation of ICANN from direct government oversight, with soft oversight from G12 and a novel hard judicial review mechanism being set up.

Odds of that happening may be low; odds of agreement on all that before Oct. 1 is even lower.

In any case, the post-JPA games have seriously begun; I believe CS has to play too. So Ian's call for more discussion on what more precisely CS would want to see, and what practical steps could get us there, is right on target I believe.

Lee
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From: Fouad Bajwa [fouadbajwa at gmail.com]
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Subject: Re: [governance] Report Public Hearing

Frankly speaking I don't see any of this happening. Would you really
consider the fact that there is nothing already planned for ICANN
prior to the agreement's end in September?

Secondly, does the EU Commissioner have consent of the
multistakeholders that form the ICANN governance through any prior
consultation? I can't find evidence on such.

Really?

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:33 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) and has been supporting an open
> multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on internet governance and development
> (IP/06/1491). The European Commission also participates in the Governmental
> Advisory Committee 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
>
> 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
>
>
>
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