[governance] Fwd: 2009 EuroDIG stakeholders support the protection of human rightsand universal access as key priorities for Internet governance

[Fouad Bajwa]

I just recieved the following press communique statement from the
Council of Europe Directorate of Communication from after the Eurodig
about issues related to Human Rights.

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Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Subject: [hrea] 2009 EuroDIG stakeholders support the protection of
human rights and universal access as key priorities for Internet
governance
To: fouadbajwa


Geneva, 16.09.2009 – The protection of human rights, ensuring
universal access to the Internet as a public service and promoting
media literacy should be key priorities for Internet governance in
Europe. These were some of the conclusions of the 2nd European
Dialogue on Internet Governance, which brought together 200
representatives from business, governments, parliaments and civil
society in Geneva on 14-15 September.

EuroDIG supported that the Council of Europe, subject to approval by
its governing body, provides the secretariat to ensure the
sustainability of EuroDIG, which should continue to be organised in
cooperation with other organisations and stakeholders, including the
European Parliament (EP). The EP was among the promoters of the idea
of an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) at European level and supported
the 1st EuroDIG in Strasbourg.

There was consensus among participants on the importance of
maintaining a multistakeholder approach to Internet governance related
issues following the UN Internet Governance Forum model and the Tunis
Agenda (the conclusions of the World Summit on the Information
Society), and that EuroDIG is the “European IGF”, where a common
European perspective should be discussed and carried to other fora.

Issues discussed included access to the Internet, online privacy and
social networks, cybercrime, critical Internet resources, net
neutrality, the quality and reliability of content and related issues
concerning public service media and user-generated content, and
copyright issues. Media literacy also featured highly in the
discussions.

The event was co-organised by the European Broadcasting Union and the
Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), with the support of
the Council of Europe. The multi-stakeholder debates will serve to
prepare European contributions to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
which will take place from 15 to 18 November 2009 in Sharm-El-Sheikh,
Egypt.

Summaries of the discussions of the workshops can be found at www.eurodig.org

Additional information: The EuroDIG Organisation Network, created in
2008, is an open and growing group of European stakeholders such as
the Council of Europe, “The Club of Rome – European Support Centre”,
Comunica-ch, DiploFoundation - the European At-Large Organisation
(EURALO), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Euro-NF, the European
Parliament, the German Association of Internet Economy, the Finnish,
French, Icelandic and Swiss governments, INHOPE, the International
Chamber of Commerce, INSAFE, ISOC-ECC , Medienstadt Leipzig e.V.,
NOMINET, Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), SWITCH,
United Service Union (ver.di) and the European Youth Forum.

Council of Europe Directorate of Communication
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 25 60
Fax:+33 (0)3 88 41 39 11


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