[governance] Workshop proposals for Vilnius

[Parminder]

Attempting a  quick first draft for the proposed workshop.

Proposed workshop title : 'Transnational (or trans-border) enforcement 
of a new information order -- Issues of rights and democracy'

Internet is shaping a new global information and knowledge paradigm or 
order. In this respect, many technical issues interact with 
institutional frameworks around information and knowledge - like IP, but 
also FoE, cultural rights etc - to develop a unique and unprecedented 
global system of information and knowledge flows and controls. 
Trans-border institutional mechanism become a key issue in this regards 
- and trans-border enforcement of IP laws is a strongly contested 
subject right now. The pluri-lateral treaty 'Anti-Counterfeiting Trade 
Act', currently being negotiated has been in the eye of the storm, both 
vis a vis local constituencies in the countries which are a part of the 
negotiation, and developing countries who fear that such treaties 
negotiated without their participation may become the default global 
institutional framework, including through bilateral FTAs .

Apart from IP issues, trans-border enforcement on and through the 
Internet also has implications for FoE and cultural rights regimes (For 
instance the recent UNECSO treaty on cultural goods).

The proposed workshop will address the above issues, specifically 
employing the lenses of rights (right to knowledge, FoE, cultural rights 
etc) and democracy (right to self determination and political 
participation).


Parminder



Parminder wrote:
> I suggest that we get into deeper IP and Internet debates, which 
> represent some of the most hotly contested issues today, and in which 
> area a lot of policy work is going on (ACTA for instance)
>
> Can we hold a workshop on ' Transnational enforcement of a new 
> information order -- Issues of rights and democracy'. (tentative title)
>
> Basically we will discuss issues that have come up around ACTA (for 
> instance see the latest posting on IP watch at 
> http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=10061  )  as the main focus. However 
> some other issues may also come up - like Google - China stand-off, 
> Google's appeal to US gov to consider global information flows as a 
> trade issue and use trade related enforcements in this area, Google 
> and others cutting off or limiting their services to countries on US's 
> trade sanctions list (trade embargo issues and IG is mentioned in the 
> Vilnius  program document), non availability of major online payment 
> systems in countries like Pakistan etc .....
>
> The attempt here is to move beyond the focus on governance of the 
> basic technical/ logical  infrastructure  (ICANN etc) also to the 
> governance of the emerging global information infrastructure. (At a 
> still different level, though connected, is the governance of the 
> social interactions/ networking infrastructure, but that is not 
> something this workshop will get into)
>
> The above is just illustrative of the proposed scope of the workshop. 
> Will try and put up a short write up for it separately. Parminder
>
>
>
> Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>> On 24/03/2010, at 8:57 PM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Jeremy: Kindly propose an improved language to the workshop proposal
>>> so that IGC can collaboratively develop it into a very fruitful
>>> discourse.
>>>     
>>
>> Sorry for letting this slide for a while; I've been away.  Anyway, there is very little I would change in Fouad's workshop proposal, but here are the two workshop proposals that are currently on the table for discussion, the second one now fleshed out a bit.  Please provide any comments on these so that we can submit them both for the MAG's consideration by the 15th.
>>
>> WORKSHOP 1
>> ==========
>>
>> Title: Revolutionary Internet Governance Ideas that can help change the Developing World
>>
>> Objective:
>> A workshop that provides stakeholders the opportunity to share positive ideas for stimulating socio-economic change in the developing world utilizing the Internet. This will be a venue for both developed and developing world participants. An example may be the ideas presented by Tim Berners-Lee at TED for Opening Data to the world that helped in providing concrete relief information on the ground during the Haiti earthquake crisis. Another idea may be Google's mapping of the Sudan crisis.
>>
>> With the participation of all stakeholders, including youth, the workshop will record the many positive ideas that evolve from this venue, measure the changes that they have enabled over time, and at the next IGF meeting identify which ideas had the greatest impact over the past 12 months since presented.
>>
>> Format:
>> A round table open to all participants of the workshop. The format will be 5 minutes given to each of the participants to share an existing or revolutionary idea. The Internet governance dimensions of each idea will also be explored.  All the ideas will be recorded and categorized under various topics for measurement of impact over the following year.
>>
>> Organisers:
>> Internet Governance Caucus
>> [ISOC?]
>> [OECD?]
>>
>> Contact: Fouad Bajwa, Jeremy Malcolm
>>
>>
>> WORKSHOP 2
>> ==========
>> Title: Successes and failures of Internet governance, 1995 - 2010, and looking forward to WSIS 2015
>>
>> Objective:
>> This workshop will compare the changing institutional and procedural approaches that have been applied to the problems of Internet governance over the last 15 years, and facilitate the sharing of various perspectives about the effectiveness and legitimacy of each approach.  In each case reference will be made to the WSIS process criteria which recommend the full involvement of governments, the private sector, civil society, and international organizations in Internet governance arrangements.
>>
>> In parallel, the workshop will also look back to the period of 2003-2005 when the first meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held, and forward to a future meeting in 2015.  Questions to be asked include, would the same decisions about Internet governance that were made in 2005 have been made today, are the WSIS process criteria due for revision, and how will the role of private actors differ between the two summits?
>>
>> Format:
>> The workshop will take a interactive panel format, beginning with brief presentations from experts from each of the stakeholder groups (including academia), followed by a moderated between panelists and the floor.
>>
>> Organisers:
>> Internet Governance Caucus
>> [Others - IT for Change, APC, CI?]
>> [Government of France?]
>> [Cisco?]
>>
>> Contact: Jeremy Malcolm, ...
>>
>>   
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