[governance] Part 1 - About OECD

[Milton L Mueller]

Ah, I see Katitza makes the same point I did about OECD, only better.
Sorry for the redundancy.

From: Katitza Rodriguez [mailto:katitza at eff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:06 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Gwen Hinze; Meryem Marzouki; Anna Fielder
Subject: [governance] Part 1 - About OECD

Greetings

Disclaimer: I have been the Liaison for Civil Society at the OECD-ICCP Committee since its creation until April 2010 when I changed my job, and I move to EFF. I am sharing this information with those who are interested to learn more about OECD.

    The OECD is an international organization of thirty countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and free market economy. The organization provides a setting in which governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems; identify good practices, and co-ordinate domestic and international policies.

The OECD-ICCP Committee is the primary committee for OECD decision-making concerning specific Information Society policy. The OECD-ICCP publishes books, statistics, working papers and reference materials. Of particular interest to civil society groups in the IT field are the OECD Communications Outlook and OECD Information Technology Outlook. These reports contain forecasts and analysis of the communications and information technology industries in OECD member countries and non-member economies.

The OECD-ICCP has also developed a series of policy guidelines of particular interest to civil society organizations working on Internet policy. These initiatives include the OECD Policy Guidance on Convergence and Next Generation Networks, Access to Research Data, Protecting and Empowering Consumers in Communication Services, Consumer Protection in E-commerce, Privacy and Security as well as recent recommendations in such areas as mobile commerce, RFID, access to public information, critical information infrastructure, online dispute resolution, among others.

It's false to think of OECD as governing all things Internet -it does not and it can not.

 - OECD does not try to cover all Internet policy issues (at least for now), and it does not try to cover all aspects of the Internet. The ICCP works on the economic aspect of policy development for the issues that its member countries are interested in working on.

- OECD sees itself as being very different in scope to IGF; it does not see itself as engaging in IG or social issues; it does not have norm-setting power (nor help us Treaties) lathough it's policy reports are very influential). It does not see itself as the exclusive voice on an issue; for instance, it defers to WIPO on IP issues etc.


Why CSISAC members (http://csisac.org/members.php) decided to join CSISAC?

The main purpose of the CSISAC is to contribute constructively to the policy work of the OECD-ICCP and to promote the exchange of information between the OECD and the civil society participants in the information technology field. Information from the OECD will provide civil society participants with a stronger empirical basis to make policy assessments; inputs into research and policy development from civil society will provide the OECD with the essential perspective of stakeholders "at the receiving end" of policy. Strengthening the relationship between civil society and the OECD will lead to better-informed and more widely accepted policy frameworks.


The CSISAC includes the CSISAC Membership, the CSISAC Steering Committee, and the CSISAC Liaison . The OECD Steering Committee reads as follows:

Karen BANKS, Association For Progressive Communications

Anna FIELDER, Privacy International, Consumer Focus

Gwen HINZE, EFF

Jaiok KIM, Consumer Korea

Meryem MARZOUKI, EDRI

Rashmi RANGNATH from Public Knowledge

Marc ROTENBERG, EPIC Executive Director

Cristos VELASCO, NACPEC

Tony VETTER, International Institute for Sustainable Development
The Working Party on the Information Economy (WPIE) focuses on digital content, ICT diffusion to business, ICT-enabled offshoring, ICT skills and employment and the publication of the OECD Information Technology Outlook, and ICTs and the Environment.

CSISAC issues: Balanced Intellectual Property Policies, Digital Inclusion, Employment, ICT & The Environment, Access to Knowledge, Privacy & Transparency, Freedom of Expression, Pluralistic Media, and Consumer Protection.

The Working Party on Information Security and Privacy (WPISP) develops policy options to sustain trust, information security and privacy in the global networked society.

CSISAC issues: Privacy & Transparency, Consumer Protection, and Internet Governance.

The Working Party on Communications and Infrastructure Services Policy  (WPCISP) reviews telecommunications and Internet policy (regulatory reform, convergence of telecommunication, Internet, cable television and broadcasting networks).

CSISAC issues: Balanced Intellectual Property Policies, Privacy & Data Protection, Consumer Rights, Internet Governance, Network Neutrality, and Digital Inclusion.




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[1] The term "ICCP Committee" includes the Working Parties of the Committee.
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