[governance] Invitation => IG4D

Sun Sep 12 06:32:22 EDT 2010

Bill,

It will be my pleasure to see you on Tuesday at 9:00 in our workshop. You
have at least one hour before the setting the scene session (10:00-11:30).
So please come and drag others that werent on the list and didnt receive
the invitation.

Since our workshop is programmed at the very beginning, I do wish that you
come and we can coordinate interactions for the remaining IGF time and
beyond. 

See you on Tuesday at 9:00 in Room 3. 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

Vice Chairman of CIC

World Federation of Engineering Organizations

Phone : + 216 70 825 231

Mobile : + 216 98 330 114

Fax     : + 216 70 825 231

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De : William Drake [mailto:william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch] 
Envoyé : dimanche 12 septembre 2010 10:04
À : governance at lists.cpsr.org; Tijani BEN JEMAA
Objet : Re: [governance] Invitation => IG4D

Hello Tijani,

On Sep 12, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:

                        Workshop #:    61

                        Theme:           New gTLDs and IDNs for Development

                        Date:                           Tuesday 14 September
2010

                        Time slot:        09:00 - 11:00

                        Venue:                        Room 3  

This looks very interesting, I wish it didn't overlap with the Setting the
Scene session I have to attend (we'll be talking about some of the
background papers included in the Sharm book, which are mostly by IGC
members).  I also wish it had popped up on the radars of the planning group
for the IG4D main session; don't know how we missed it, very sorry.  But
while you're not listed as a "feeder workshop" for that session, it would be
great if you could anyway provide an input on its main conclusions etc.

BTW, the relationships between new gTLDs, IDNs and development will also be
an element of a more broadly framed workshop, the fourth I've organized on
the notion of a development agenda, description below.  It'd be good if we
could pursue some synergies between the two, as well as with other
IG4D-related events, e.g. the main session, George Sadowsky's workshop WS
174 (which precedes mine in the same room), etc.  Development is much more
prominent on this year's agenda than in previous IGFs, but it would take
some initiative to build on that going forward.

Best,

Bill

Workshop 165, Day 2, Wednesday, 15 September, 16:30-18:30, Room 3

A Development Agenda Approach to Internet Names and Numbers

A development agenda can be defined as a holistic program of analysis and
action intended to mainstream development considerations into the procedures
and policy outputs of global governance mechanisms. While there have been
concerted efforts to pursue such agendas in the multilateral institutions
dealing with issues like international trade and intellectual property,
there has been no corresponding initiative with respect to global Internet
governance. Hence, a series of interrelated workshops has been organized at
the Rio, Hyderabad and Sharm el Sheikh IGF meetings to help foster dialogue
on the possible establishment of such an initiative.  Over the course of
these events, participants have considered the potential value-added of a
development agenda; fleshed out its broad institutional and substantive
contours; identified some particularly important linkages between internet
governance and development that merit further consideration; and in light of
the WSIS principles, agreed that the IGF is the most appropriate venue in
which to devise an approach to mainstreaming development within Internet
governance institutions, as applicable.  Building on these foundations, the
next step in the process should be to test the general model in a specific
issue-area and institutional context in order to identify possible
refinements.

Accordingly, the proposed Vilnius workshop would apply the development
agenda approach to the field of Internet names and numbers, with particular
attention being devoted to the ICANN nexus.   In addition to advancing IG4D
efforts within the IGF, the workshop also could provide food for thought to
the growing dialogue within ICANN on how to better address development
concerns.  The three main elements of a development agenda to be considered
would include: a) capacity building partnerships to enable the effective
participation of governmental and nongovernmental actors in technical
dialogues and decision making processes; b) institutional measures---e.g.
with respect to information overload, working methods and culture, and
possibly development-oriented focal points---that could facilitate increased
engagement; and c) identification of the substantive policy issues that may
raise distinctive developmental considerations and to which a developmental
orientation could usefully be brought to bear.  

Speakers

William J. Drake  [moderator]
Senior Associate, Centre for International Governance, Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Olga Cavalli
Adviser for Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Government of Argentina

Rafik Dammak
Research Student in Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of
Tokyo; Tunisia

Zahid Jamil                              
Senior Partner, Jamil & Jamil, Barrister-at-Law; and Chairman, Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Center; Pakistan 

Alice Munyua
Convenor, East African IGF and Kenya ICT Action Network,  
Communications Commission, Government of Kenya

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies; XS4All Chair,
University of Delft; Partner, the Internet Governance Project; USA

Mike Silber
General Manager: Regulatory, Neotel; Management Committee member, South
African Internet Service Providers' Association; Member of the Board of
Directors, ICANN; South Africa

Jean-Jacques Subrenat
Member of the Board of Directors, ICANN; France

Institutional Co-Sponsors

Centre for International Governance, Graduate Institute for International
Studies [lead; academic]

Association for Progressive Communications [civil society]

Government of Argentina (TBC) [government]

Institute for Internet Policy & Law, Beijing Normal University [academic]

Council of Europe [international organization]

Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Buenos Aires [academic]

Federal Office of Communication, Government of Switzerland [government]

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