[governance] Council of Europe Framework of Commitment

Sat Sep 25 06:46:37 EDT 2010

Dear all

I followed with great interest the recent thread on an international Internet Governance treaty triggered by a misleading public article. Obviously the author of this article misunderstood something and was not fully informed about the purpose and background of the COE initiative and the role of the workshop 60 within the recent IGF. However the started debate is very useful and helps to clarifiy some issue which are under constant and evolving discussion.

To stimulare the discussion further I invite you to comment to the "Discussion Paper" which was tabled in Vilnjus as a backgrounder for Workshop 60. We - that is in particular the small CEO Expert Group which I chair (with Michael Yakushew as Co-Chair and Rolf Weber und Christian Singer as members) and some CEO people - would be very thankful for all kind of input. 

We will have a small group meeting early November 2011 (to evaluate the feedback from the Vilnjus workshop) and have to report back to the CDMC (which is the CEO Ministerial Committee) mid-November. Based on this report we will draft a workplan for 2011. 

We think that the background paper is just a starter and it needs much more time, analysis and involvment of other groups to move from a set of ideas, principles and proposals to a more serious and comprehensive proposal. Our plan is, inter alia, to prepare a larger expert workshop in connection with the forthcoming 4th EURODIG end of May 2011 in Belgrade and a more global oriented workshop in connection with the 6th IGF in Nairobi end of September 2011. You are cordially invited to join this process.  

Best wishes

wolfgang

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Von: THACI Elvana [mailto:Elvana.THACI at coe.int]
Gesendet: Di 21.09.2010 16:44
An: Kleinwächter, Wolfgang
Cc: YAKUSHEV Michael; SINGER Christian; rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch
Betreff: RE: Antwort: CI work on media reports

Wolfgang,

Please disregard the attachment in my earlier message. I have removed the para.4, Part II, General Principles (issue of liability) as discussed in our informal meeting in the document attached to this one.

Please use this version for posting purposes.

Apologies for the confusion and hoping for your understanding.

Elvana

-----Original Message-----
From: THACI Elvana
Sent: Tuesday 21 September 2010 16:13
To: '"Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"'; rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch
Cc: YAKUSHEV Michael; SINGER Christian
Subject: RE: Antwort: CI work on media reports

Thanks Wolfgang. Yes, I am a subscriber but I think that the posting would carry more weight if it came from the experts of the group. Considering that you are quite active in the list I think that it would make sense if you posted it. Here is a pdf copy of the discussion paper. In order to address Rolf's valid points it would be useful to point out that the work of the CI is at a preparatory stage and that comments and views are welcome.

Elvana

-----Original Message-----
From: "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" [mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de]
Sent: Tuesday 21 September 2010 15:30
To: THACI Elvana; rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch
Cc: YAKUSHEV Michael; SINGER Christian
Subject: AW: Antwort: CI work on media reports

Yes we should do this. Shoud I do this? Elvana if you have subscribed to the list you can do this as well.

w

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Von: THACI Elvana [mailto:Elvana.THACI at coe.int]
Gesendet: Di 21.09.2010 13:25
An: rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch
Cc: Kleinwächter, Wolfgang; YAKUSHEV Michael; SINGER Christian
Betreff: RE: Antwort: CI work on media reports

Thanks for your reaction Rolf.

I recall that before the IGF Wolfgang was contemplating to post the paper in the governance list and invite comments. For obvious reasons (i.e. intensive IGF preparations) that did not happen. Might we not consider posting the discussion paper now?

Elvana

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From: rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch [mailto:rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch]
Sent: Tuesday 21 September 2010 13:20
To: THACI Elvana
Subject: Antwort: CI work on media reports

Dear Elvana, dear all
First of all, in my opinion it is good to have the discussion spread wider. As you say, for example the emphasis on net neutrality does not correspond to our intentions, but I think that it is not a tragedy. I'm indeed puzzled by the word "Treaty" which I never mentioned, particularly since we propose a looser framework. However, it would probably be difficult to interfere at this stage, except if ComputerWeekly would allow us the write a special article about our project.
Best
Rolf

-----"THACI Elvana" <Elvana.THACI at coe.int> <mailto:Elvana.THACI at coe.int>  schrieb: -----

        An: Kleinwächter, Wolfgang <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> <mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> , "Rolf Weber" <rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch> <mailto:rolf.weber at rwi.uzh.ch> , "SINGER Christian" <christian.singer at bmvit.gv.at> <mailto:christian.singer at bmvit.gv.at> , "YAKUSHEV Michael" <m.yakushev at gmail.com> <mailto:m.yakushev at gmail.com>
        Von: "THACI Elvana" <Elvana.THACI at coe.int> <mailto:Elvana.THACI at coe.int>
        Datum: 21.09.2010 12:35
        Betreff: CI work on media reports

        Dear CI members,

        Computerweekly has a report on the CI work and workshop: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/09/17/242901/Europe-calls-for-global-internet-treaty.htm <http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/09/17/242901/Europe-calls-for-global-internet-treaty.htm>

        There are some ideas that one would not normally infer from our discussions and angles but overall I find the report balanced. Please let me know what do you think.

        I will send you the consolidation of comments received hopefully within the promised deadline.

        Elvana

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