[governance] Agenda for IGF Nairobi - IGC proposals

Fri Jan 14 22:20:25 EST 2011

*Cross Border Issues and its Implications of Internet Governance* is key in
my view and would be a great topic:-

The regulatory reforms happening in certain contexts has implications beyond
its borders and raise serious governance issues. Whilst these are subject to
competing variables (different for each national context/jurisdiction)
whether they are for LDCs competing priorities, maturity (independence) of
regulatory regimes, conflicting domestic laws (legacy of most post colonial
states at least in the ACP - although some are coming out of it), political
will etc etc, at the end of the day, no one is discussing (if I am wrong, I
would be glad to be wrong and directed to the forum where these are being
discussed) the philosophical underpinnings and foundations that need to
emerge in a world where something like the internet transcends boundaries
and national jurisdictions. What is its impact on developing countries?

I will throw in only one single scenario (this is one dimensional):

If packets were commercialised, what is to stop a powerful multinational
from signing and executing a deal with an ISPs from developing worlds for
the prioritisation of certain packets and where regulatory regimes would not
even be the wiser and someone could chalk it down to something else. In a
world where often the law is slow to evolve and multinationals and corporate
entities would often play and wait for the law to catch up whilst they make
their quick buck at the expense of the consumer.

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am in an airport with limited time and cannot develop the idea right now,
> but I really think that the international context makes it tremedously
> important to reinforce A2K debate.
>
> I would like to propose that we discuss the impact of the current
> enforcement agenda of IPRs on Access in general and on A2K, more
> specifically . This is connected to network neutrality, and there are
> several important issues that could fall under this theme, such as the role
> of intermediaries, liability, etc. Politically, this would help to reinforce
> a positive agenda on IPRs and a development agenda in the IGF
>
> More on that as soon as I have connection again.
>
> Marilia
>
>   On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:20 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>wrote:
>
>>   Hi Jeremy
>>
>> I think we should two separate threads for the next IGF's agenda, which
>> hopefully will be taken up in the Feb MAG meeting, and for our inputs into
>> the WG on IGF improvements. Both are very distinct issues and separately
>> quite important . So excuse me to have this thread on 'agenda for IGF
>> Nairobi'.
>>
>> I am particularly eager to get this discussion going, because I feel that
>> IGC should be doing much more on substantive issues, and its almost singular
>> focus on process issues is what has kept it insulated from much of the civil
>> society outside the IG realm, which compromises its legitimacy.
>>
>> In middle of the hot discussions on composition of the WG on IGF
>> improvements, Sala posted an email on the (globally) historic FCC decision
>> on network neutrality. While there are some good points there, there has
>> been a sellout on excluding mobile Internet from regulations disallowing
>> pay-for-priority. (To read this in the context of my earielr emails pointing
>> to how mobile Internet in India is already breaching NN boundaries.)
>>
>> This FC decision has the potential of splitting up the Internet into the
>> open fixed line variety and corporate content dominated mobile Internet. Why
>> should there be two kinds of Internet? Why do freedoms and rights count on
>> one kind and are not so important on the mobile Internet? What does this
>> mean for developing countries where mobile is slated to become the by far
>> the dominant platform for Internet?
>>
>> I also consider it very significant that it is perhaps the first time ever
>> in any substantial policy matter of such huge consequence that the policy
>> framework was largely written up as a result of negotiations between two
>> largest corporate players in the area - google and verizon - and then the
>> government rubber stamped it. If this the new global governance model we are
>> moving towards? I keep getting this picture in my mind of our health policy
>> frameworks soon being written by drug companies and health insurance
>> companies, and maybe the large private hospital chains, if they are big
>> enough, before plaint governments rubber stamp it. That is exactly what
>> happened in the present instance vis a vis the new communication
>> infrastructure of the Internet that came with such egalitarian promises.
>>
>> Anyway back to the topic,
>>
>> The next IGF just must take up 'Network Neutrality' or in fact ' Mobile
>> Network Neutrality' as its key plenary theme. Otherwise IGF and the real
>> world IG would be two very different worlds.
>>
>> It should also continue with the plenary topic - 'development agenda for
>> IG'
>>
>> And I propose a third topic
>>
>> 'Cross border Issues and implications of IG'
>>
>> CoE is discussing it, no reason why IGF should not.
>>
>> Parminder
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>> Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>>
>> I would like us to move towards preparing a submission about the
>> programme of the 2011 IGF meeting.  Simultaneously, we can discuss IGF
>> improvements, which if minor could go into that submission, but
>> otherwise can be input for our new CSTD working group on the IGF.
>>
>> This is an exercise that we have, of course, gone through before.  So it
>> is useful for us to look at some previous submissions on the programme
>> of the IGF and on improvements, and see what we can simply rewrite and
>> reuse.  Here are relevant links:
>>
>> PROGRAMME:
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/8 (Hyderabad)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/5 (Sharm)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/26 (Sharm)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/32 (Sharm)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/34 (Vilnius)
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>> IMPROVEMENTS:
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/6 (funding, deeper discussion, WGs)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/7 (format improvements, IGF as town-hall)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/9 (MAG improvements)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/30 (MAG, funding, intersessional work)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/33 (MAG, outputs, intersessional work)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/41 (MAG improvements, links from IGF)http://www.igcaucus.org/node/45 (outputs, difficult issues, virtual IGF)
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>> I would suggest that people go through these and pick out the highlights
>> that they would like to reiterate... as well, of course, as contributing
>> any new points in light of the changed landscape since last November.
>>
>>
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>>
>> --
>> PK
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