[governance] CS-EU Meeting

["Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"]

Hi everybody
 
here is another short report from a meeting between CS and the EU Commissioner Kroes on Thursday late afternoon. The meeting was arranged at request of the Commissioner and was the first meeting which took place between her and CS. From the EU - next to Commissioner - Thibaut Kleiner from the Cabinet and Andrea Gloriso from the DG. From CS Marillia, Katitza, Bill and me participated. 
 
We raised a number of issues as the understanding of the multistakeholder policy dialogue and ways to increase civil society participation in public consultation on Internet related public policy issues organized by the EU. The Commissioner underlined the strong interest the EU Commission to get the CS perspectives and the readiness "to listen". However the Commissioner explained also that the established procedures within the EU predefine to a certain degree how input can be channeled into decisions on Internet related public policy issues.
 
Bill Drake called for a stronger support by the EU in strengthening the role of CS in intergovernmental bodies as the ITU, WIPO and others. CS people underlined that first priority for them are issues like freedom of expression, privacy, access, rights of disabled people and multiligualism in the Internet. There was no time to go into details as ACTA and other issues which are on the table. 
 
We had also a discussion on ICANN issues, in particular the EU role in the recent GAC/Board meeting in Singapur and the six position papers. The Commissioner underlined that the EU will continue to push ICANN that decisions has to be in the framework of the law, in particular competition law (with regard to the new gTLD programm). CS people argued that an early involvement of the EU in ICANNs PDPs could avoid a number of conflicts. 
 
CS asked what the Commssioner plans with regard to the announced Internet Compact, based on the seven principles Md. Kroes has outlined in her speech at the OECD meeting in July. She promised that a process will start soon and this process will be fully multistakeholder.
 
She promised to continue the dialogue and appointed both Thibaut Kleiner and Andrea Glorisos to be the contact persons. 
 
Wolfgang

 
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