[governance] Brainstorming [Improvements to IGC Coordination on IG Policies] #Working Groups

Sun Sep 9 19:52:46 EDT 2012

Dear All,

As you can imagine, we are constantly faced with the challenges of
improving the manner in which we coordinate advocacy in policy areas
pertaining to Internet Governance. Following the current evaluation of the
IGC, we will issue another Survey to generate suggestions on how we can
improve out internal coordination as the IGC. Things like developing
positions on Policy areas.
The IGC has following consensus developed positions on certain areas such
as Freedom of Expression, Remote Participation, Human Rights etc. Noting
that with critical forums looming namely, the IGF and other forums that
will require global input from the IGC, I have put together some thoughts.
Let me have your comments.

*Background*

Following the recent Survey conducted by the IGC there is consensus that
there is a need to enhance the coordination of advocacy of critical
Internet Governance issues in key Forums aside from the IGF.  As such, we
would like to gather your views about how we are going to go about
achieving the same.

The WGIG 2005 Report had identified 4 Public Policy Clusters namely[1]<#_ftn1>
:-

a)     (a) Issues Relating to Infrastructure and Management of Critical
Internet Resources, including administration of domain name systems and
Internet Protocol Addresses, Administration of the root server system,
technical standards, peering and interconnection, telecommunications
infrastructure, including innovative and convergent technologies, as well
as multilingualization;

b)     (b) Issues relating to the use of the Internet including spam,
network security and cyber crime;

c)      (c.) Issues that are relevant to the Internet but have an impact
much wider than the Internet such as Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and
International Trade;

d)    (d.)  Issues relating to the developmental aspects of Internet
Governance in particular capacity building in developing countries.

The WGIG then highlighted critical policy areas for the attention of the
WSIS[2] <#_ftn2>. The Table below illustrates the Policy Cluster as well as
the policy issues.

*No.*

*#*

*POLICY AREAS*

*POLICY CLUSTER*

1

Administration of the Root Zones, Files and Systems

a

2

Interconnection Costs

a

3

Allocation of Domain Names

a

4

IP Addressing

a

5

Multilingualism

a

6

Internet Stability, Security and Cyber Crime

b

7

Spam

b

8

Intellectual Property Rights

c

9

Meaningful Participation in Global Policy Development

a, b, c, d

10

Capacity Building

A,b,c,d

11

Freedom of Expression

A,b,c,d

12

Data Protection and Privacy Rights

A,b,c,d

13

Consumer Rights

A,b,c,d

*Working Groups*

Having read the feedback from the Survey that was done by Norbert Bollow
some time ago, it is clear that it is far more beneficial to develop
positions on key issues prior to deciding which forums the IGC is going to
engage in.  The Working Groups will mean that interested IGC subscribers
can volunteer their names to be part of the Working Group. They can also
volunteer to lead the Groups. For now it will be good if we agreed on a
model for coordination, enlist volunteers etc.

*Focus of Working Groups*

Working Groups can be tasked to do the following in each of their Policy
Areas, namely:-

   1.          *Create a repository of all submissions and Statements made
   by the IGC or other Civil Society organizations: *This can be done by
   going through the ListServe Archives, UN Publications etc;
   2.          *Identify the issues:* What the issues are? Have these been
   addressed? Recommendations
   3.          *Identify Forums for Advocacy:* presentation of the IGC
   position
   4.          *Preparation of an Information Paper : *summary of issues,
   advocacy options
   5.          *Generating Discussion:* Generating Discussion with the IGC
   and assisting the IGC in formulating consensus position in the policy area

There are a few options available to the IGC and that is whether we would
like to have Working Groups that is based on the Policy Clusters could mean
something like this. Please note that the Policy Clusters are far more
expansive and include things like International Trade and issues tabled for
discussions in relation to the WCIT.

*Model  1*

*Working Group*

*Policy Cluster Description*

*Policy Areas*

A

Issues Relating to Infrastructure and Management of Critical Internet
Resources, including administration of domain name systems and Internet
Protocol Addresses, Administration of the root server system, technical
standards, peering and interconnection, telecommunications infrastructure,
including innovative and convergent technologies, as well as
multilingualization

#1, #2, #3, #4, #5

B

Issues relating to the use of the Internet including spam, network security
and cyber crime;

#6, #7

C

Issues that are relevant to the Internet but have an impact much wider than
the Internet such as Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and International
Trade

#8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13

d

Issues relating to the developmental aspects of Internet Governance in
particular capacity building in developing countries

#8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13

* *

*Model 2*

To have 13 Working Groups to specifically work in the following policy
areas.

*No.*

*#*

*POLICY AREAS*

*POLICY CLUSTER*

1

Administration of the Root Zones, Files and Systems

a

2

Interconnection Costs

a

3

Allocation of Domain Names

a

4

IP Addressing

a

5

Multilingualism

a

6

Internet Stability, Security and Cyber Crime

b

7

Spam

b

8

Intellectual Property Rights

c

9

Meaningful Participation in Global Policy Development

a, b, c, d

10

Capacity Building

A,b,c,d

11

Freedom of Expression

A,b,c,d

12

Data Protection and Privacy Rights

A,b,c,d

13

Consumer Rights

A,b,c,d

* *

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[1] <#_ftnref1> Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance 2005,
Chateau de Bossey in  http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf

[2] <#_ftnref2> ibid

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