AW: [governance] The German Federal Internet Commission Report (Der Spiegel)

Tue Apr 23 12:34:31 EDT 2013

First of all, the link provided is not the link to the 1200 pages report, but to the 48 pages “executive summary”. 

As to the questions about the multistakeholder nature:

·        The composition of the Internet Enquete Commission was 17 parliamentarians and 17 members from different stakeholder groups, so this was a multistakeholder commission. 

·        The Internet Enquete Commission has employed a number of innovative online participation options giving citizens the chance to directly contribute and comment on the proceedings.

Regarding Internet Governance:

The most relevant detailed report about International Issues and Internet Governance is here: http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/124/1712480.pdf

The recommendation of this report is to keep the established governance framework and to protect the freedom and open character of the Internet. To assure the government is kept abreast of changes, there shall be a regular monitoring and reports. Multistakeholder participation in national and international governance issues shall be further strengthened. There shall be no new governmental or intergovernmental Internet Governance institutions as long as the existing institutions maintain the current way of an open and free Internet. The Commission is of the opinion that the current US oversight should yield to a broader supervisory structure for ICANN and IANA and suggests more engagement by the German government and the EU. To enable that, German ministries should get expanded funding to enhance their support for multistakeholder participation. The IGF should get German funding through the trust fund managed by  UN DESA.

There is a lot more, but this summarizes some of the main points. Jeanette has already provided some background into the general working of the commission. I’m sure Wolfgang and Jeanette can shed some more light on the content of the Internet Governance debate. Throwing the text through an automatic translation engine might also help to access its contents for those who don’t understand sufficient German. 

-- Peter

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Betreff: Re: [governance] The German Federal Internet Commission Report (Der Spiegel)

On Monday 22 April 2013 02:52 AM, Lee W McKnight wrote:

Very interesting material. 

Link to final report: http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/125/1712550.pdf

Perhaps IGC's own Jeanette Hoffman who participated, might summarize the 1200 pp full report, and suggest implications for global internet governance? : )

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/special-commission-calls-for-internet-commissioner-in-germany-a-895412.html

While one awaits further information, one thing is clear from the referred news item that the Commission strongly underscored the importance of cross cutting Internet-related public policy issues in asking the "German government to get more serious about Internet-related issues" and in seeking the setting up a new committee of the parliament for Internet-related public policy issues . To me, it closely parallels the Indian demand for the UN Committee on Internet-related Policies. The overall logic and justifications are very similar, especially with what we all recognise as an inherently global nature of the Internet.

Will be interesting to know if the prosed German Parliamentary Committee will have similar levels of multistakeholder engagement as the India' proposed UN CIRP.  And I quote from the CIRP proposal so that people/ we can make a comparison. 

(quote from UN CIRP proposal begins)

It will ensure the participation of all relevant stakeholders by establishing four Advisory Groups, one each for civil society, the private sector, intergovernmental and international organizations, and the technical and academic community. The Advisory Groups will provide their inputs and recommendations to the CIRP . The meetings of CIRP and the advisory groups will be serviced by the UNCTAD Secretariat that also services the meetings of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development. The Internet Governance Forum will provide inputs to CIRP in the spirit of complementarity between the two. 

(ends)

With further elaboration in the Annexure to the CIRP proposal 

(quote begins)

Multistakeholder participation: Recognizing the need to involve all stakeholders in Global Internet Governance in their respective roles, the CIRP shall ensure the participation of all stakeholders recognized in the Tunis Agenda. Four Advisory Groups  one each for Civil Society, the Private Sector, InterGovernmental and International Organisations, and the Technical and Academic Community  will be established, to assist and advise the CIRP . These Groups would be self organized, as per agreed principles, to ensure transparency, representativity and inclusiveness. The Advisory Groups will meet annually in Geneva and in conjunction with any additional meetings of the CIRP , Their meetings will be held back to back with the meetings of the CIRP , so that they are able to provide their inputs and recommendations in a timely manner, to the CIRP .

Links with the IGF: Recognizing the value of the Internet Governance Forum as an open, unique forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on Internet issues, the deliberations in the lGF along with any inputs, background information and analysis it may provide, will be taken as inputs for consideration of the CIRP . An improved and strengthened lGF that can serve as a purposeful body for policy consultations and provide meaningful policy inputs to the CIRP , will ensure a stronger and more effective complementarity between the CIRP and the IGF. 

(ends)

Parminder 

Lee

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In Germany.  

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/special-commission-calls-for-internet-commissioner-in-germany-a-895412.html

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