Snapshots from ICANN HL Panel in London Re: [governance] [bestbits] press release about meeting of the high level panel
Izumi AIZU
iza at anr.org
Mon Dec 16 21:29:17 EST 2013
Many thanks Vlada for your clear reporting.
izumi
2013/12/17 Carolina Aguerre <carolinaaguerre at gmail.com>
> +1, thank you Vlada. Very useful and informative
> Best
> Carolina
>
>
> 2013/12/16 Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com>
>
>> Thanks, Vlada, for this detailed and very informative account of what
>> transpired at the HLP meeting in London.
>> Mawaki
>>
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>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Vladimir Radunovic <vladar at diplomacy.edu
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> here are few lines on my impressions of what happened at the High Level
>>> Panel meeting in London on Friday. I hope it will help us better understand
>>> the intentions and potentials of this (dynamically evolving and
>>> self-reshaping) initiative.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was there in status of an observer, representing Diplo who was invited
>>> among others by ICANN to provide its expertise and assist the drafting of
>>> report by the HL panel. The Panel event was under Chatham House rule, so I
>>> will try to bring as many details as possible while still respecting this
>>> rule. The views below are my personal, as I saw the discussions and the
>>> process. Besides the impressions below, I (and several others) have been
>>> extensively tweeting with #InternetPanel (read here<https://twitter.com/search?had_popular=true&q=InternetPanel>)
>>> so you can get a pretty good snapshot of key points in discussion through
>>> that. Formal Press Release has been published and is available here<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-on-global-internet-cooperation-and-governance-mechanisms-convenes-in-london-235789861.html>– it brings more or less all the basic info on topics and participants of
>>> the meeting as well as the future timeline.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *HL Group and experts*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Panel includes 21 members listed in the Press Release; additionally, a
>>> final one (Anriette from APC) has been accepted during the meeting in
>>> London to reflect loud civil society requests. Panel is dominated by tech
>>> and corporate sector, with few yet high level representatives of
>>> governments; only now there is a panel member from civil society
>>> organisation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It was my impression that initially the entire HL Panel was composed
>>> based on “names” rather than on representation of stakeholders; yet it
>>> appears that it was acknowledged at the end that the absence of civil
>>> society organisations can hurt the process. On the other hand, civil
>>> society experts dominate the expert group who is supposed to assist with
>>> drafting the final report – as the agenda in press release shows. As an
>>> observer (replacing Jovan who was invited as expert but was not able to
>>> join in London), I did not have chance to formally raise civil society
>>> concerns expressed on this list and elsewhere, but other experts were
>>> involved in formal discussion. I hope Anriette’s formal presence in future
>>> will extend this direct opportunity.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At London meeting there were most of Panel members, the experts, dozen
>>> of observers assisting Panel members or as guests, and some ICANN staff –
>>> total about 50 people, invited by ICANN. These are likely the people that
>>> will gather also in the next phases of the work. I suppose there will be no
>>> further changes in composition of the panel. I also got the impression the
>>> following two meetings will not be opened for observers rather than those
>>> invited directly or related to panel members, nor there will be greater
>>> transparency during the meetings; instead, it seems public consultations
>>> (primarily on 1Net) will be the public inputs into the work of the panel.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Task*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Panel has decided to be titled “Panel on global Internet cooperation
>>> and governance mechanisms”. Their goal is to prepare a blueprint document –
>>> a report – as described in press release. The focus of London discussions
>>> was on mapping the ecosystem and needs, discussing the “desirable
>>> properties” of future system, and agreeing on next steps. While there were
>>> interesting discussions, my impression was that there were very few new
>>> aspects on the table yet. It is my hope that the panel (and especially the
>>> experts who do have extensive knowledge of already-discussed issues in and
>>> various fora in previous years) will reflect to valuable outputs of
>>> previous IGF and other meetings rather than reinventing the wheel. It was
>>> confirmed that the summary of discussion points will be posted to 1Net.org
>>> soon asking for community reflections.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The final draft of the report should be ready during second HL meeting
>>> in US end February; then it should be formally submitted as contribution to
>>> Sao Paolo meeting and Freedom Online conference in Tallinn in April, and
>>> offered for public consultations towards the next draft (not sure if only
>>> through 1Net, but probably will not be limited to that). It is supposed the
>>> draft report will find its place in the Sao Paolo meeting as well. The
>>> outputs of this and public discussions will be fed into the final report to
>>> be wrapped up during the third meeting in Dubai in early May. It should
>>> then be fed into various processes incl. ICANN meeting in London in June,
>>> IGF in September, etc. It is important to mention that the relevance and
>>> legitimacy of IGF was mentioned several times in discussions, and I had a
>>> feeling that the panel and experts are aware that this process should
>>> contribute to (and possibly strengthen) the IGF rather than undermine it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Other components*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My impression was that there was distancing by ICANN and the HL panel
>>> from the Sao Paolo meeting. Brazil meeting was mentioned only once at the
>>> end as a place where the report may be discussed – and was mentioned as
>>> only one such opportunity. There was no feeling that Sao Paolo conference
>>> is part of this initiative. At the same time the news was spread that
>>> Brazilian president Rousseff met French President Holland and that France
>>> might support Sao Paolo meeting (I found no direct confirmation for this in
>>> news yet however – pointers welcomed if anyone has).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On the other hand 1Net was mentioned several times as the place in which
>>> public contributions on the draft report should be provided. It was of
>>> course only the reference to 1Net with regards to the HL Panel work, but it
>>> is possible that 1Net was envisaged with a broader goal; there was no
>>> further info however on how 1Net will proceed, nor on its Steering
>>> Committees or further steps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Timeline*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The timeline of meetings was presented in the press release as well. Yet
>>> let me combine it here with the updated info on other relevant 2014 events
>>> mentioned and not mentioned in London:
>>>
>>> 22-25 January, Davos: Side-meeting of the HL Panel during WEF annual
>>> meeting
>>>
>>> 27-28 February, US: 2nd HL meeting
>>>
>>> 31 March, Dubai (rather than Sharm): ITU WTDC
>>>
>>> 23-24 April, Sao Paolo: Brazil conference
>>>
>>> 28-29 April, Tallinn: Freedom Online Conference
>>>
>>> 3-4 May, Dubai: 3rd (final) HL meeting
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope this shed bit more light on what this whole new initiative will
>>> be about. It is slightly clearer to me now, though I still have lots of
>>> questions about 1Net. It is my belief that we should try to, whatever the
>>> initial idea behind 1Net was (and also the HL Panel), explore its
>>> potentials to strengthen the IGF and improve communications among
>>> professional (and stakeholder) silos.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Vlada
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PS Sorry for a rather long email.. I decided to be detailed in this
>>> case, and mention as much as possible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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