[governance] Anatel blog post: Operationalizing the role of governments in internet governance

[McTim]

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On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Carolina Rossini
<carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://itu4u.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/operationalizing-the-role-of-governments-in-internet-governance/
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> OPERATIONALIZING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE
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> June 5, 2013 · by itu4u · in Daniel Cavalcanti, Internet, WTPF-13
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> The World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF-2013) provided a unique
> opportunity to put Internet-related public policy issues firmly on the
> international agenda, particularly the very present issue of the
> participation of governments as relevant stakeholders in Internet
> Governance.
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> Brazil is a country that fully embraces the multistakeholder approach to
> Internet Governance. Our National Internet Steering Committee is a vibrant
> organization, as indeed highlighted in the Secretary-General’s Report to the
> WTPF, which includes a reference to Brazil’s ten “Principles for the
> Governance and Use of the Internet”.  Nonetheless, at the international
> level, our view is that we still need to achieve full engagement of
> governments in the decision making process on Internet Governance.
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> The fact is that governments so far have only had a limited advisory role
> in international Internet Governance, and no actual involvement in the
> decision making process. Recent events have indicated that even long
> standing advice provided by governments on certain issues has had little
> impact on the actual decisions relating to matters of their direct interest.
> Regretfully, attempts to deal with this fact have suffered from the low
> level of participation of the majority of governments in existing
> international Internet Governance fora.
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> In this regard Brazil presented at the WTPF an opinion that points to the
> fact that we must together address two key issues: operationalizing the role
> of government in the multistakeholder framework for Internet Governance, and
> the need for capacity building on these issues in developing countries,
> particularly in the least developed countries, with the support of the ITU.
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> Brazil´s draft opinion entitled “Operationalizing the role of government
> in the multistakeholder framework for Internet Governance” stems from one
> previously discussed at the Informal Experts Group (IEG), which had resulted
> from the joint work of the drafting group led by Brazil, with the
> participation of a diverse group of experts from several countries.
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> During the course of the WTPF, Brazil conducted further extensive
> consultations with all interested parties, including Member States, sector
> members and civil society entities present at the event. As a result of a
> genuine effort to reflect the inputs received, a revised version of the
> draft opinion was presented, which we expected could have been endorsed.
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> The draft opinion received widespread support, including statements from
> Member States in all ITU regions, as seen during the plenary sessions.
> Despite this fact, in the end the opinion did not achieve consensus at the
> WTPF. Nonetheless, we did receive very positive feedback as to the
> importance of the issues that were raised, and a willingness to engage in
> further discussions, having Brazil as the focal point.
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> The final report by the Chairman of the WTPF indicates, as a way forward,
> that these discussions could take place at the ITU Council Working Group on
> Internet-related public policy issues. Subsequently the output of
> deliberations would be forwarded to the ITU Council for further
> consideration. Hopefully this would lead to the inclusion of the issues in
> the preparatory process for the upcoming World Telecommunication Development
> Conference (WTDC-14) and the Plenipotentiary Conference of 2014 (PP-14).
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> Brazil also welcomes the broadening of the discussion on these issues to
> forums such as the GAC, the CSTD, ECOSOC and the IGF. Interestingly, as the
> WTPF drew to a close with a clear message from the ITU membership and a way
> forward proposed by the leadership of the Union, there were indications that
> in the near future these very same issues will also be on the agendas of
> those other forums. Ensuring a meaningful role for governments and engaging
> them in the decision making process is in the interest of all those who
> aspire to a truly multistakeholder international Internet Governance.
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> By Daniel B. Cavalcanti
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> Daniel B. Cavalcanti is an Engineer and career professional with the
> Brazilian Government, currently a senior Policy Advisor at the National
> Telecommunications Agency – Anatel. Over the last decade his work has
> focused on broadband policy and Internet related issues.
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