[governance] Fwd: CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation

Fri May 3 21:48:48 EDT 2013

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Hi all
I am sharing the invitation to Working Group members (message below)
which includes details about the upcoming first meeting of the working
group on 30-31 May in Geneva (and apologies for any cross postings). I
do not yet know what the format of the meeting will be and only have a
very broad outline of the working methods.

Probably of most substantive interest is the the proposed discussion on
the themes for the groups mandate, on which a questionnairre and survey
will be developed as the work rolls out this year and early next - for
ease of reference I have posted this list inline below. Note that this
list is simply a redaction of previous discussions and has been
developed as a summary of points raised in 2012 meetings. I can't vouch
for its accuracy.

With other deadlines this week (IGF workshops, WSIS, WTPF, etc) civil
society participants have not yet been focussing on this upcoming
meeting yet, but of course, please do share your comments and ideas in
the coming weeks.

Kind regards

Joy Liddicoat

*Shopping list of themes for WGEC*

*Overarching issues:*

?       Definition and understanding of ?enhanced cooperation?

?       Role of enhanced cooperation vis-à-vis the IGF (some countries
think IGF is already enhanced cooperation)

?       Procedure used to identify specific themes

?       Undertaking a mapping exercise of themes to identify what has
been achieved / what is outstanding / what are the opportunities

?       What are the public policy issues at global level?

* *

* *

*SUBTHEMES*

* *

*1.           Digital divide*

* *

?       How to deal with asymmetric Internet governance regimes and the
emergence of regional and multilateral arrangements for discussion
mainly in the North

?       The South is preoccupied with access to the Internet, while the
North leads privacy, e-commerce, IP and online digital enforcement. This
is not a democratic approach and narrows choices for developing
countries. There is a need to harmonize initiatives from the North and
South to prevent fragmentation (?Digital domination?, ?digital dependency?)

*2.           Reaching out to developing countries/LDCs*

* *

?       Improving accessibility and affordability of the Internet
(including through the use of Universal Service Funds)

?       Adaptability of online services for devices used in developing
countries (such as specific versions of mobile phones)

?       E-commerce: Compatibility of online payment processors with Africa

?       Tackling unemployment in developing countries through adoption
of e-solutions

*3.           IP, copyright and censorship*

* *

?       Copyright enforcement of Internet content at national level

?       Licensing of Internet content by companies

?       Accessibility of content

?       Internet censorship at national level

?       Internet freedom: Freedom of expression, Freedom of information

?       Piracy

?       Freedom of accessing information (blocking content for countries
due to political reasons)

?       Fostering innovation on the Internet

*4.           Applications, content and literacy*

* *

?       Promoting content and linguistic diversity

?       What Internet applications can be supported and prioritized as
part of enhanced cooperation (e-health, e-education)

?       E-governance, e-commerce, infotainment, resource mapping and
meteorological and other essential services

?       Capacity building for Internet literacy

*5.           R&D and technical/engineering cooperation*

* *

?       Naming / global domain name system / Top level domains (arabic
.ar domain name)

?       Addressing / IPv6 adoption

?       Research and development (for example Domain Name System
Security Extensions - DNSSEC)

*6.           Internet governance*

* *

?       Internet governance and institutionalization (including the
question of how to institutionalize/formalize multi-stakeholder
governance and decision-making)

?       Definition of equal footing in multi-stakeholder collaboration

?       Roles and responsibilities - for example, standard setting and
legislation vs. day-to-day technical administration

?       Privatization of regulation: Open public Internet is narrowing
down. No opportunity to opt out of or scrutinize Internet regulation
that was envisioned and developed by the private sector

?       Politicization of Internet governance and erosion of
multi-stakeholderism (lack of non-governmental participation).

?       Transparency and accountability in governance (for example,
ICANN and the role of GAC)

?       Reducing the cost of governance and improving
transparency/reducing corruption with the help of the Internet
(e-government)

?       Oversight/governance of the technical and logical infrastructure
of the Internet

?       Independent reviews of different aspects of the Internet
(accountability, transparency, stability?)

?       Hard law vs. soft law for regulation

?       How to continuously adapt Internet governance and enhanced
cooperation institutions to a rapidly-changing Internet?

?       The sovereign right of states in defining public policy on the
Internet

?       Multilateral, stable funding of IGF and WGEC

*7.           Security*

* *

?       Management and protection of Internet resources and
infrastructure / measuring infrastructure performance

?       Security and Safety / Cybercrime / Rule of law on the Internet

?       Protecting children

?       Privacy

?       International ownership of data (cloud)

?       Access to troubleshooting

- -------- Original Message --------
Subject:     CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation
Date:     Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:12:57 +0200
From:     Peter Major <pmajor at bluewin.ch>
To:   

[snip]

Dear Friends,

I hope that  you have received my invitation letter to the first meeting of
the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation  (WGEC) to be held  the 30
May in the afternoon and the 31 May the whole day  in the Conference Centre
of Varembé (CCV) in Geneva (http://www.cicg.ch/en/the-ccv/ ).

The WGEC, mandated by the resolution of the UN GA, should "examine the
mandate of WSIS regarding Enhanced Cooperation, through seeking, compiling
and reviewing inputs from all Member States and all other stakeholders, and
to make recommendations on how to fully implement this mandate".  To comply
with this resolution I suggest that during our first meeting we carefully
determine the relevant topics on Enhanced Cooperation with the view to
create a questionnaire to be sent out to all Member States and all other
stakeholder.

As you know the Chair of the 15th Session of the CSTD conducted and Open
Consultation on the 18 May 2012. You may find useful to read the attached
transcripts of this Consultation in preparation for our meeting.  Copies of
presentations and contributions are available at
<http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=61>
http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=61. Summary report
of the Open Consultation is available at
http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ecn162012crp2_en.pdf. Links
to the webcasts are available at
<http://www.itu.int/ibs/WSIS/201205forum/#friday>
http://www.itu.int/ibs/WSIS/201205forum/#friday. I also attach for your
consideration a document prepared by the Secretariat  based on the
transcripts. The document lists the topics mentioned during the Open
Consultation on the 18 May 2012.

I would like to have your suggestions, comments and observations focusing on
our mandate. I need your support to efficiently manage our work. I would
like to ask member states having more than one person on their delegation to
designate one person to express views on behalf of the respective
delegation. I am confident that each delegation will contribute to the
successful completion of our task.

Please, do not hesitate to contact me in case you have questions, remarks or
suggestions.

I look forward meeting you in Geneva.

Best regards

Peter Major

Chair, CSTD WGEC

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