[governance] IGF 2019 Civil society pre-event: planning and preparation

Tue Sep 24 14:58:12 EDT 2019

Hi all,

+1 Ethics (specially concerned on the area of Computer Science academia)
+1 HLP DigiCoop report in the context Nnenna mentions

Best,
Jean

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:59 AM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thanks for these inputs!
>
> So far I've got that people are interested in discussing the following
> topics: 1) cybercrime 2) ethics 3) sustainability.
>
> I suggest we together a small working group who has the capacity to steer
> the organisation of the session in an inclusive way. If you're interested
> in being part of that, if you could email Bruna and I we'll start a
> dedicated thread to support the organisation of the event. The smaller
> group will liaise with everyone once we have some initial ideas to propose
> on how to organise the event.
>
> Hope that's ok?
>
> Best
> Sheetal
>
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 16:22, "Michael J. Oghia" <
> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruna, all:
>>
>> Thanks for looping me in. I've been hoping for some time that more people
>> throughout the IG community would see the value in discussing climate
>> change and sustainability as it relates to our work. Indeed, many different
>> groups and initiatives are working on it, albeit across sectors and
>> stakeholder groups.
>>
>> It's a massive problem – and it's not just data centers, it's literally
>> everything you can think of as it relates to technology. While Internet
>> governance tends (or at least tries) to limit itself to discussions about
>> processes or what's *on* the Internet, the fact is there are multiple
>> ways that the IG community could address sustainability more broadly (see
>> the EuroDIG 2017 session <https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/WS_11_2017> I
>> organised, for instance).
>>
>> At the same time, IRPC is really spearheading this at the moment. I think
>> it's more prudent to join with them in support to address how climate
>> change and sustainability are, at the very core, human rights issues, as
>> well as to limit redundancy. Instead of briefing everyone on the issue, for
>> example, I'd happily give a webinar to anyone interested about the
>> interconnections (but I've also written extensively about it).
>>
>> My suggestion is to support IRPC and leave the CS pre-event to strategy
>> or another topic that isn't covered at all by the IGF (the workshops have a
>> rather narrow focus this year, to put it diplomatic terms).
>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Sheetal,
>>>
>>> Maybe its worth considering a discussion on climate change and Internet
>>> Governance to our day zero meeting. This is something thats been discussed
>>> at a different thread set at NCSG mailing list, but there seems to be some
>>> interest to facilitate a discussion on these lines at the igf and even
>>> require some policy outcome that would look to the matter.
>>>
>>> @Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com> and @Nick Shorey Lists
>>> <lists at nickshorey.com> have been starting this conversation at the NSCG
>>> mailing list and I am cc'ing them here!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bruna
>>>
>>> Le dim. 15 sept. 2019 à 06:38, Amali De Silva <
>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> a écrit :
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please include the teaching of ethics in a globally connected  society
>>>> … right thought for right action is never out of fashion , right
>>>> planning for best action is good risk management … right attitude and
>>>> compassion  for human care ….
>>>> Amali De SIlva-Mitchell
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On ‎Friday‎, ‎September‎ ‎13‎, ‎2019‎ ‎08‎:‎38‎:‎41‎ ‎AM‎ ‎PDT, Remmy
>>>> Nweke <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Sheetal
>>>> This is great thought.
>>>> Although not sure of attending yet, I will like to be part of the
>>>> planning team.
>>>> Will like also to see issues on "Stereotyping of Cyber Crime and
>>>> Effects on Developing Economies and Role of Civil Society."
>>>> Regards
>>>> Remmy
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 12:57 AM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting in touch here about planning one of the civil society
>>>> pre-events to the IGF session. It's called "Civil society coordination
>>>> meeting (Global Partners Digital)" in the schedule but it is *not *a
>>>> GPD event. I just applied for it, that's all. It's an event open to all
>>>> civil society, and I would suggest that members of IGC should be actively
>>>> involved in shaping its agenda.  It's been moved to from to 13.30 - 15.30
>>>> pm following a request from the IGF Secretariat.
>>>>
>>>> When a few of us met on the sidelines of RightsCon earlier this year we
>>>> suggested that the event could focus on sharing updates on key global
>>>> processes and perhaps planning for how to input into them e.g: the High
>>>> Level Panel, the UN First Committee processes on cyber and any others. And
>>>> we could also discuss any matters pertaining to the IGC.
>>>>
>>>> As such, I would be grateful if you could share your views on the
>>>> following
>>>>
>>>> - What topics and/or forums should we discuss at the civil society
>>>> pre-event?
>>>> - Would you like to discuss any topics related to IGC specifically?
>>>> - How should we discuss these topics (presentations, or just open
>>>> discussions) bearing in mind we have only 2 hours?
>>>> - What outcome would you like to see from the pre-event?
>>>> - Would you like to be involved in planning the event (this will
>>>> require a dedication of a few hours over the next two months, I can't say
>>>> how much)
>>>>
>>>> It would also be great if you could let me know if you're planning to
>>>> be there. I know this is dependent on funding for many of us but if you can
>>>> give an indication that would be great.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing from you!
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Sheetal
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>>>>
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>>>
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