[governance] [DC] Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks

[Jane Coffin]

+1 to Michael and others.

Luca – great work and value for the DC 😊
The last 4 years have been an amazing collaborative effort at IGFs and beyond.
Looking forward to another 4 years of progress and change to bring more access around the world to the unconnected!

Be well!

Jane

Senior Vice President, Internet Growth
Internet Society
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Date: Friday, February 21, 2020 at 10:58 AM
To: Luca Belli <LB at lucabelli.net>
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Subject: Re: [governance] [DC] Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks

Dear Luca, all:

Congratulations to you and the DC3! You're absolutely right in your assessment, and also demonstrates the impact a DC can have. This is very inspiring for our work as well, and I encourage even greater collaboration and bridge building between our initiatives wherever possible.

Best,
-Michael


On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:52 AM <LB at lucabelli.net<mailto:LB at lucabelli.net>> wrote:

Dear all,
 I would like to share some excellent news from Brazil, that has also a very positive impact on the IGF and its work.
 The Brazilian Telecoms Regulator ANATEL has explicitly and officially recognized Community Networks as an option for Internet access in Brazil and, while doing so, explicitly mentions (and links) “The Community Network Manual” (2018 outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity) in the rational for this decision. https://www.anatel.gov.br/setorregulado/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/528-redes-comunitarias
 This is, to date, the biggest country on hearth explicitly recognising the value of CNs. The creation of CNs in Brazil was already possible, as simplified ISPs, since 2017 (see our study here on CN in Latin America here https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/community-networks-in-latin-america/ ) but this is the first time ANATEL officially uses the CN terminology providing both legal and technical guidance (using the CN Manual!) on how to create them.
 This is not only important for Brazil but also represent another* piece of concrete evidence that the IGF is not a mere talking shop and when people want to use the IGF process to produce meaningful outcomes, they can. And, importantly, IGF outputs can have real impact on digital policies.
 My sincerest congratulations to ALL those who dedicated time to development and use of the CN Manual, particularly the members of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity that are on this list!
 All the best
 Luca

 *In case you are looking for other concrete examples, please find a selection below:
 - In 2018, the inclusion of the Zero Rating Map (developed by DCNN) in the State of the Internet Report of the French Telecom Regulator ARCEP https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspublication/report-state-internet-2018_conf050618-ENG.pdf
 - In 2016 the inclusion of the Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights in the ToS and HR the joint FGV & Council of Europe report on the subject https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/home/-/asset_publisher/RAupmF2S6voG/content/terms-of-service-and-human-rights-an-analysis-of-online-platform-contracts?inheritRedirect=false
 The Recommendations were later used for the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation (2018)2 of the Committee of Ministers on the roles and responsibilities of internet intermediaries https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=0900001680790e14
 - In 2013 the inclusion of the Model Framework on Net Neutrality in this expert report ( https://rm.coe.int/16805a09ca )that originated the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)1of the Committee of Ministers on network neutrality https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016805c1e59



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Luca Belli, PhD
Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro
Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2

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