[Governance] NetMundial+10: What we know so far

[Marilia Maciel via Governance]

Dear Bruna,

Thank you for keeping us informed about these fast-moving developments. As
someone who was heavily involved in the first NETMundial ten years ago, it
is great to see the event taking shape. I particularly like the angle that
has been selected by the conveners, which does not propose to revisit and
revive what has been achieved in 2014, but to critically access the
adaptations that should be introduced in governance approaches, in order to
keep up with the changes that have taken place in the last ten years. These
changes have been highlighted by many individuals in CS and Academia
recently. Just to name a few examples that come to mind:

- Milton Mueller and the IGP convened an excellent conference to discuss
the way in which several aspects of Internet governance discussions are
actually taking place in a field that we could call the "digital political
economy", which follows a distinct rationale and (this last part is my own
opinion) represents a challenge to CS continued meaningful engagement.
- Bill Drake has called attention repeatedly to the need to pay attention
to how several aspects of Internet governance discussions are being
discussed (and decided upon) within trade agreements (which are not
multistakeholder, transparent or accountable).
- The World Bank,  UNCTAD and WEF, to name a few, pointed out that digital
inequality (and unequal distribution of wealth generated by the digital
economy) is growing. Considering the importance of the digital economy for
overall economic growth, the picture we have today is less rosy than 10
years ago from a development angle.
- Laura DeNardis has published an excellent book, the Internet in
Everything, in which she explores, among other things, the merge between
cyber and physical, and what this means for several policy areas, including
Human Rights, and for governance.
- DeNardis, Francesca Musiani and others, have eloquently shown the 'turn
to the infrastructure' as a way to exercise governance and power. Corinne
Cath and Niels ten Oever have depended the analysis on very important and
under-explored points of the IG ecosystem, on infrastructure and standards.
- The Geneva Dialogue, organised by Diplo, has shown how topics, such as
digital supply chains, necessarily need bottom-up standards of coordination
to foster security.
- Luca Belli and his team in FGV have helped to understand not only the
dynamics of governance in a multipolar world, but also how points of
gravity in governance discussions have changed from the US-EU-centered WSIS
discussions.
- Many good academic papers and policy papers have been published on topics
digital sovereignty and public infrastructures, and there is a much more
nuanced understanding of these issues than in 2014.

This is just to say that I think that whoever takes part in the
organization of the event should be attentive and proactively seek to
capture these reflections of the last 10 years. They are disperse, but
extremely relevant to the overarching concern of NM. And when time comes, I
hope CS organisations may also capture some of these concerns in
contributions to the final NM document.

I would be interested to join the call today depending on the time to get
to know more about the plans for the event. I recently deposited my PhD
thesis, and I confess I have not been following NM preparations closely.
Please share the call details if possible @Bruna Martins dos Santos
<bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>

All the best!
Marilia

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:26 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos via Governance <
governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Hope this email finds you well!
>
> I'm writing in order to share some information about the NetMundial+10
> Meeting that will take place in São Paulo, on April 29th and 30th. A
> website for the meeting has been launched recently and can be found here:
> https://netmundial.br/.
>
> I'm not involved in the event's organisation but this is an effort of
> sharing some information I have come across so far in order to help guide
> you and your organisation's engagement.
>
> The details about organisation and the meeting itself are still to be
> defined, but the event seems to follow the 2014 format with a public
> consultation/call for inputs for the broader IG community, as well as
> stakeholder group organised interventions in the in person event. The
> meeting is being organised by CGI.br and, as far as outcomes are concerned,
> I believe we are set out for a discussion of a collective NM+10 Declaration
> and an update to the IG Roadmap.
>
> Participation will be facilitated in the shape of 5 stakeholder groups:
> civil society, academia, governments, technical community and private
> sector. And details are yet to be defined as for the limits and numbers of
> people that will actually join the onsite event.
>
> Last but not least, there is an ongoing call for the Event's Executive
> Committee that is expected to start working on Jan 31st. Please let me know
> in case you're interested in joining the Civil Society oriented call that's
> taking place on Jan 29th so I can share the email with you.
>
> Last but not least, in case any of you have any additional information
> about the event, feel free to share in this mailing list (:
>
> Kind regards,
>
> --
>
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
> Global Campaigns Manager | Digital Action <http://digitalaction.co>
>
> German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander von
> Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>
>
> Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>
> Co-Coordinator | Internet Governance Caucus  <https://igcaucus.org/>
>
> Twitter: @boomartins <https://twitter.com/boomartins> // Skype:
> bruna.martinsantos
> Email: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
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