[Governance] NetMundial+10: What we know so far
Anriette Esterhuysen via Governance
governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Mon Jan 29 12:20:13 EST 2024
Thanks for the reminders, Marilia. There is also the book Bill compiled
and edited "Beyond NETmundial"
https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/BeyondNETmundial_FINAL.pdf
and, the APC and Diplo research study published in 2016 as "Extracting
lessons from NETmundial"
https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/ExtractingLessonsFromNETmundial.pdf
Anriette
Anriette Esterhuysen -anriette at apc.org//anriette at gmail.com
Senior advisor global and regional internet governance
Association for Progressive Communications
www.apc.org // afrisig.org
On 2024/01/29 13:01, Marilia Maciel via Governance wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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/>
>
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> Email: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
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> *Marília Maciel*
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