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Hi Bill - of course - this is why I am sharing - and NCUC really has
important contributions to make.<br>
Very happy to share ideas about how we can coordinate and help
information flow - and everyone else's bandwidth - you're busy too.<br>
It is especially good now that there is an NCUC list :-)<br>
Joy<br>
<br>
<br>
On 3/05/2013 8:06 p.m., William Drake wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Hi<br>
> <br>
> Thanks of passing this along Joy. This is indeed an
important<br>
> process for civil society @ ICANN to keep abreast of,
particularly<br>
> given the conditions within other relevant CS networks. We
are lucky<br>
> to have three members in the working group's five person CS<br>
> contingent (you, Arvi, Carlos Afonso), and it'd be useful if,
within<br>
> your bandwidth constraints, we could have a little
coordination and<br>
> information flow, at least on the bits of direct relevance to
ICANN,<br>
> such as theme 6. This being a UN process, and if history is
any<br>
> guide, it could happen that some of the less friendly
governments<br>
> will challenge the CS participants to clarify just whom they
claim to<br>
> be speaking for when arguing positions. If there's been a
bit of<br>
> disclosure and dialogue here we might be able to strengthen
your<br>
> hands in this regard. So let's keep the pipe open…?<br>
> <br>
> Cheers<br>
> <br>
> Bill<br>
> <br>
> On May 3, 2013, at 6:02 AM, joy <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joy@apc.org">joy@apc.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:joy@apc.org"><mailto:joy@apc.org></a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> <br>
> Hi - for those interested, just sharing information about the<br>
> upcoming meeting of the CSTD working group on enhanced
cooperation<br>
> (May 30-31). As I am not doing this in my GNSO Councillor
role, I<br>
> haven't posted this to NCSG, but thought to bring it here to
NCUC -<br>
> happy to be guided on whether it should also go to the NCSG
list. And<br>
> apologies for any cross postings Probably of most interest is
the the<br>
> proposed themes for discussion on the themes for the groups
mandate<br>
> and on which a questionnairre and survey will be developed as
the<br>
> work rolls out this year and early next - for ease of
reference I<br>
> have posted this list inline below. Note that this list is
simply a<br>
> redaction of previous discussions and has been developed as a
summary<br>
> of points raised in 2012 meetings. I can't vouch for its
accuracy<br>
> :-) If you think there are gaps, areas that need better
definition,<br>
> greater clarity, those of more or less importance or which
could be<br>
> dropped off entirely it would be helpful to hear. Cheers Joy<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 28/04/2013 11:12 p.m., Peter Major wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Dear Friends,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> I hope that you have received my invitation letter to
the first <br>
>> meeting of the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced
Cooperation (WGEC)<br>
>> to be held the 30 May in the afternoon and the 31 May
the whole<br>
>> day in the Conference Centre of Varembé (CCV) in Geneva
<br>
>> (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cicg.ch/en/the-ccv/">http://www.cicg.ch/en/the-ccv/</a> ).<br>
> <br>
>> The WGEC, mandated by the resolution of the UN GA, should
"examine<br>
>> the mandate of WSIS regarding Enhanced Cooperation,
through<br>
>> seeking, compiling and reviewing inputs from all Member
States and<br>
>> all other stakeholders, and to make recommendations on
how to fully<br>
>> implement this mandate". To comply with this resolution
I suggest<br>
>> that during our first meeting we carefully determine the
relevant<br>
>> topics on Enhanced Cooperation with the view to create a<br>
>> questionnaire to be sent out to all Member States and all
other<br>
>> stakeholder.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> As you know the Chair of the 15th Session of the CSTD
conducted<br>
>> and Open Consultation on the 18 May 2012. You may find
useful to<br>
>> read the attached transcripts of this Consultation in
preparation<br>
>> for our meeting. Copies of presentations and
contributions are<br>
>> available at <br>
>>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=61"><http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=61></a>
<br>
>>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=61">http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=61</a>. <br>
>> Summary report of the Open Consultation is available at <br>
>>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ecn162012crp2_en.pdf">http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ecn162012crp2_en.pdf</a>.<br>
><br>
>> <br>
> Links to the webcasts are available at<br>
>> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.itu.int/ibs/WSIS/201205forum/#friday"><http://www.itu.int/ibs/WSIS/201205forum/#friday></a> <br>
>> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itu.int/ibs/WSIS/201205forum/#friday">http://www.itu.int/ibs/WSIS/201205forum/#friday</a>. I also
attach for <br>
>> your consideration a document prepared by the
Secretariat based<br>
>> on the transcripts. The document lists the topics
mentioned during<br>
>> the Open Consultation on the 18 May 2012.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> I would like to have your suggestions, comments and
observations <br>
>> focusing on our mandate. I need your support to
efficiently manage<br>
>> our work. I would like to ask member states having more
than one<br>
>> person on their delegation to designate one person to
express views<br>
>> on behalf of the respective delegation. I am confident
that each<br>
>> delegation will contribute to the successful completion
of our<br>
>> task.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> Please, do not hesitate to contact me in case you have
questions, <br>
>> remarks or suggestions.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> I look forward meeting you in Geneva.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> Best regards<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> Peter Major<br>
> <br>
>> Chair, CSTD WGEC<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *Shopping list of themes for WGEC*<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *Overarching issues:*<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> · Definition and understanding of ?enhanced
cooperation?<br>
> <br>
> · Role of enhanced cooperation vis-à-vis the IGF (some<br>
> countries think IGF is already enhanced cooperation)<br>
> <br>
> · Procedure used to identify specific themes<br>
> <br>
> · Undertaking a mapping exercise of themes to identify
what has<br>
> been achieved / what is outstanding / what are the
opportunities<br>
> <br>
> · What are the public policy issues at global level?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> *SUBTHEMES*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *1. Digital divide*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · How to deal with asymmetric Internet governance
regimes and<br>
> the emergence of regional and multilateral arrangements for<br>
> discussion mainly in the North<br>
> <br>
> · The South is preoccupied with access to the Internet,
while<br>
> the North leads privacy, e-commerce, IP and online digital<br>
> enforcement. This is not a democratic approach and narrows
choices<br>
> for developing countries. There is a need to harmonize
initiatives<br>
> from the North and South to prevent fragmentation (?Digital<br>
> domination?, ?digital dependency?)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *2. Reaching out to developing countries/LDCs*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Improving accessibility and affordability of the
Internet<br>
> (including through the use of Universal Service Funds)<br>
> <br>
> · Adaptability of online services for devices used in<br>
> developing countries (such as specific versions of mobile
phones)<br>
> <br>
> · E-commerce: Compatibility of online payment
processors with<br>
> Africa<br>
> <br>
> · Tackling unemployment in developing countries through<br>
> adoption of e-solutions<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *3. IP, copyright and censorship*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Copyright enforcement of Internet content at national
level<br>
> <br>
> · Licensing of Internet content by companies<br>
> <br>
> · Accessibility of content<br>
> <br>
> · Internet censorship at national level<br>
> <br>
> · Internet freedom: Freedom of expression, Freedom of<br>
> information<br>
> <br>
> · Piracy<br>
> <br>
> · Freedom of accessing information (blocking content
for<br>
> countries due to political reasons)<br>
> <br>
> · Fostering innovation on the Internet<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *4. Applications, content and literacy*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Promoting content and linguistic diversity<br>
> <br>
> · What Internet applications can be supported and
prioritized<br>
> as part of enhanced cooperation (e-health, e-education)<br>
> <br>
> · E-governance, e-commerce, infotainment, resource
mapping and<br>
> meteorological and other essential services<br>
> <br>
> · Capacity building for Internet literacy<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *5. R&D and technical/engineering cooperation*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Naming / global domain name system / Top level
domains<br>
> (arabic .ar domain name)<br>
> <br>
> · Addressing / IPv6 adoption<br>
> <br>
> · Research and development (for example Domain Name
System<br>
> Security Extensions - DNSSEC)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *6. Internet governance*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Internet governance and institutionalization
(including the<br>
> question of how to institutionalize/formalize
multi-stakeholder<br>
> governance and decision-making)<br>
> <br>
> · Definition of equal footing in multi-stakeholder<br>
> collaboration<br>
> <br>
> · Roles and responsibilities - for example, standard
setting<br>
> and legislation vs. day-to-day technical administration<br>
> <br>
> · Privatization of regulation: Open public Internet is<br>
> narrowing down. No opportunity to opt out of or scrutinize
Internet<br>
> regulation that was envisioned and developed by the private
sector<br>
> <br>
> · Politicization of Internet governance and erosion of<br>
> multi-stakeholderism (lack of non-governmental
participation).<br>
> <br>
> · Transparency and accountability in governance (for
example,<br>
> ICANN and the role of GAC)<br>
> <br>
> · Reducing the cost of governance and improving<br>
> transparency/reducing corruption with the help of the
Internet<br>
> (e-government)<br>
> <br>
> · Oversight/governance of the technical and logical<br>
> infrastructure of the Internet<br>
> <br>
> · Independent reviews of different aspects of the
Internet<br>
> (accountability, transparency, stability?)<br>
> <br>
> · Hard law vs. soft law for regulation<br>
> <br>
> · How to continuously adapt Internet governance and
enhanced<br>
> cooperation institutions to a rapidly-changing Internet?<br>
> <br>
> · The sovereign right of states in defining public
policy on<br>
> the Internet<br>
> <br>
> · Multilateral, stable funding of IGF and WGEC<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *7. Security*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Management and protection of Internet resources and<br>
> infrastructure / measuring infrastructure performance<br>
> <br>
> · Security and Safety / Cybercrime / Rule of law on the<br>
> Internet<br>
> <br>
> · Protecting children<br>
> <br>
> · Privacy<br>
> <br>
> · International ownership of data (cloud)<br>
> <br>
> · Access to troubleshooting<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *Shopping list of themes for WGEC*<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *Overarching issues:*<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> · Definition and understanding of ?enhanced
cooperation?<br>
> <br>
> · Role of enhanced cooperation vis-à-vis the IGF (some<br>
> countries think IGF is already enhanced cooperation)<br>
> <br>
> · Procedure used to identify specific themes<br>
> <br>
> · Undertaking a mapping exercise of themes to identify
what has<br>
> been achieved / what is outstanding / what are the
opportunities<br>
> <br>
> · What are the public policy issues at global level?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> *SUBTHEMES*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *1. Digital divide*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · How to deal with asymmetric Internet governance
regimes and<br>
> the emergence of regional and multilateral arrangements for<br>
> discussion mainly in the North<br>
> <br>
> · The South is preoccupied with access to the Internet,
while<br>
> the North leads privacy, e-commerce, IP and online digital<br>
> enforcement. This is not a democratic approach and narrows
choices<br>
> for developing countries. There is a need to harmonize
initiatives<br>
> from the North and South to prevent fragmentation (?Digital<br>
> domination?, ?digital dependency?)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *2. Reaching out to developing countries/LDCs*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Improving accessibility and affordability of the
Internet<br>
> (including through the use of Universal Service Funds)<br>
> <br>
> · Adaptability of online services for devices used in<br>
> developing countries (such as specific versions of mobile
phones)<br>
> <br>
> · E-commerce: Compatibility of online payment
processors with<br>
> Africa<br>
> <br>
> · Tackling unemployment in developing countries through<br>
> adoption of e-solutions<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *3. IP, copyright and censorship*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Copyright enforcement of Internet content at national
level<br>
> <br>
> · Licensing of Internet content by companies<br>
> <br>
> · Accessibility of content<br>
> <br>
> · Internet censorship at national level<br>
> <br>
> · Internet freedom: Freedom of expression, Freedom of<br>
> information<br>
> <br>
> · Piracy<br>
> <br>
> · Freedom of accessing information (blocking content
for<br>
> countries due to political reasons)<br>
> <br>
> · Fostering innovation on the Internet<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *4. Applications, content and literacy*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Promoting content and linguistic diversity<br>
> <br>
> · What Internet applications can be supported and
prioritized<br>
> as part of enhanced cooperation (e-health, e-education)<br>
> <br>
> · E-governance, e-commerce, infotainment, resource
mapping and<br>
> meteorological and other essential services<br>
> <br>
> · Capacity building for Internet literacy<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *5. R&D and technical/engineering cooperation*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Naming / global domain name system / Top level
domains<br>
> (arabic .ar domain name)<br>
> <br>
> · Addressing / IPv6 adoption<br>
> <br>
> · Research and development (for example Domain Name
System<br>
> Security Extensions - DNSSEC)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *6. Internet governance*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Internet governance and institutionalization
(including the<br>
> question of how to institutionalize/formalize
multi-stakeholder<br>
> governance and decision-making)<br>
> <br>
> · Definition of equal footing in multi-stakeholder<br>
> collaboration<br>
> <br>
> · Roles and responsibilities - for example, standard
setting<br>
> and legislation vs. day-to-day technical administration<br>
> <br>
> · Privatization of regulation: Open public Internet is<br>
> narrowing down. No opportunity to opt out of or scrutinize
Internet<br>
> regulation that was envisioned and developed by the private
sector<br>
> <br>
> · Politicization of Internet governance and erosion of<br>
> multi-stakeholderism (lack of non-governmental
participation).<br>
> <br>
> · Transparency and accountability in governance (for
example,<br>
> ICANN and the role of GAC)<br>
> <br>
> · Reducing the cost of governance and improving<br>
> transparency/reducing corruption with the help of the
Internet<br>
> (e-government)<br>
> <br>
> · Oversight/governance of the technical and logical<br>
> infrastructure of the Internet<br>
> <br>
> · Independent reviews of different aspects of the
Internet<br>
> (accountability, transparency, stability?)<br>
> <br>
> · Hard law vs. soft law for regulation<br>
> <br>
> · How to continuously adapt Internet governance and
enhanced<br>
> cooperation institutions to a rapidly-changing Internet?<br>
> <br>
> · The sovereign right of states in defining public
policy on<br>
> the Internet<br>
> <br>
> · Multilateral, stable funding of IGF and WGEC<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *7. Security*<br>
> <br>
> * *<br>
> <br>
> · Management and protection of Internet resources and<br>
> infrastructure / measuring infrastructure performance<br>
> <br>
> · Security and Safety / Cybercrime / Rule of law on the<br>
> Internet<br>
> <br>
> · Protecting children<br>
> <br>
> · Privacy<br>
> <br>
> · International ownership of data (cloud)<br>
> <br>
> · Access to troubleshooting<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Original message to me is below<br>
> <br>
> Kind regards<br>
> <br>
> Joy Liddicoat <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.apc.org">www.apc.org</a><br>
> <br>
> On 28/04/2013 11:12 p.m., Peter Major wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
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