<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The below might be of interest to some folks, it’s a project done in the context of the NETmundial Initiative. We discussed the case studies on which it’s based at a meeting in Turin in September. I’d have preferred to have more case studies of transnational rather than national processes (where the state often plays a key role in organizing multistakeholder initiatives) serve as the basis for inferences but whatever, there’s sure to be some good stuff in here. FYI.</div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 15, 2015 at 6:40:51 PM GMT+1<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Giuseppe Futia <<a href="mailto:giuseppe.futia@polito.it" class="">giuseppe.futia@polito.it</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:noc-announce@lists.networkofcenters.net" class="">noc-announce@lists.networkofcenters.net</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[noc-announce] Multistakeholder as Governance Groups: New Study by Global Network of Internet and Society Centers</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div align="center" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""><img alt="" height="220" width="800" class="" tabindex="0" apple-inline="yes" id="FF8CF55A-F10B-4AAB-8D80-4DCC93A4A31C" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:part1.06090906.09070106@polito.it"><div class="" dir="ltr"><div id=":1i9" class="" tabindex="0"><div class=""></div></div><div id=":1ia" class="" tabindex="0"><div class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></div><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">Multistakeholder as Governance Groups: New Study by Global Network of Internet and Society Centers</span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">January 2015<br class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""></span></font></p><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">The </span><a href="http://networkofcenters.net/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC)</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""> and the </span><a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">Berkman Center for Internet & Society</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""> at Harvard University are pleased to announce the release of a </span><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2549270" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">new report</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""> on Multistakeholder Governance Groups, which informs the debate about Internet governance models and mechanisms.</span></font></div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""><br class=""></font><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""></span><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">The report is the result of a <b class="">globally-coordinated academic research effort</b> among NoC participants and consists of twelve geographically and topically diverse </span><a href="https://publixphere.net/i/noc/page/Internet_Governance_Research_Project_Case_Studies" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">case studies</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""> of governance structures, and a </span><a href="https://publixphere.net/i/noc/page/Internet_Governance_Research_Project_Synthesis" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">synthesis paper</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""> that summarizes key findings across these cases. The research examines multistakeholder governance groups with the goal of informing the future evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem. Building upon the NETmundial </span><a href="http://netmundial.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NETmundial-Multistakeholder-Document.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">Principles and Roadmap</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">, it contributes to current policy debates at the international level, including the Internet Governance Forum, the NETmundial Initiative, and the World Economic Forum.<br class=""></span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">"We are at crossroads when it comes to the global governance of the Internet, where we must not only respond to complex technical challenges, but also deal with a broad range of policy issues ranging from cybersecurity to net neutrality and human rights," said Berkman Center Executive Director and Harvard Law School Professor of Practice Urs Gasser, who led the international effort. "This collaborative research wants to strengthen the evidence-base as we search for future governance models that preserve the generativity and openness of the Internet, while also addressing pressing challenges and problems."</span></font></div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""><br class=""></font><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""></span><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">At a point where the future of Internet governance is being re-envisioned, the report deepens our understanding of the <b class="">formation, operation, and critical success factors of governance groups</b>. The study concludes that:</span></font></p><blockquote style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">“</span><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><i class="">there is no single best-fit model for multistakeholder governance groups that can be applied in all instances. Rather, it reveals a range of approaches, mechanisms, and tools available for both the formation and operation of such groups. The analysis demonstrates that the success of governance groups depends to a large degree on the careful selection, deployment, and management of suitable instruments from this ‘toolbox’. As governance groups pass through different phases of operation, conveners and facilitators must remain alert to changes in circumstances that necessitate adjustments to the approaches, mechanisms, and tools that they deploy in order to address evolving challenges from inside and from outside. The case study series provides insights into how those instruments can be deployed and adjusted over time within such groups, and highlights how their interactions with important contextual factors may be successfully managed within given resource restraints.</i>”</span></font></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">Other <b class="">key observations</b> from the study, as further described in the synthesis paper, include:</span></font></div><ul style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Inclusiveness (including mechanisms for participation) and transparency </span><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">are critical factors to be managed and adjusted throughout the lifecycle of governance groups.</span></font></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class="">How governance groups define accountability and legitimacy is highly reflective of and dependent on contextual factors.</font></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class="">Different governance groups have different measures of success and effectiveness that are tied to their unique contexts and to factors that change over time.</font></div></li></ul><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">The report is the <b class="">first study by the recently launched Global Network of Internet and Society Centers</b>, which brings together over 30 academic institutions from around the globe. As a milestone, it demonstrates that a global network of academic research centers can c</span><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">reate a shared repository of timely and relevant research, which includes peer-reviewed methodologies and adherence to academic standards, open data, and expertise on diverse issues related to global policy debates. More broadly, the Network of Centers seeks to contribute to a more generalized vision and longer-term strategy for academia regarding its roles in research, facilitation and convening, and education in and communication about the Internet age.</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">The full text of these contributions, the other </span><a href="https://publixphere.net/i/noc/page/Internet_Governance_Research_Project_Case_Studies" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">case studies</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""> by our international partners, and the </span><a href="https://publixphere.net/i/noc/page/Internet_Governance_Research_Project_Synthesis" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">synthesis paper</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""> are available on the Publixphere website, where the authors welcome comments and feedback. The series and individual papers are also available for download from </span><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2549270" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">SSRN</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">. <br class=""><br class="">--<br class=""></span><br class=""></font><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.7272720336914px" class=""></span><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">About the Network of Internet and Society Research Centers</span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">The Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC) was launched by a group of academic centers in 2012 in recognition of the lack of internationally coordinated research and engagement activities in issues concerning the Internet and related technologies. The NoC is a collaborative initiative among academic institutions with a focus on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications, and legal issues concerning the Internet. This collective aims to increase interoperability between participating centers in order to stimulate the creation of new cross-national, cross-disciplinary conversation, debate, teaching, learning, and engagement regarding the most pressing questions around new technologies, social change, and related policy and regulatory developments. More information can be found at</span><a href="http://networkofcenters.net/about" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent" class="">http://networkofcenters.net/about</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;" class="">.</span></font></div><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><span class="">-------------------------------------------------<br class="">Giuseppe Futia<br class="">Communication</span> <span class="">Manager</span><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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