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Some great suff in here from NCUC members! Fantastic to see.
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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Marilia Maciel <<a href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com" class="">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">I thought it would be of interest to share with you the current issue of the Cyber Monitor, published monthly by The Observer Research Foundation. You will find an article I wrote on NETmundial Initiative and
an article from Stephanie Perrin with an excellent overview ICANN's WHOIS policy discussions. <br class="">
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<div class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">I also take the opportunity to invite you to participate in two sessions that will be held by the NETmundial Initiative during the IGF (schedule is still in draft form):</font></div>
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<div style="font-size:13px" class="">Date: <span class="" tabindex="0">Monday, 9 November</span> (DAY 0) </div>
<div style="font-size:13px" class="">Time: <span class="" tabindex="0">09:00-13:00</span><br class="">
Room: Workshop Room 3</div>
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Date: Wednesday, 11 November (DAY 2) <br class="">
Time: <span class="" tabindex="0">17:00</span>-<span class="" tabindex="0">18:00</span></div>
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<div class=""><b class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">Mapping the NETmundial Initiative </font></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">Marília Maciel<a href="x-msg://15/#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title="" class=""><span class=""><span class="">[1]</span></span></a></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">The NETmundial Initiative (NMI) is a platform for collaboration among stakeholders that aims to improve synergy and coordination in the Internet Governance ecosystem,
in cooperation with existing organizations. The Initiative significantly derives its name and core mission from NETmundial – the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance – held in April 2014, in Brazil.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">NETmundial was organized by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (<a href="http://CGI.br" class="">CGI.br</a>) with the support of the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). It was convened by the government of Brazil in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s revelations of mass surveillance. One of the goals of NETmundial was to restore a positive governance environment that would foster trust
and cooperation to face common challenges. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">NETmundial was explicitly aimed at addressing two problems: the need to identify a set of universally acceptable Internet governance principles
and the need to propose a way forward for the evolution of the Internet governance institutional ecosystem. Both issues were tackled in the NETmundial outcome document, which embodies a rough consensus across stakeholder groups. Dissenting voices were few,
albeit vocal. Article 19 raised concerns that privacy and net neutrality were not adequately addressed, on behalf of some civil society organizations. Among countries, Russia, India and Cuba expressed their reservations.<a href="x-msg://15/#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" class=""><span class=""><span class="">[1]</span></span></a>
This public divergence seemed to have driven further apart countries that pursued alliances in the past, such as India and Brazil, and showed some of the difficulties in articulating political alliances among the BRICS nations.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">On a substantive level, NETmundial’s outcome document represents several achievements. It placed human rights as the cornerstone of the Internet governance ecosystem,
it supported distributed mechanisms of governance, it emphasized the importance of enhancing both democratic and multistakeholder participation, and it ultimately represents progress towards public interest-driven Internet governance.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">After NETmundial, ICANN, the World Economic Forum and
<a href="http://CGI.br" class="">CGI.br</a> decided to work together in order to carry forward the spirit of collaboration that emerged in São Paulo and to make sure the outcome document became a reference point for global discussions. These were the three
founding organizations of the NETmundial Initiative. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">The creation of NMI was not free of criticism. While some argued that NMI represented a takeover of Internet Governance by business interests, others believed
that it represented a move towards centralization and mistook it for a “UN security council of the Internet”. There was also fear that NMI would compete with existing organizations, such as the Internet Governance Forum.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">In the midst of controversy, the NMI coordinating council was appointed, consisting of a group of 25 representatives from different stakeholder groups. The political
weight of the council is indisputable. The Minister of Cyberspace of China, Mr. Lu Wei, shares a sit on the table with the US Secretary of Commerce, Mrs. Penny Pritzker, with representatives of companies, such as Telefonica and Alibaba group, and with reputed
civil society and academic organizations, such as the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Human Rights Watch. The multistakeholder composition of the council strengthened the legitimacy of NMI, however, some resistance to the Initiative still
persists, albeit less embattled.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">The first task of the coordinating council was to define the mission and scope of the NMI, enshrined in its terms of reference. In a nutshell, the Initiative
aims to catalyze cooperation among stakeholders in order to advance the implementation of the NETmundial Principles and Roadmap. This mission can be accomplished in different ways. For instance, NMI aims to serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination
of information about Internet governance as well as to provide a platform on which diverse actors can present projects, solicit partners and establish collaboration. Both goals are being accomplished with the creation of the NETmundial solutions map – which
identifies clusters of policy related Internet issues and correlates them with relevant actors, documents and processes –, and with the upcoming launch of the NETmundial collaboration platform, which will host project proposals.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">The inaugural meeting of NMI took place in June, in São Paulo. It was a remarkable experience of multistakeholder interaction. Those who watched the webcast of
the meeting were able to witness a lively debate between the Chinese Minister of Cyberspace and the representative of the Human Rights Watch over online activism and the protection of human rights. They could also see Internet tycoons from China and Africa
discussing the inclusion of young people in the job market. The less formal environment of the council allows for interactions that would never take place under the formality of the United Nations. This could help to create channels for fruitful and pragmatic
dialogue.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">In December 2015, a UN high-level meeting will be held to assess the progress made in the ten years that followed the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS). One of the key points emerging from the preparatory discussions is that, at least on the level of discourse, most countries give support to the idea of a multistakeholder Internet governance. China mentioned it in several occasions. India’s IT Minister,
Ravi Shankar, supported the multistakeholder approach during his speech in the 54<sup class="">th</sup> ICANN meeting. The path towards convergence seems less cloudy, including among BRICS. In this scenario, the way to concretely implement multistakeholder
collaboration will probably be the key dispute in the upcoming years.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">The NETmundial Initiative allows the chance to experiment with new models of collaboration. NMI’s solution-driven approach, made possible by the environment of
trust and openness that is being built in the coordinating council, may provide a breath of fresh air. It can pave the way for the implementation of the NETmundial outcome document, a remarkable result of multistakeholder dialogue and participation.</font></p>
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<i class="">See </i>Transcripts of NETmundial closing session, April 24, 2014, <a href="http://netmundial.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NETMundial-23April2014-Closing-Session-en.pdf" class="">
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<div class=""><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><font color="#666666" class="">Researcher and Coordinator - </font><font color="#666666" class="">Center for Technology & Society - </font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" class="">FGV
Law School</span></font></div>
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