[NCUC-DISCUSS] Deadline for WSIS proposals is tomorrow - here are some ideas for the NCUC to consider proposing

[Remmy Nweke]

Excellent job there @Ayden and @Renata

My only fear is if hosting 5 sessions will not be too much.

Good work
Remmy

On Feb 28, 2017 10:35 PM, "Ayden Férdeline" <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> Greetings, all-
>
> The next World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will be held in
> Geneva from 12 to 16 June. *The deadline for workshop proposals is
> tomorrow.*
>
> Last year, the NCUC hosted a highly successful thematic workshop at WSIS
> on engaging un-represented and under-represented communities in local,
> national, regional, and global Internet governance debates. The session was
> closely tied with Sustainable Development Goal 17 of the UN’s 2030 Agenda
> for Sustainable Development. I was pleased to coordinate this event in
> conjunction with Renata Aquino Ribeiro, and we had a broad range of
> speakers from our stakeholder group (including the NCUC’s James Gannon and
> NPOC’s Klaus Stoll) along with panellists from the business, end-user, and
> technical communities. In the audience at our session was an ICANN board
> member, Markus Kummer, ICANN staff and community members, and high-level
> government officials and civil society representatives. Our panel had a
> gender balance, the most remote participants of any WSIS workshop, and
> featured in the official outcome document of the event. Privately it has
> been communicated to us that the workshop would be welcomed at WSIS again
> this year, but more on that in a moment…
>
> This was not the extent of the NCUC’s engagement at WSIS last year. Bill
> Drake moderated an insightful session on Internet fragmentation, with NCUC
> members Anriette Esterhuysen and Wolfgang Kleinwächter among the
> panellists. Anriette moderated a session on advancing Internet governance
> principles and practices, with NCUC members Avri Doria and Bill Drake among
> the panellists. The Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance
> had a session on the IANA transition moderated by Matthew Shears with
> speakers including the NCUC’s Tatiana Tropina. Offsite, Tatiana, Matt, and
> I spoke at an event organised by the Geneva Internet Platform on how civil
> society actors can get involved in policymaking at ICANN and potentially
> shape the future of the Domain Name System. And NPOC's Adela Goberna spoke
> eloquently during the Opening Ceremony's high-level dialogue on the WSIS
> Action Lines and the SDGs.
>
> In my opinion, the stage is set for further NCUC engagement in WSIS. With
> the benefit of hindsight, it would have been helpful to ‘crowd source’ a
> theme a few months ago and to catalyse community involvement sooner so that
> we could submit a workshop proposal on a topic which we as the NCUC care
> deeply about. Alas, with the deadline for workshop proposals being
> tomorrow, that isn’t feasible now (the failure was mine for not suggesting
> that we do this sooner), so instead *Renata and I have drafted a few
> workshop proposals for the NCUC to consider submitting*. Here’s a link to
> them on Google Docs.
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3AyMelaMuQJmI4odYFZK7b-O-fjKEE_UqzQ9NuzGvI/edit?usp=sharing>
> Your comments and suggestions on how the NCUC can become more involved in
> creating and exchanging knowledge that helps realise the WSIS action lines
> is warmly welcomed, and please also feel free to suggest an alternative
> proposal if you do think what Renata and I have drafted is not suitable.
> Thanks!
>
> (Renata and I were planning on submitting all the ideas for workshops that
> we can think of, and if any are accepted by the International
> Telecommunications Union, coming back to the EC to ask if it is something
> the NCUC would like to carry forward and host under its moniker, and if the
> response is in the affirmative, then coming back to this list to further
> develop the proposal in a more collaborative manner.)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>
>
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