[NCUC-DISCUSS] RightsCon Session Update

[Remmy Nweke]

Weldone Mike

@Arsene
There is another challenge of inheritance for most MS especially in
developing countries thereby lacking enabling structures/institution to
evolve.

Remmy

On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 07:33 Arsène Tungali, <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks for pulling this together for us.
>
> I am planning to attend RightsCon and will be happy to spend sometime in
> our booth. I also look forward to attending this session and hope we will
> be able to point out that in many countries and groups such as ICANN, MS is
> dying because of Gov’s overreaching power. And this needs to change if we
> want to save this model in the IG space.
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
> -----------------
> Arsène Tungali,
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>
> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>
> > On Mar 7, 2018, at 6:16 PM, Michael Karanicolas <mkaranicolas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks very much for that. You have it spot on regarding the challenge
> > with private sector engagement. Negotiations on the speakers' list
> > have actually been a bit more delicate than I had anticipated, with a
> > lot of pushback from UNESCO on things being too American-centric, but
> > I have reached out to Rachel to chat about the session, so thanks very
> > much for the suggestion.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 6:44 AM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the update. Just on the panellists — Susan left Facebook last
> >> March, so it might be advisable to find someone else (with her change in
> >> affiliation I don't think she will be attending RightsCon). I guess the
> >> challenge here is that the private sector does not engage as much in
> >> RightsCon as civil society does, so trying to find private sector
> speakers
> >> already going, or with a desire to attend and to speak on this topic, is
> >> going to be challenging.
> >>
> >> That said, any chance we can extend an invitation to Rachel Pollack to
> >> speak? I'm not sure if she can attend, but she is an NCUC member who
> works
> >> for UNESCO and is very knowledgeable on this (and other) topics.
> >>
> >> Ayden
> >>
> >>
> >> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >> On 6 March 2018 1:56 PM, Michael Karanicolas <mkaranicolas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Just writing with an update on the NCUC RightsCon session. As I
> mentioned
> >> last month, the proposal has been accepted. The RightsCon folks
> followed up
> >> requesting that we collaborate with UNESCO on it, merging our session
> with
> >> one they had proposed based on last year's publication on
> >> multistakeholderism. As a result, the session will now be co-moderated
> by
> >> Xianhong Hu, alongside myself, but the session description, structure,
> and
> >> speakers are basically unchanged from the version we submitted. I am
> >> attaching our revised description below, along with initial the list of
> >> proposed panelists. Happy to hear any thoughts or feedback.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
> >> PS: Our NCUC outreach booth for RightsCon has also been approved. No
> details
> >> on the timing of that as of yet, but please let me know if any of you
> are
> >> planning to attend RightsCon, and might be willing to join me there for
> a
> >> bit.
> >>
> >>
> >> Title: Is Multistakeholder Internet Governance Advancing, Dying, or
> >> Evolving?
> >>
> >> This session, jointly organized by UNESCO and ICANN’s Non-Commercial
> Users’
> >> Constituency, aims to foster a robust discussion on the strengths and
> >> weaknesses of multistakeholder models and to develop recommendations to
> >> improve these processes in the future. Multistakeholder governance
> models
> >> are built around the idea of bringing diverse stakeholders together to
> >> collaborate on policy making solutions. These models have become
> >> particularly prevalent in Internet governance, where representatives
> from
> >> the commercial, technical, academic, governmental and civil society
> sectors
> >> all have a seat at the table and share a role in policymaking. However,
> >> systems that are designed to be egalitarian can nonetheless manifest
> biases
> >> in practice. In ICANN’s case, although the IANA transition has already
> >> occurred, uncertainty persists over where governments’ role in Internet
> >> governance ends and ICANN’s begins, allowing the former to wield a
> powerful
> >> stick over the process. Meanwhile, human rights advocates and other
> >> non-commercial interests, who in theory engage on an equal footing with
> >> their counterparts from the business community, can be placed at a
> natural
> >> disadvantage by the fact that they generally have fewer resources to
> work
> >> with. The session will welcome participants from ICANN staff, its
> >> Governmental Advisory Committee, and commercial and non-commercial
> (civil
> >> society) participants in the ICANN process. Among the entry points to
> the
> >> discussion will be a recent study released by UNESCO, “What if we all
> >> governed the Internet? Advancing multistakeholder participation in
> Internet
> >> governance”, which was developed as part of the UNESCO Series on
> Internet
> >> Freedom. The session will be moderated by UNESCO representative Ms.
> Xianhong
> >> Hu and Mr. Michael Karanicolas of the Executive Committee of ICANN's
> >> Non-Commercial Users’ Constituency.
> >>
> >> Speakers (all TBC):
> >>
> >> Ms. Anri van der Spuy, Research ICT Africa, civil society, South Africa
> >> Mr. Benedicto Fonseca (Brazilian Ambassador for Internet issues), Brazil
> >> Mr. Jeremy Malcolm (Australian, M), Senior Global Policy Analyst at
> >> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> >> Ms. Susan Kawaguchi (American, F), Facebook representative to ICANN
> >> Ms. Theresa Swinehart (American, F), Senior Vice President,
> Multistakeholder
> >> Strategy And Strategic Initiatives, ICANN
> >>
> >>
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