Thank you very much for the update Bruna!

On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 1:48 PM Amin Hacha <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thank you Bruna
>
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 8:48 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
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>> Sharing the NetMundial announcement here:
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>> https://cgi.br/noticia/notas/netmundial-10-global-challenges-for-the-governance-of-the-digital-world/
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>> We are in a moment in which the international community is discussing,
>> in several spaces (Global Digital Compact, Summit of the Future,
>> WSIS+20, Unesco, OECD, etc), and from different perspectives, the
>> challenges for the future of a world in which the Internet and its
>> applications deeply transform social, economic, cultural, informational
>> and political relations.
>>
>> In this context, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br),
>> after discussing with several international partners during the IGF in
>> Kyoto and ICANN in Hamburg, presents the proposal to hold, in 2024, a
>> multistakeholder event – outside of institutional arenas – to convene
>> the international community and contribute to ongoing debates.
>>
>> There is a common understanding that a NETmundial+10 could enable a
>> relevant space to recall the agreed principles of 2014 and update the
>> global discussions on Internet governance and the digital ecosystem in a
>> broader way.
>>
>> The leadership of Brazil could work as a catalyst for the process, as it
>> was back there in 2014, especially bearing in mind the recognition of
>> the country as an important Global South leader in this field, and in
>> the moment in which Brazil will be in charge of the G20 presidency.
>>
>> A NETmundial+10 could contribute to reinforce important principles and
>> update the debate over Internet governance core issues, in a general
>> way, for the digital agenda, among which the role of
>> multistakeholderism, its collaboration with multilateral decision
>> arenas, the democratization of digital economy, the overcome of digital
>> divides, and the construction of the “information society” centered on
>> people and development.
>>
>> It would also be an opportunity to advance its ideas towards the future,
>> indicating new challenges and shaping a common agenda of strategic
>> debates for the upcoming period. It would also be a guide for
>> international, regional and local governance, reinforcing the importance
>> of not fragmenting the spaces for debating Internet and digital
>> challenges as if they were separate agendas.
>>
>> The event will promote an environment that could enable diverse
>> countries and stakeholders to advance in this multistakeholder dialogue
>> about the Internet and the digital ecosystem.
>>
>> THEMATIC SCOPE
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>> Among the potential developments and results to be pursued, we can
>> mention, at least:
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>> 1. Review, renew and consolidate NETmundial agreements about the
>> Internet governance principles, as well as updating a common strategic
>> agenda;
>>
>> 2. Debate the role of multistakeholder participation in Internet
>> Governance and on national and international spaces, in collaboration
>> with multilateral decision arenas.
>>
>> 3. A review of the Declaration of São Paulo and the Roadmap proposed in
>> 2014, considering the deep transformations that the digital ecosystem
>> has been through, which highlight the social, cultural, and economic
>> relevance of the Internet and its applications as tools for promoting
>> development and citizenship.
>>
>> The NETmundial+10 would be held in the first semester of 2024, with a
>> tentative date in the first week of May, in São Paulo.
>>
>> To shape the event, CGI.br is working in coordination with a global,
>> multistakeholder network of partners, and will soon release more
>> information on the organization of NETmundial+10.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Bruna
>>
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