For any night owls in North America or people elsewhere who are interested in development aspects of IG, a reminder that a remote participation enabled workshop is beginning in ten minutes. Details and log on info below. Bill On Nov 10, 2009, at 5:33 PM, William Drake wrote: > Hello, > > For people who will not be attending the IGF in Sharm el Sheikh, > there is now another remote participation opportunity, in addition > to the IGF main sessions and the GigaNet symposium, courtesy of > Derrick Cogburn and his Cotelco center. This is the workshop I've > organized on, "Implementing the WSIS Principles: A Development > Agenda for Internet Governance." Description and RP information are > below if the topic is of interest. > > Best, > > Bill > > > > http://tinyurl.com/devagenda-igf2009proposal > > Concise Description: > > The Tunis Agenda’s WSIS principles on Internet governance comprise > both procedural and substantive prescriptions. The former state that > governance should be conducted in a manner that is multilateral, > transparent, democratic, and fully inclusive of all stakeholders. > The latter state that governance should, inter alia, ensure an > equitable distribution of resources, facilitate access for all, and > be an essential element of a people-centred, inclusive, development- > oriented, and non-discriminatory information society. Taken > together, these latter principles suggest that Internet governance > should help to advance development objectives. In addition, the > Tunis Agenda mandates the IGF to, “Promote and assess, on an ongoing > basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet Governance > processes.” Implementing the substantive WSIS principles and this > element of the IGF mandate would require that stakeholders use the > collaborative opportunities afforded by the IGF to assess and > encourage governance mechanisms’ contributions to development. But > unfortunately, the development dimension often has been overlooked > in discussions of the WSIS principles and the IGF mandate. > Accordingly, this workshop will help redress the problem by > fostering a dialogue that takes seriously the concept of IG4D and by > exploring ways to promote its realization in both the IGF and > Internet governance mechanisms. > > More specifically, the workshop will consider the possible > establishment of a development agenda for Internet governance that > would facilitate implementation of the WSIS principles and the IGF > mandate. A development agenda is a holistic program of analysis and > action intended to mainstream development considerations into the > procedures and policy outputs of global governance mechanisms. While > there have been concerted efforts to pursue such agendas in the > multilateral institutions dealing with issues like international > trade and intellectual property, there has been no discussion of a > corresponding initiative for global Internet governance. With this > in mind, a workshop entitled “Toward a Development Agenda for > Internet Governance” was held at the IGF in Rio de Janeiro in 2007 http://tinyurl.com/devagenda-igf2007report > . Participants considered the general desirability of pursuing a > development agenda and agreed that a properly configured and > consensual initiative could help to promote an open, accessible, > diverse, and secure global Internet. To carry the discussion > forward, a second workshop entitled “A Development Agenda for > Internet Governance: From Principle to Practice” was held at the IGF > in Hyderabad in 2008 http://tinyurl.com/devagenda-igf2008report. > Here participants began to explore the possible substantive focus > and operational aspects of a development agenda, and inter alia > affirmed that the IGF is the most appropriate venue in which to > elaborate a cross-cutting and flexible agenda that could encourage > development-oriented enhancements within Internet governance > institutions. > > This third workshop in the series, to be held at the IGF in Sharm el > Sheikh, will build on the prior discussions and seek to progress > consensus building in three interrelated issue-areas: > > 1. The substantive focus of a development agenda, i.e. the key > institutions and issues (pertaining both to Internet infrastructures > and core resources and to their use for networked information, > communication, and commerce) to be assessed from a developmental > baseline so as to identify best practices and guidelines that > organizations could consider employing within their respective work > programs. > 2. The procedural and institutional dimensions of an agenda, e.g. > assessing the transparency and inclusiveness of participation, per > the WSIS procedural principles, from the standpoint of people- > centered development. > 3. The operational aspects of pursuing an agenda in the IGF and > beyond, e.g. the challenges of agenda setting, building a dynamic > coalition and/or other collaborations, consensually defining > assessment criteria and modalities, aggregating and presenting > information, interfacing with governance stakeholders and > institutions, providing feed-back mechanisms for input, etc. > > > Institutional Co-Sponsors > > • Government of Argentina (TBC) > • Association for Progressive Communications > • Centre for International Governance, Graduate Institute for > International Studies > • Council of Europe > • Diplo Foundation > • Institute for Internet Policy & Law, Beijing Normal University > • Internet Society of China > • Federal Office of Communication, Government of Switzerland > > > Scheduling and Remote Participation > > The workshop will be held on Day 3 of the IGF--- Tuesday 17 > November, from 9:30-12:30 in Room 3, Suez Canal. > > Remote participation in the workshop will be provided for by the > Center for Research on Collaboratories and Technology Enhanced > Learning Communities at Syracuse University, USA. > > Information on computer system requirements and use of the > webconferencing technology (Elluminate Live!) is available at: > http://giganet.igloogroups.org/remotepart > > Remote participation during the workshop will be available at > https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.10FC7E24BA568E8B69C7D3F0DDC21E > > > Agenda > > I. Welcome and Overview by the organizer > > William J. Drake > Senior Associate, Center for International Governance, Graduate > Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva, > Switzerland > > > II. Panel Presentations > > Moderator: William J. Drake > > Speakers > > Anriette Esterhuysen > Executive Director, Association for Progressive Communications, > South Africa > > Derrick Cogburn > Associate Professor of International Relations, American University, > and Senior Scientist and Chief Research Director at the School of > Information Studies, Syracuse University, United States of America > > Olga Cavalli > Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representative to > the Governmental Advisor Committee of ICANN, Government of Argentina > > Christine Arida > Director for Telecom Planning and Services, Egyptian National > Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Government of Egypt > > Alice Munyua > Convenor, East African IGF and Kenya ICT Action Network, > Communications Commission, Government of Kenya > > Hong Xue > Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Internet Policy & > Law, Beijing Normal University, China > > Fiona Alexander > Associate Administrator (Head of Office) for International Affairs, > National Telecommunications and Information Administration, > Department of Commerce, Government of the United States > > Elfa Yr Gylfadottir > Adviser, Office of cultural affairs, Ministry of Education, Science > and Culture, Iceland > > > III. Q&A with the Panelists > > > IV. Group Discussion > > Possible elements of a development agenda: > > 1. Capacity building > 2. Institutional/procedural issues > 3. Substantive policy issues: Governance of infrastructures > 4. Substantive policy issues: Governance of networked > information, communication & commerce > > How to move forward with a DA: > > 5. In the IGF & global IG institutions > 6. Research and capacity building > > > V. Synthesis and Conclusion > > *********************************************************** > William J. Drake > Senior Associate > Centre for International Governance > Graduate Institute of International and > Development Studies > Geneva, Switzerland > [log in to unmask] > www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html > ***********************************************************