It's actually good quality. Thanks Bill and the technical folks on the ground. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, listening to this now over the web - sounds good. - Robin > > On Nov 16, 2009, at 11:27 PM, William Drake wrote: > > 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. 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