Thanks Bruna 🙏 > > On 24 Nov 2023, at 08:48, Bruna Martins dos Santos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >  > Sharing the NetMundial announcement here: > > ------------------- > > https://cgi.br/noticia/notas/netmundial-10-global-challenges-for-the-governance-of-the-digital-world/ > > 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 > > Among the potential developments and results to be pursued, we can > mention, at least: > > 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